Twenty
Nominated for the SONY Future Filmmakers Award, TWENTY is the story of the girl behind the number. The film follows Emily, a homeless ballet dancer undertaking a potentially life-changing audition. In the audition room, identified by the auditioners as the girl wearing the number twenty, Emily is graceful and poised. However, in the real world, she struggles to find somewhere to sleep, let alone focus on her artistry. The narrative alternates between the day before the audition, when Emily is desperately trying to find shelter for the night, and the audition day itself, as she faces gruelling rounds to be chosen for a highly selective ballet company. Pushed to the brink, will she be able to achieve her dreams? The film features Lorraine Ashbourne (Bridgerton, The Crown) and was partially financed by Nick Brown of Neal Street Productions (1917), with executive producer Gabrielle Tana (The White Crow, Philomena). The music, composed by Hugh Brunt (Tár, You Were Never Really Here), was mixed at Abbey Road, and the sound design was crafted by Steve Giammaria (The Bear, Theater Camp).
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TWENTY represents a microcosm of the creative industry that is rarely showcased truthfully: the working-class experience of trying to become an artist. It was inspired by my time as a 20-year-old unable to afford a flat in London, so the story is profoundly personal and was developed in partnership with the charity Shelter and various ballet experts for over two years. The process for the film took three years. A year and a half of which was spent developing the script. Six months were spent with the lead actor Lydia Brayshaw in which I taught her acting; she had only had six months of experience when I auditioned her, so I went about teaching her a very specific way of acting, which involved a lot of script analysis, but also improvisations as the character around London. The film has been greatly received, especially in America, where we've already played a few festivals to great applause, and we're looking to continue to connect with some of the world's best festivals.

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