Dragonfly

Elsie and Colleen are neighbors. They live door to door in British suburbia. Both are deeply lonely. Elsie, an elderly widow, has nursing staff coming over who are overworked and only able to do the bare minimum. Colleen is unemployed. Her only companion is her beloved pit bull, Sabre. With growing unease, she watches the constant coming and going of care workers in Elsie’s apartment—and suddenly decides to take care of her neighbor herself. But Colleen’s motives may not be as pure as they seem. Dragonfly starts out as a quiet social drama and unfolds into a vexing thriller with horror elements strewn in. British writer-director Paul Andrew Williams keeps the cards close to his chest and plays with our expectations all the way to the shocking conclusion. (Leonie Markovics)
In attendance of Paul Andrew Williams (director)
Paul Andrew Williams is a BAFTA-winning film and television director acclaimed for his 2006 neo-noir debut London to Brighton. He has made several forays into the horror genre, most notably with the movies The Cottage and Cherry Tree Lane but has also done more mainstream fare, such as the musical dramedy Song for Marion. In recent years, before returning to the big screen with the diabolical revenge story Bull (2021, SLASH 2022), he was a director on British series like Broadchurch and A Confession. His latest cinematic outing, Dragonfly, had its world premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival.