Film · 2025

Sister Apostate

15 min · Directed by Ruby Holliday

A love story in an ungodly world

A story set in 1910s Yorkshire. Sister Mary-Beaumont, a transgender nun, has her faith tested by a wild-spirited Postulate named Florence as a hidden romance blooms between the two

Cast

Jessie Leiper

Sister Mary-Beaumont

Lily Oliver

Sister Florence

Sarah England

Reverend Mother Mary Bernadette

Marcia Thomas

Elderly Woman

Paige Stoddart

Crew

Director: Ruby Holliday
Writer: Toby Milnes
Editor: Jessica Wilson
Cinematography: Sophie Smith
Production Design: Jack Christian-Sims
Sound: Zara Leather

Details

Studios: potato baby productions, University of Salford
Countries: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Release: May 28, 2025

Themes

nunforbidden lovecoming of agetragedylgbtreligious persecutiontransgender rights