When Director Dan Löwenstein, founder of film production company House of Create, was approached to make a film for Survivors UK he was immediately drawn to the importance of the subject matter and was keen to create something of a high production value with a memorable message for them. Safe became a passion project where real stories of survivors of sexual violence are portrayed direct to camera by a trio of actors, all chosen for their ability to connect with the harrowing subject matter with the level of sensitivity required for the roles. Safe is a brave film which speaks to the isolating experience of abuse while conveying the unfortunate realities of a story which is so often the same, enabling the film to talk to a much larger audience and for survivors to see themselves in those on screen. We spoke to Löwenstein about building the script from authentic experiences and dialogue,...
- 12/20/2022
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
Lyn Lapid, a 17-year-old singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist, has been posting cover videos on TikTok since October 2019. Early this year, she had a moment that countless cover-singers pray for: A producer in the music industry reached out to compliment her work and explore the possibility of collaboration.
But any elation proved to be short-lived. “He told me how a bunch of people in the industry start out by putting out stuff they might hate if it means they’ll get popular first,” Lapid recalls. “I didn’t want to enter the music industry that way.
But any elation proved to be short-lived. “He told me how a bunch of people in the industry start out by putting out stuff they might hate if it means they’ll get popular first,” Lapid recalls. “I didn’t want to enter the music industry that way.
- 10/14/2020
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
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