VENICE FILM FESTIVAL + SUSANA MOTA
21st April 2026
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VENICE FILM FESTIVAL + SUSANA MOTA
Talent
The feature film Ish has been officially selected at The Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week. It’s the directorial debut of Imran Perretta and features hair and makeup design by Susana Mota.
Ish follows two best friends who face the end of childhood when racial profiling and a traumatic police stop-and-search tear them apart. It teaches Ish about letting go in a society where brown boys are constantly watched.
Big congratulations to all involved.
SUSANA MOTA // CV // WEBSITE
Susana Exton-Mota
Originally from Lisbon, Susana Exton-Mota is a London-based Hair & Make Up Designer working in film, TV drama and commercials for the past two decades. Some of her notable design credits include the feature Drift starring and produced by the Oscar-Nominated Cynthia Erivo and directed by Anthony Chen (which premiered at Sundance), BBC Three’s BAFTA winning Juice starring and created by Mawaan Rizwan, the feature Ish directed by Imran Perretta.
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