Mother Tongue

Producer, Short Film | Apr 2025 - Apr 2026

When Lara learns she’s pregnant, she returns to her seaside hometown, where shadows of her childhood resurface. Among shifting tides and fading voices, she moves through memories that blur into dreams of her late mother.

My final project for my MA Film course at the University of the Arts London. Directed and written by Sarah Ayesha Betts. 

Responsibilities included:

• Script development in collaboration with the director

• Led communication and coordination between department heads to ensure alignment and meet deadlines

• Planned and executed a crowdfunding campaign, including outreach to press and organisations

• Secured over £1,000 in funding through crowdfunding, press, and community engagement

• Managed the production budget, tracking expenses and maintaining cost reports

• Location scouting, management of location agreements and accommodation

• Coordinated logistics for complex scenes, including safety planning for underwater filming

• Completed risk assessments and ensured compliance with safety standards in collaboration with local authorities

• Oversaw on-set activity, ensuring cast and crew wellbeing, catering and resolving any issues

• Secured lifeguard for scenes that involved filming in the sea

• Management of contracts for cast and freelance crew

• Coordination of post-production to ensure delivery aligned with deadlines and creative goals

• Coordination of festival strategy and correspondence