Filmmaker Statement

There’s a habit in the media and film of focusing on very extreme stories and ideals around dating, relationships and breakups. I wanted to make a short story which conveyed a more nuanced and deeper perspective to ending a relationship. The reality is often painful and disjointed, full of ill thought out and reactive communication, sometimes paying little resemberlence to what the relationship was. In the aftermath regret and sadness start to break through the anger or denial and we are sometimes left with a new found clarity on the good, the bad, ourselves and ex partners which had all been lost in the heat of the moment.  I wanted to provide a stage where both realities could play out and intertwine. Both existing in tandem, neither in denial of the other. Though the relationship has come to an end, it provides this space between the two characters to reflect on what was and no longer is, to honour the relationship and each other. Letting go and saying 'Goodbye'