Floating on Blue
Floating on Blue (2024) is a short film and photography series exploring a woman's detachment from every day life, following a devastating loss.
In juxtaposing the confines of a house and the wilder landscape of a beach, the film looks at how we resist and embrace emotion in times of hardship.
We are asked to consider how we can move through grief without disconnecting from ourselves and the world around us. How we can let our hearts break while staying rooted in love.
Creative team:
Anna May
Sam Mathias-Stanley
Elifcan Yazgun
Henry Weekes
Tom Keats
Alfie Holloway
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Floating on Blue was first shown in spring 2024, as part of Anna’s solo exhibition and event programme ‘Touching Palms with Grief’ at St
Margaret’s House in East London.
It has since been shared at the Community Psychology festival in Norwich (October 2025) and at a number of universities through Anna’s work with The Student Grief Network.
It has since been shared at the Community Psychology festival in Norwich (October 2025) and at a number of universities through Anna’s work with The Student Grief Network.
“You successfully united a room of strangers through one of the rawest experiences of being human. Creativity beautifully bookended by conversation.”
Watch a mini doc about the process behind the film and personal experiences that shaped it:
Stills from the film have been incorporated into Anna’s 2023 short story ‘No Brother Beach’. Over 300 copies have been given to bereaved individuals and families:
~ No Brother Beach ~