Aim: We are set to shoot Gobstopper this Summer and we are looking to find the final £8000 to complete our production budget.
Gobstopper is an uncompromising coming-of-age story about co-dependency and the moment a mother and daughter are forced to let go and grow-up on a road trip where the world starts and ends at the car door.
The Production
Gobstopper is inspired by the real life experience of writer, director Pippa Feldberg Collins. It will be shot by Oscar Nominated Cinematographer Robbie Ryan (Poor Things/The Favourite) with BAFTA Nominee Lee Groombridge (Bird/Pillion) as Executive Producer in association with 11:11 Films.
The Story
Gobstopper follows RAYNA, the mother whose battles with her past have shrunk life to the four walls of her home and KIT, the eleven-year-old daughter, driver and carer, whose world is dominated by RAYNA’S restrictions. KIT fills her days with imagination and surrealism, the only way to escape the boundaries her mother has established to protect them. Realising her daughter is on the cusp of puberty, RAYNA packs their bags and their guns, leaving home for the first time in decades in a fight for control over their own lives.
On the road KIT and RAYNA create a fantasy space where women can find their own answers, where the reality of the male gaze is irrelevant and where women can take back their power, even if doing so is messy and problematic.
Gobstopper asks: where does childhood end and womanhood begin, and what does that even mean in a world where childhood innocence is often more of a myth than a reality.
Our Target
We are looking to raise the final £8,000 for our core production budget, which is supported by the generous amount received from our investors. With your help, we can reach our target and give this film the locations, costume and production design it deserves.
No matter the amount of your donation, you will be helping us make Gobstopper the best it can be.
Thank you so much for supporting our film!
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 23rd July 2025 at 5:26pm