Target reached! Stretch target: £8,000
Amongst other things, this additional amount would allow us to secure a more costly ...
Amongst other things, this additional amount would allow us to secure a more costly ...
Aim: We are set to shoot Truckload in early August and need a final bit of funding to achieve our creative vision and make it the best it can be!
Based on real life, Truckload is a story about self-belief, determination and those times when if you don't laugh, you'll cry.
Truckload is a funny and frank comedy-drama written by, and based on the real life experience, of writer, actress and musician Evie Jones, directed by Evie's childhood friend and oldest creative collaborator Aella Jordan-Edge, and produced by Arpita Ashok and Victoria Emslie. Evie will also star as the protagonist LIZZIE.
Truckload follows Lizzie as she moves back to Manchester following a traffic accident that happened a year ago which left her with life-changing injuries. We meet Lizzie starting the second phase of her recovery journey:
There are 12 steps to recovery following LIZZIE’s traffic accident (and that’s not counting the 50 stairs up to her flat). Newly disabled, and having spent a year at her Mum SARAH’s house, Lizzie’s finally moving back to Manchester with her best friends GEORGE and COURTNEY. Although Lizzie wants her independence back, easy tasks have become physical feats: every molehill is a mountain. Lizzie’s brain isn’t cooperating either, providing a stream of PTSD flashbacks or absurd daydreams of hooking up with her hot doctor… or smashing him around the head with a crutch.
Truckload is a story about mastering your (new) reality after a life-changing event. It’s also a love letter to parents who support their disabled adult children and friends who stick by you through life’s toughest challenges.
Winner of Primetime Network's Empower Fund!
We are delighted to note that, as announced at Cannes, Truckload has been awarded the Primetime Network’s Empower Fund (including an amazing in-kind camera package from HAWK and post services from Picture Shop). And what's more, Jodie Whittaker will be starring as LIZZIE's Mum, SARAH: Click here to read the VARIETY article!
We are now looking to raise additional funding for our core production budget, to supplement the generous package received from our investors. With your help, we could increase our budget specifically for locations, lighting, costume and production design, ensuring that the look of our film can live up to our stellar cast and we can really bring LIZZIE's world to life.
No matter the amount of your donation, you will be helping us make Truckload the best it can be.
Thank you so much for supporting our film!