Filmmaker Statement

When I was writing the script, I wasn’t particularly interested in the nature of abuse, it’s rather the feeling of what comes after for the victim. The shockwave basically. That very short but critical period of time after the assault happens. What are the first impulses Eva gets in this situation, in this particular environment that she desperately wants to be a part of.  And how will this change the person she is. My goal with this film is to show Eva’s arc from a naïve, inexperienced young woman to someone whose world has completely turned around and the meaning of her dreams has changed forever.  I wrote this story based on a personal experience, but the themes that we are dealing with in this film are universal and many people - sadly can relate to them.  As you may not know 97% of women in the UK have experienced sexual assault with only 1% of the actually reporting it.