“The cinema was a baby-sitter for my parents when I was a child, sometimes I would be there for ten or twelve hours. I loved it! Creating fiction is my first love—I’m happy to let others take the reins on bringing them to the screen, but also, I enjoy adventuring behind the camera.” — Susanda Wolf
After over 20 years as a respected journalist and writer, Susanda knows her way around a good story. Now, she’s channelling that experience into filmmaking—with a growing body of work that spans screenplays, short films, books and an upcoming feature.
In March 2024, after a few years break from journalism. With her love for storytelling and the fantastic, Susanda made the decision to move into film production with story driven scripts.
Between March 2024 and March 2025 Susanda made 12 short films. The films, and a couple of screenplays, brought her 22 first place awards and multiple festival entries. Susanda has been active behind the scenes in British film for some time. She ran promotional campaigns for the UK industry in Los Angeles, when only 4 films were being made in the UK a year. A long-standing member of Women in Film, the Writers’ Guild, and the Chartered Institute of Journalists, she recently won Best Producer at the Folkestone Film festival for The Séance of Living, Squabble and Waves. The latter of which played at the cinema.
Susanda’s screenplays have been recognized by competitions such as the London International Screenwriting Competition and praised for their mix of dark twists and sharp humour. Their upcoming feature, Victims and Killers, is a dark comedy heading into production within the year. The PAGE Awards described it as “a comedy that fulfils its first and most important job: it’s funny,” while the Big Break contest noted it “creates a really unique and dynamic atmosphere of unease and dark humour.”
Susanda now works with Palma Carretta, their website is www.palmanda.com which has their projects, written and in development.
Although based 200 miles apart, they have written a few screenplays in the last twelve months, including XMAS, a family horror, which has already done well on the competition circuit and is soon to be available on Audible.
This year Susanda has made 6 shorts so far, and is now preparing for her first feature. On short film making she said ‘I knew nothing about making movies when I started last March, but with a great team we learnt from every film. Weekend Release starring Barbara Ashworth was my first short. It had a fantastic response and spurred me on to make the others.’
Susanda’s writing covers various genres, blending familiarity with originality. She’s currently on Final Draft of three new scripts to add to the stable.
You can explore Susanda Wolf’s work—including short films and selected screenplays—at www.palmanda.com
Her novel Deadlanders is available on Amazon – https://amzn.eu/d/eY7lCtR, and Xmas is due for release on Audible in June 2025.
Weekend Release – Starring Barbara Ashworth. https://youtu.be/wGfL7WEY4oM?si=cxhzXQsUtlhvellu
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