Year: 2026
Director: Marc Silver
Producers: Natalie Humphreys, Kat Mansoor and Marc Silver
Co-Producer: Charlie Falconer
Executive Producers: Minette Nelson, Mark Thomas, Shoshana Zuboff, Jess Search, Sacha Mirzoeff, Alaphia Zoyab, Elise Tillet, Sandra Whipham, Joseph Schull, Harriet Gugenheim, Margarita Louis-Dreyfus and Ángel Maldonado
Production Companies: Doc Society, Snowstorm Productions, Storyboard Studios
Distributor: Cosmic Cat
Screen Scotland support: The film accessed £300,000 through Screen Scotland’s Film Development and Production Fund
Synopsis
Molly Vs the Machines is the personal story of Ian Russell and his unrelenting battle for safer online environments and accountability from the tech giants that dominate – and too often endanger – our daily lives.
Ian lost his 14 year-old daughter Molly Russell after she was exposed to extensive self-harm content on social media, something the Coroner found had contributed to her death, having been drawn into a world of dangerous online content.
From a teenager’s suburban bedroom to the boardrooms of Silicon Valley, Molly Vs the Machines is the story of a heartbroken father’s quest to uncover the truth behind his daughter's death and his fightback against how the most powerful corporations of the modern age operate.
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Image credits: Still courtesy of Storyboard Studios