The BAFTA and BIFA Nominated Pilot for Adult Life Skills entitled EMOTIONAL FUSEBOX released Exclusively on VIMEO
NOMINATED - 2015 BAFTA Film Awards, Best Short Film
NOMINATED - 2014 British Independent Film Awards, Best British Short
OFFICIAL SELECTION - 2014 BFI London Film Festival
Anna (Jodie Whittaker) lives a hermit’s life in her Mum’s garden shed. She wants to stay there but her Mum has other plans.
A pilot for the feature film ADULT LIFE SKILLS. Commissioned by Creative England and the BFI, and official selection at the London Film Festival, EMOTIONAL FUSEBOX is the BAFTA/BIFA nominated short film written and directed by Rachel Tunnard that served as a pilot for Rachel’s debut feature ADULT LIFE SKILLS – official selection at the TriBeCa (winning Rachel the Nora Ephron Prize) and Edinburgh International Film Festivals.
Writer director - Rachel Tunnard (BAFTA Brit to Watch)
Producer - Michael Berliner (Screen International Star of Tomorrow)
Starring Jodie Whittaker as ANNA, Lorraine Ashbourne as MARION, Marcia Warren as JEAN, Rachael Deering as FIONA and Edward Hogg ADAM.
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Emotional Fusebox - BAFTA nominated pilot for movie Adult Life Skills from Michael Berliner on Vimeo.
ADULT LIFE SKILLS will receive its UK and European premiere at the 70th Edinburgh International Film Festival after being officially selected for the “Best of British” strand, ahead of its nationwide release on 24 June.
The EIFF premiere follows hot on the heels of the film’s world premiere at TriBeCa, where writer/director Rachel Tunnard received the Nora Ephron Prize – awarded to a woman writer or director with a distinctive voice who embodies the spirit and vision of the legendary filmmaker and writer.
The ADULT LIFE SKILLS UK and European premiere will take place at 20:45 on 18 June, as part of a programme of World, European and UK premieres including Finding Dory, and Maggie’s Plan.
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Starring Jodie Whittaker, Lorraine Ashbourne, Brett Goldstein, Rachael Deering, Eileen Davies, Alice Lowe, Edward Hogg and introducing Ozzy Myers
Synopsis: Anna is stuck: she’s approaching 30 and having and early-mid life crisis – one that’s seen her regressing to a teenager, living like a hermit in her mum’s garden shed and wondering why the suffragettes ever bothered.
She spends her days making videos using her thumbs as actors – thumbs that bicker about things like whether Yogi Bear is a moral or existential nihilist. But Anna doesn’t show these videos to anyone and no one knows what they are for.
A week before her birthday her Mum serves her an ultimatum – she needs to move out of the shed, get a haircut that doesn’t put her gender in question and stop dressing like a homeless teenager. Naturally, Anna tells her Mum to BACK THE F-OFF.
However, when her school friend comes to visit, Anna’s self-imposed isolation becomes impossible to maintain. Soon she is entangled with a troubled eight year old boy obsessed with Westerns, and the local real estate agent whose awkwardness continually undermines his attempts to seduce her.
This is a story about confronting the things we are most scared of – that explores the universal themes of being lost and finding yourself, making peace with who you are, and regaining self-confidence and dignity.
It is basically the same themes as ROCKY if you think about it. But with thumbs. And a cowboy. And no boxing.
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ADULT LIFE SKILLS IS IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE JUNE 24
Growing a successful first feature film-maker: Creative England and Rachel Tunnard
Creative England is delighted to have played an integral part in Rachel Tunnard’s emergence as a great British film-maker. Rachel first came to Creative England’s radar in 2014 when she applied to develop her ideas for a film.
Rachel’s talent was immediately clear to the Creative England team, and she was encouraged to apply to the iShorts programme, to develop the idea as a short. This ‘pilot’ became Rachel’s BAFTA-nominated and BIFA awarded Emotional Fusebox.
Creative England continued to support Rachel, developing the film with Creative England's Production Funds to the feature length Adult Life Skills.
The Production Fund is supported by the BFI with National Lottery funding.
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