Juliet Klottrup / Artist / Photographer / Director 



Skate Like a Lass Film



About. Over two years, I researched and documented inclusive grassroots skateboarding communities in Northern England, that connect female, marginalised and LGBTQI+
individuals. This project aimed to address gaps in representation, participation, and historical documentation within skateboarding. These groups have created safe spaces and welcoming environments, where skating is a tool for empowerment, unlocking freedom and where failure is accepted and celebrated as a rite of passage.

I have learnt from them so much about community, survival, resilience, kinship, trust and bravery.
Through moving images and recorded interviews, I sought to authentically capture the personal stories of individuals within these skate communities. Democratising photography and filmmaking by having cameras available for skaters during skate sessions has created a rich archive of images and a three minute film. The quote ‘Skate like a lass’ comes from the tag line of ‘Cumbria Cvven’ a Girls skate group founded in Barrow-in-Furness. With so much thanks and gratitude to everyone who made this possible.

Awards.
-Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize Finalist
-Shiny Awards Winner 2025
-‘British Skate Culture‘ Skateboard GB Photography Award Winner 2025
-Official Nominee at Skate and Surf Film Festival Milano 2025
- Screening at Bafta and Bifa film qualifying Bolton Film Festival October 2025
-Screening at Bifa film qualifying Women X Film Festival September 2025

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Photoseries





Featured Skate collectives/Parks
SLAG Collective ︎
Empress Skateboarding ︎
Big Woody’s Skate shop ︎
Warehouse indoor Park ︎
Real Skate Northwest ︎
Ralph Fest ︎
House of Wingz ︎

Special Thank you to Slag Collective, Empress Skateboarding,  Cumbria Cvven, Lily, Joel, Lucy, Emily, Gemma, Kamilė, Dulcimer, Chloe, Ali, Hans, Anya, Layna, Maysa, Amaya, Molly, Amber, Gracie, Lois, Rob Sara and Lara Monro.


This project was also shared with BA Photography Students at the University of Cumbria, where I was appointed an Honorary Photography Teaching Fellow in Sep 2023. The final work will be archived with the North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Made with support from Arts Council England and National Lottery Fund
Film credits:
Film credits:
@julietklottrup
Edit | @sarafaulkneredits
@stitchediting
Edit Producer Alice Clarke
Edit assistant Joe Bolger

DOP | @abitimminsdop

Additional Cinematography Joel Holt, Alicia Eland, Layna

Original Score | @breenbeen
Production | @reuben_hibbert

Post production producer @matildasilversved

Production Company | @canadacanadacom

Sound House @sineaudio
Sound design @maichiprojects
Sound producer @therealjulianmarshallswork

Online @freefolkstudios Colourist @edwardwebbcolour
Post producer Megan Hindle
Flame Andy Copping

Film Processing - Kodak London Lab @the_filmlab_guy
@kodak_shootfilm Scan Digital Orchard @digital_orchard
Film @kodak_shootfilm