BAFTA Breakthrough Star Talks Healing Through Film - Daisy-May Hudson

BAFTA Breakthrough Star Talks Healing Through Film - Daisy-May Hudson

Published: May 7, 2026

Duration: 1:04:35

Today on Life After Prison, we’re joined by filmmaker Daisy-May Hudson.  


In 2013, Daisy-May was living in a hostel with her mum and sister — a reality she didn’t fully recognise as homelessness at the time.  


At that young age she decided to pick up a camera and document it, a decision that would change everything. Her story went viral, leading to her documentary Halfway, which she crowdfunded and took to cinemas.  


Now a BAFTA Breakthrough talent, her work — including feature film Lollipop — focuses on storytelling, healing, and lived experience, particularly around pr...