Fat Girl (2022)
Fat Girl tells the story of a teenage girl’s obsession with her favourite Tik Tok star and her subsequent descent into binge eating disorder and DIY cosmetic procedures. Starring India Lillie Davies (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder) and Stella Stevens.
Director: Makez Rikweda | Producers: Emma Keeling, Sol Rikweda, Don Omope, Clarissa Itschert, Makez Rikweda
Festival selections: Oscar-qualifying Hollyshorts Film Festival, BIFA-qualifying Manchester Film Festival, IFTA-qualifying Fastnet Film Festival, Peekskill Film Festival winner of ‘Best Short Film’ award, Deep in the Heart Film Festival, YoFiFest, Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, Southport International Festival, Not Film Festival, Children Care Film Festival and Fish and Films Festival.
The film has been sold to Sweden television. And has garnered over 100,000 views within the first week of being published on Tik Tok.
Fat Girl short film trailer 2023.
Press Coverage
Fox News
https://www.fox7austin.com/video/1262050
The Hollywood Times
https://thehollywoodtimes.today/hollyshorts-selected-fat-girl-short-film-makez-rikweda/
High on Films
https://www.highonfilms.com/fat-girl-2023-short-film-review/
Movie Jawn
https://www.moviejawn.com/home/2023/8/14/6-recommended-short-films-from-this-years-hollyshorts-film-festival
Morbidly Beautiful
https://morbidlybeautiful.com/hollyshorts-film-fest-2023/
UK Film Review
https://www.ukfilmreview.co.uk/reviews/fat-girl
Moviemaker
https://www.moviemaker.com/not-film-fests-2023-lineup-unveiled/
USL magazine
https://www.uslmag.com/2023/08/04/makez-rikweda-4th-short-fat-girl-puts-influencers-on-notice-at-hollyshorts/
Film and TV Now
https://www.filmandtvnow.com/the-british-contingent-of-short-films-shine-at-the-19th-annual-hollyshorts-film-festival-including-films-from-ricky-gervais-and-academy-award-winner-chris-overton/
Podcast The I in Fitness
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ncf4A0zBALUXvbNzHpkYP?si=2d848cfe9fdd46be&nd=1
Film Threat
https://filmthreat.com/reviews/fat-girl/