• The Bag Lady

Technical details

Documentary Short - UK - 8 minutes 32 seconds - English (With subtitles)

Cast and Credits

Featuring Lesley Butler and Puppet Planet

Director - Riccardo Servini

Writer & Assistant Director - Lucy Davidson

Producer - Jack Woodcraft

DOP - Ollie Craig

Editor - Abbie Lucas

Sound Design/Recordist - Bob Stankus

Music Composer - Cathryn Bell

Animation - Jamie Kendall

VFX: Adam Palmer

Production Assistant - Hiba Shibu

Sound Recordist/Assistant - Reece Berry

A peek into the magical world of Lesley Butler who owns and runs one of the last remaining high street puppet shops in the UK.

Screening Details: documentary screenings. April 28th 2026. 11:00am-15:00pm. actone cinema.

Director biography

- Riccardo servini

Riccardo is a Grierson nominated director working across Documentary and Fiction. He directed feature documentary ‘A Space in Time’ with Nick Taussig, to raise awareness of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. The film was theatrically released and garnered positive reviews in The Guardian, Total Film, Little White Lies, Sight & Sound and many more. He also directed and edited the multi award winning documentary ‘Dwarf Story’ for ITV exploring the repercussions of certain treatments on the rise for children with achondroplasia and the part media representation has played in influencing society’s viewpoint. He is currently in pre-production on his next feature and a documentary series in the US.