WASP Alenemoren Zoë bor i Dartford med fire barn. Hun er fattig og har ikke råd til mat. En dag kommer eks-kjæresten hennes kjørende og spør henne om de ikke kan gå ut sammen. Redd som hun er for at han egentlig ikke ønsker å gå ut med henne, lyver hun og sier hun bare sitter barnevakt for barna. Dette vil bli hennes første date på årevis.	Zoë is a single mother who lives with her four children in Dartford. She is poor and can’t afford to buy food. One day, her ex-boyfriend drives by and asks her on a date. Scared that he doesn’t really want to go out with her, she lies and tells him that she is just babysitting her kids. This will be her first date in years.
Om regissøren ANDREA ARNOLD har studert ved Los Angeles American Film Institute, hvor hun fikk en MA i filmvitenskap. Hun ble nylig valgt som en av de tre regissørene for Advance Party Trilogy, tre filmer som alle skal handle om de samme syv karakterene – etter en idé av Lars von Trier. WASP (2003) har fått en entusiastisk mottakelse av kritikerne og har allerede vunnet 19 priser, blant annet Oscar for beste kortfilm i 2005.	*The director* ANDREA ARNOLD studied at the Los Angeles American Film Institute, where she received a MA in Film Arts. Recently she has been chosen to direct one of the three films of the Advance Party Trilogy, who all feature the same seven characters, after an idea of Lars von Trier. WASP (2003) has been enthusiastically acclaimed by the critics, and has already been awarded nineteen prizes, including the Academy Award for Best Short Film in 2005.
35 mm (1:1,85) \| 25 MIN UK \| 2003 Regi/Direction: Andrea Arnold Manus/Screenplay: Andrea Arnold Foto/Camera: Robbie Ryan Klipp/Editing: Nicholas Chaudeurge Lyd/Sound: Neil Herd Animasjon/Animation: Olly Nash Med/With: Natalie Press Danny Dyer Prod/Prod: Natasha Marsh for Cowboy Films	Kopi fra/Print source British Council 10 Spring Gardens GB-London SW1A 2BN geraldinehiggins@ britishcouncil.org +44 2073893170