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A Caucasian man in his 40s wearing glasses, and a North African woman in her 30s, both sit next to each other on a sofa with a mug in one hand and their phone in the other hand.

Synopsis

"I choose not to bring this into our home.”
“Well it is in our home, isn’t it?”
Newlyweds Jeremy and Norah have recently moved to Ashford, Kent, where they’re trying to start a family, guided by their friendly and punctual fertility app, Try-cycle. Norah, a teacher in a local school, is deeply immersed in the news and social media landscapes, finding validation and purpose through her online interactions. Meanwhile Jeremy, a doctor in a London hospital, yearns for a life less impacted by the plight of others, seeking technology to numb himself from modern day life through the dopamine hits of swipes and likes.
As both local and international events take place with direct implications for the couple, Jeremy prefers not to know what is happening, choosing not to read the news at all. But Norah does, a lot. As Norah consumes more and more news, eventually, will it consume her?
In a world more globally linked than ever, this thrilling psychological drama explores the role of empathy, where the couple's social media consumptions, communities and world views, differ drastically. A heartfelt exploration of love, loneliness and humanity, when we can't switch off in an “always-on” digital age.

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Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 10 min 59 sec
Format: Digital
Director: Tamer Akeil
Producer: Joyce Veheary, Natasha Markou
Co-Producer: Evelyn Sharples
Executive Producer: Tamer Akeil, Nadia Nadif
Editor: Matt Stevens
Screenwriter: Nadia Nadif
Director of Photography: Garath Whyte
Production Designer: Lara Zeidan
Sound: Michael Griggs
Composer: Charlie Hinchcliff and Joeri Pronk
Principal cast: Nadia Nadif, Brooks Livermore
Associate Producer: Olia Goronovych
Gaffer: Alina Kay Kolosova
First Assistant Camera: Thomas Hall
First Assistant Director: Aya Zabadne
Visual Effects: Ariel Ip and Tsang Chun Fung
Behind the Scenes Photographer and Videographer: Ben Hollingbery
Trainee Camera Assistant: Nathanial Morgan
Hair and Makeup: Kirsten Mc'Clelland

Genre

Drama Human Rights Thriller

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

London Production Studios,

Natasha Markou,
Flat 1, 81a Heath Street
London
NW3 6UG

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