Directors' Statement

The core ethos of this film is very simple:

What happens when two people - wildly, mutually

attracted - show up and are brutally honest with each other?

Do you hide behind your facade or let it drop? 

How do you calculate if the drop is worth it?

Dan Whitlam wrote it best:

“Showed the mask, that nope -

Oh, the cycle continues for a mind that just won’t trust...”

Dan's character in the film, Ollie, may not be relatable to all. However, his struggle's universal:

outwardly acting in direct opposition to what he inwardly wants.

We’ve all felt the pain that’s invariable when our words and actions don’t line up.

We’ve all acted out some self-destructive pattern that’s blocked us from getting what we really

want.

Do we own it and make a change? 

Or do we stay stuck?

Opportunity can try to force our hand, but the choice is always ours.

This film’s a comedic exploration of the relationship between attraction and free-will.

Potentially life-changing moments - like meeting “the one” - are often romanticised; met with the assumption that when you’re standing in front of what, or whom, you want, you go for it.

Not necessarily...

This script was inspired by a rollercoaster personal experience where I thought I was in love.

In actuality, it was narcissistic abuse.

Sounds like grounds for a comedy, eh?

Ironically, I’ve found the more truthful you are, the funnier things get.

My hope is for audiences to be equally entertained and encouraged to be more vulnerable.

Life has a way of opening up when you drop your mask.