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Notice Me

A woman walking down an East London street, wearing a denim jacket, red handbag and hooped earrings.

Synopsis

When charmingly awkward Em lands in a new East London flat, freshly fired and desperate for a do-over, she’s floored by her first sighting of AJ, the impossibly cool neighbour next door. Three seconds of prolonged sapphic eye contact later, Em plunges into a full queer spiral: chaotic DIY outfits, tragic first impressions, and a mission to decode whether AJ’s eyes are flirting, or just, you know, open. Throwing herself into Hackney life, Em stumbles into Dukes Café, the beating heart of the East London queer scene. In true romcom fashion, once Em starts showing up as herself, not the manicured version she thinks AJ wants, she just might get exactly what her little dyke heart needed all along.
Official Selection BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2026 - World premiere

Details

Type of project
Shorts
Running time
18 min
Director
Amy Leonard
Producer
Emily Sky Hickin
Executive Producer
Lena Dunham, Daisy Ifama
Editor
Courtney Marquard
Screenwriter
Jody Wiltshire
Director of Photography
Jos Bitelli
Production Designer
L’Oyin Ogunbusola
Sound
Matteo Di Cugno
Composer
Charleeeee
Principal cast
Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, Daisy Bevan, Amy Spalding, Elios Douglas, Chiyo Kenn Gomes
Other Lead Creative(s)
Francis Ezekiel, Taali Kwaten
Casting Director
Sacha Garrett
Intimacy Coordinator
Adelaide Waldrop
Hair & Make-Up Designer
Cynthia De La Rosa
Hair & Make Up Artist
Kaleena Jordan
Hair & Make Up Artist
Emma McRae
Hair & Make Up Trainee
Keely Ridgwell
Music Supervisor
Lottie Jackson-Faulkner
Stills Photographer
Ottilie Landmark
On-set BTS Videographer
Rachelle Cox
On-set BTS Videographer
Sara Roudbari

Genre

Comedy LGBTQIA+ Romance

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Pucci Productions

Emily Sky Hickin

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