Short Films
A collection of my short films - fiction & documentary
Too Disgusting To Be Confused
Too Disgusting To Be Confused is my latest documentary, which I created as one of the winners of the Netflix Documentary Talent Fund (20245-35). The film was completed June 2025, and after a premier at the Raindance Film Festival, it is currently on it’s festival tour and can be viewed on the Still Watching Netflix YouTube Channel .
Synopsis: Founded in 1972 by sculptor Andrew Logan, The Alternative Miss World is a celebration of transformation and unorthodox beauty. Starting as makeshift private parties held in his artist studio in an old jigsaw factory, the event married the Miss World competition with Crufts dog show, all with a sense of joy and humour. An instant smash hit, early judges and competitors included cultural legends like David Hockney, Derek Jarman, Zandra Rhodes & Leigh Bowrey. 1978 saw them take the party public, hiring a big-top tent on Clapham Common for a circus themed extravaganza, hosted by drag icon Divine. A film about the night premiered at Cannes in 1980, and was meant to make it’s London debut on the same evening as the Miss World event. However there was an attempt to scupper this homecoming when later that year they found themselves in The Royal Court of Justice, being sued by Miss World and represented by a trainee barrister by the name of Tony Blair…
Featuring Andrew Logan
Narrator: Christopher Adlington
Voices by : Peter Serafinowicz
Director, / Producer: Maya Avidov
Producer: Savannah James-Bayly
Editor: Abolfazi Talooni
Director of Photography: Giorgia Yound
Music Composer: Jeremy Warmsley
Sound Designer: Alexander Wells
Lead Animator: Jacek Zmarz
© 2025
Official selection Raindance Film Festival 2025
What We Share
What We Share is my latest drama, completed July 2022, it is currently doing it’s festival tour. If you’d like to receive a screener please get in touch.
Synopsis: When Brian returns to home after being released from prison he's confronted by his daughter Deborah. Their terse exchange reveals what lies beneath their heartache and anger caused by the death of the missing matriarch. Based on a true story.
Starring James Graeme & Hannah Steele
Director, Producer & Co-writter: Maya Avidov
Screenwriter: Joseph Andrew
Editor: Jon Dean
Director of Photography: Alana Mejía González
Sound Designer & Music Composer: Chen Wissotzky
Casting Director: Heather Basten, CDG, CSA
© 2022
Official selection Reykjavik International Film Festival, in competition 2022
The Listener
Commissioned by the Listeners Project.
Written & Directed by Maya Avidov
Produced by Ryan James
Executive Producers Ben Lambert & Natasha Coleman
Edited by Grainne Creighton
Director of Photography Annette Remler
Sound Design Alex Wells
© 2017
Prosthesis
Commissioned by Doc Challenge.
Director & Cinematographer:Maya Avidov
Producer: Tal Siano
Screenwriters: Maya Avidov & Ohad Nave
Editor: Ohad Nave
Official selection : Clip award festival, Schnit Film Festival, & Berlin- Israeli film festival
Broadcasted on Channel 2 & YesDoco