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WORM FACTORY
FILM | ART | CREATIVE PRODUCTION
The worms are rising up, they have unionised. They will no longer work on your farm without rights or recompense, and so they have built their own factory. What do you think of that, huh?
Worm Factory is a film, art and creative production company, seeking to create a utopia for people often underrepresented in the creative industries. A place for foolish and idle bliss. With a particular focus on LGBTQIA+ narratives and accessibility, Worm Factory creates projects with, by and for these underrepresented voices to increase visibility and build a sense of community.
Why worms? You may ask. Well, worms are naturally genderless, being born with both sets of sex organs, which makes them LGBTQIA+ icons. They are also a vital part of our eco-system, recycling organic matter and putting it right back into the soil (through little worm poops).
There are so many worms living underground, often millions at a time, but we fail to notice them. Much like the LGBTQIA+ community and other marginalised groups who have been forced to go into hiding throughout history, and even in society today, for fears of their safety. But if worms can come out after the rain, so can we. Join us for the worm uprising. Join the Worm Factory.
MADDIE LOCK (THEY/THEM)
Maddie Lock is an award-winning queer, non-binary and working class filmmaker, programmer and facilitator, born in Eastbourne, and based in Brighton. They are inspired by seaside and folk-based histories, underrepresented voices, and working with communities to create projects that have accessibility and inclusion at their core.

Their films to date have explored gender and sexuality (Monsters), along with ADHD and autism (Welcome to the Puppet Show: A Day at the Circus), both aiming to portray these topics through a political and playful lens to reclaim the narrative. Maddie aims to always have a predominantly LGBTQIA+ cast and crew, in particular trans/non-binary people, as well as disabled cast and crew members on every film they create.
They are currently working on a short documentary about identity, belonging, and community for queer and trans people who grew up on the coast, a photography and moving image project about Sussex folklore based on the mythological martlet bird which is represented on the Sussex flag, and are researching theories of placemaking and change-making to better understand how they can create socially engaged and community-based projects.
FUNDING & AWARDS
- Awarded the Prince William BAFTA Bursary 2025
- Shortlisted for the Iris Prize Documentary Fund 2024
- Short Cut Film Fund 2023/24 (Young Film Network South East, Independent Cinema Office, BFI Film Academy)
- Screenskills Film Bursary 2024
- The Pebble Trust’s Young People Bursary 2024 (Brighton Fringe Bursary)
