Presiding over the group is an authoritarian diva who speaks entirely with the voice of Kenneth Clark from the 1960s BBC series Civilisation. As she forces the women to go head-to-head in a series of demeaning tasks, Siri, with the help of fellow inmate Alexa, starts subverting the rules and soon reveals the sinister truth that underpins their world.

This darkly-comic film takes a satirical look at the contradictory pressures faced by woman today. It examines how television and social media can be fun and expressive spaces to explore identity, but simultaneously a gilded prison that encourages women to conform to strict beauty ideals.

In Make Me Up, multimedia artist Rachel Maclean has created a world that is both seductive and dangerous; a place where surveillance, violence and submission are a normalised part of daily life. She tackles these contradictions head-on and never balks at taking things too far.

Co-produced by Hopscotch Films and NVA, Make Me Up is a major commission for 14-18 NOW and the BBC, also funded by Creative Scotland. Make Me Up also forms part of Represent, a series of artworks inspired by the Representation of the People Act 1918, supported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.

QFT is delighted to welcome director Rachel Maclean for a Q&A following the screening, presented in partnership with the Naughton Gallery at Queen’s.

Special thanks to Cosmic Cat.