Female bonding is handled very sensitively in Nicholls’ intimate short, focusing on the desire to share experience and emotion with somebody you are keen to garner trust with. The issue of grief is touched on, but as a catharsis opposed to melodrama.
About the film:
Director’s Biography:
Sarah Nicholls grew up in a small village called Great Missenden where she spent her teenage years working as a Museum Assistant and Storyteller at the Roald Dahl Museum.
Acting and Drama has always been her passion and in 2020 she went on to study Drama and Film at Royal Holloway University of London. Alongside her studies, she sought out opportunities in the London film industry by working as an extra for a Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg production, a film directed by George Clooney and as a stand-in for an ITV production.
“Crossfire” is her first professional Director’s debut at 21 years old, with connections she has made from her time at university. Sarah recently moved across the world and is currently living in Sydney, Australia. This experience has further fuelled her passion to write and create.
Director’s Statement:
The idea behind this film never started with two girls meeting on a park bench. In February 2022, I remember seeing footage on the news of Russia advancing their invasion into Ukraine and a pit in my stomach grew.
There were soldiers who barely fit in their uniform and innocent children caught in the crossfire. It affected me more than any other news story that night- perhaps selfishly because there was speculation that the UK might get involved. However, I remember imagining a scenario where 2 girls meet.
