Octavia Hartland began producing her own films in 2010 ~ Her first short film won the 2010 Film London / Richmond Borough 90-second film competition
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Films

I made my first three short films in 2010. Since then I have completed several more and I’m always on the lookout for my next project.

More Films

A clip from feature film Religulous. Clips from other broadcast credits I’ve worked on to follow.

Photography

Very much self-taught, I shoot on Canon 550 and a 1950s Japanese Miranda film camera, dug out of the attic!

Art

A rusty artist who once used to live to draw, I was once upon a time an obsessive ceramist, painter and artist and I’m determined to build up my portfolio again. Watch this space.

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Show Reel

Shooting AP showreel – some examples of my work. I can shoot on Z1, Z7, EX1, EX3 and Canon…

Hoxton A.M.
Hoxton A.M.

Watch our intrepid young journalists put the first ever issue of Hoxton AM on sale. It celebrates the…

Religulous
Religulous

Bill Maher interviews some of religion’s oddest adherents. Muslims, Jews and Christians of many kinds pass before his jaundiced…

Urban Nomad
Urban Nomad

Alec is a 21 year old design student at Glasgow School of Art and Design. As part of his…

Ferrytale
Ferrytale

On the banks of the Thames in South West London, a mile downstream from Richmond, lies Hammertons’ Ferry. Started…

Simple Pleasures
Simple Pleasures

Freda was born in and has spent the last 80 years of her life living by the river in…

A Very Brief History of Richmond Green
A Very Brief History of Richmond Green

Made for FilmLondon and Richmond Borough as part of their London in 90 second film competition, this won out…

In a Nutshell

Octavia Hartland has been working in television production since 2006, working on documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4 and National Geographic. Octavia is a keen traveller, photographer, sometime artist, animal lover and yoga bunny. She was born in 1980 and currently lives in London.