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Libby Burke Wilde’s early twenties provides a fresh perspective on narrative filmmaking. A cinematic rendering of the coming-of-age album, the short narrative is a mirror to the transformative years of your early twenties, touching on themes of mental health, friendship, queer love, and loneliness. Cat’s conversational lyrics are almost tangible in Libby’s script, interweaving the lives of five friends on a night out, all at different stages in life. Reassuring and validating, early twenties pairs the vulnerability of early adulthood with an overwhelming feeling of togetherness, achieved, in part, by giving the audience the unique chance to visually experience Cat’s album.
Piecing together the narrative between the music videos for ‘alone’, ‘end game’, and ‘met someone’, also directed by Libby, the short film stars a wealth of emerging British acting talent: India Amarteifio (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story), Sam Reuben (Everything Now), Aiyana Goodfellow (The Outlaws), Melina Sinadinou (Beyond Paradise), and BAFTA-nominated Samuel Bottomley (How To Have Sex, Sundown).
Libby, whose work we've shared previously on our site, notes: 'Your early 20s are one of the most transformative times in life, which I think is what makes it so memorable. It’s a time of limbo between childhood and fully-fledged adulthood. Responsibilities are creeping in, but some things are still carefree. It’s also a time when your relationship to yourself and others is changing dramatically. Cat mentions all these things in her album. Not knowing where you want to be, not feeling comfortable in your own skin, loneliness and having low self-esteem. All universal themes that feel so heightened in your early twenties. I wanted to make a film that touches on many of these feelings. It reflects the dramatic highs and epic lows of this time in your life, but leaves you with a feeling of hope for the future.'
India Amarteifio as TASH
Samuel Bottomley as JACK
Aiyana Goodfellow as MOL
Sam Reuben as FEMI
Melina Sinadinou as NOOR
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Executive Producer - Cat Burns
Executive Producers - Trine Pillay & Stephanie Walton
Producer - Mel Giles
Commissioner - James Hackett
Creative Director, RCA - Joy Elton
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Director of Photography - Joe Cook
Production Designer - James Janna Bartlett
Editor - Sarah Peczek
Costume Designer - Cynthia Lawrence John
Music Composer - Cat Burns
Casting Director - Emma Garrett
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Production Manager - Jack Wiles
Production Assistants - Sam Luker Brown, Anna Peduzzi, Andre Mason
1st AD - Ffion Kunz
2nd AD - Anna Saracka
3rd AD - Ashley Lawrence
Runners - Archie Holm-Slack, Will Clayton
Script Supervisor - Angelica Pressello
Art Department Assistants - Mia Giacone, Harriet Trent
Casting Associate - Anna Lyndon
Casting Director (Supporting Artists) - Bobby Mitchell
Focus Puller - Tamia Diaz
Clapper Loader - Luca Parasilti-Holt
Camera Trainee - Ratheka Patel
Focus Puller (B Unit) - Roze Stokkel
Camera Trainee (B Unit) - Lucas Murray
Steadicam Operator - Emilio Schläppi
Precision Rider - Jake Young
Ronin Tech - Drew Tate
Camera Car Driver - Antony Bugge
DITs - Dimiter Dimitroff, Alix Milan
Gaffer - Ben Caldwell
Best Boy - Raz Khamehseifi
Sparks - Dean Coffey, Scott Parker, Aaron Bartlett & Devan Green
Sound Recordist - Chris Pramthai White
Styling Assistants - Manuela Pomposo & Delilah Bannister
Hair & Makeup Artist - Jess Summer
Hair & Makeup Assistants - Natalie Young, Luca Chirico
Cat Burns Makeup Artist - Daniela Monteiro
Hair Specialist - Danielle Johnally
Second Unit Director - Alexandra Green
Location Manager - Lois Constantinou
Location Assistant - Billy Bridger
Post Facility - Black Kite London
Colourist - Richard Fearon
Colour Producer - Jamie McCubbin
VFX Lead - Marcus Moffatt
VFX Producer - Polly Durrance
Audio Post Facility - No. 8 London
Sound Designers - Sam Robson & James Everett
Audio Executive Producer - Karen Noden
Props Driver - Dimitri Kolichenko
Security - Fionn Bibby
Medics - Lucie Omar, Sarah Bacon
Artist Management - Olivia Edwards Allen & Hal Hudson
Head of Marketing, RCA - Alex Bean
Audience Development Manager, RCA - Hannah Ege
Head of Digital, RCA - Chinwe Mlemchukwu
Marketing Coordinator, RCA - Flore Barbay
BTS (Stills) - Izzie Lewis-Dodson
BTS (Film) - Jamila Al Adwani
Camera Equipment - Panavision
Lighting Equipment - MBSE
Grip Equipment - DLB
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