Tomorrow, we film

10 years ago I set the intention to craft my way into the film industry as an actor leading in feature films. That was the most ambitious goal my 20 year old self could imagine at that phase of her life, and that felt far-fetched.

In order to get to that point (and achieve my goal), I realised I’d needed to take a few intentional steps to get there. With determination and persistence that journey became:

Act in a short film with prestigious cast - Soror, directed by James Webber starring BIFA and BAFTA-winning Kate Dickie, Rosie Day and Sian Breckin amongst others. I also had the privilege to meet and work with Director of Photography, Lorenzo Levrini who would later help us bring our short sci-fi How to be Human to life.

Lead in a short film - Butterfly directed by Alex Withers. Which later evolved into an anthology feature film called Girl Feels: Into the Blue and can be streamed on Amazon Prime.

Have a speaking role in a feature film - The Habit of Beauty directed by Mirko Pincelli, acting alongside BAFTA nominated Kierston Wareing and the one and only Nick Moran.

Lead in a short film with an award winning cast - now this is where things really got interesting because this was the first film I had produced and is where my collaboration with director Bruno Centofanti began. How to be Human featured a BAFTA winning (Sophie Kennedy Clark) and Tony-award winning (Frances Ruffelle - the original Eponine in Les Miserables) cast and had the VFX team who just worked on Indiana Jones and Andor.

And now - leading in a feature film.

Tomorrow, we film.

The journey hasn’t been easy by any means but thanks to the generosity and generosity of spirit of those around us - tomorrow we begin the process of filming our feature film!

Wish us luck.

If in 18 days time we have completed all days of filming - we will no longer be first-time filmmakers but filmmakers with a feature film under our belt.

And the ambition of my younger self and my present self will finally meet.