What we do
99 Winters is an independent British stage and screen production company founded by Kosha Engler and Benet Brandreth. We create original stories and fresh takes on classics, with a love of experimentation and the weird and wonderful. Whether we’re exploring a high concept premise or telling a grounded, intimate story, our work puts character first, with wit and emotional depth.
Clone Hamlet
A DARK COMEDY SHORT FILM
Photos by Vittoria Avigliano
SYNOPSIS
Determined to save her legacy and theatre itself, once-celebrated actress Kayla Everleigh clones herself to play every role in Hamlet. What begins as a satirical mockumentary slips into something darker and more surreal, somewhere between Black Swan and Black Mirror, as Kayla’s bid for theatrical immortality spirals out of control.
Director: Simon Evans
Writer / Executive Producer: Kosha Engler
Producer: Grace King
Cast: Anna Francolini, Tori Allen-Martin, Buck Braithwaite
Running Time: 15:38 | IMDb page
STATUS
Post-production - completing November 2026
Meet the co-founders
BENET BRANDRETH
Writer, director, performer
A novelist, creator of five-star sell-out Edinburgh Fringe shows, and rhetoric coach to the Royal Shakespeare Company. Benet creates theatre and film that celebrates language, wit and provocation, inviting audiences to be active participants in the story. A King’s Counsel, Benet is also a leading intellectual property barrister.
Having appeared in Silo, Industry, Eric and The Batman, Kosha brings three decades of experience as a stage and screen actress, and an extensive network. As a screenwriter she’s been a Final Draft Big Break Top 10 Finalist and a Kinolime Shorts Top 10 Finalist. Kosha is drawn to female-driven stories and bold concepts with heart and humour.
KOSHA ENGLER
Actress, writer, producer