If I Wish Really Hard, Izzie Arandia-Richards’ new film has finished shooting in Plymouth, and we’ve managed to pick up some of the production stills.
Written and produced by Izzie and directed by award-winning director Matt Richards, If I Wish Really Hard tells the story of eight-year-old Molly, an only child of a Pakistani father and British mother, as she watches her parents’ marriage disintegrate and her mum embark on a romantic relationship with another man.
In a disturbing dream Molly fantasises with killing mum’s lover to put an end to the extramarital affair, subconsciously wishing that putting mum’s lover out of the picture will bring things back to normal in her family.
Editing is set to start on Tuesday, September 7, with the premiere taking place on Friday, October 22 during Two Short Nights, the short film festival at the Exeter Phoenix.
The film was funded through the Exeter Phoenix Digital Shorts schemes, with supported from Exeter Phoenix, Devon County Council, Denham Productions, Pelham Puppets and Plymouth College of Art.
The digital shorts scheme, which is offered to Devon residents only, has been running since 2001 and has helped more than 50 short films get made.
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Sounds both interesting and disturbing. I’ll be watching it in Exeter.