Esteemed British actor and presenter Joanna Lumley stars in short film “My Week With Maisy” by director and actor Mika Simmons.
Lumley stars as Mrs. Foster, a retired lady whose cup is half empty, is starting chemotherapy and is anxious. The last thing she needs is to have to share the treatment room with a know it all child, the titular Maisy Jones who wants to grow up to be a lesbian. But through their unexpected friendship, Maisy Jones gives Mrs. Foster much more than just a glimmer of hope.
The film is written by Mark Oxtoby and produced by Georgina French via French Fancy Productions.
“My Week With Maisy” is supported by the Create Health Foundation, dedicated to empowering women with information about their health at all ages, from puberty to post-menopause. The foundation was founded by Geeta Nargund, who has spent much of her life campaigning for closing...
Lumley stars as Mrs. Foster, a retired lady whose cup is half empty, is starting chemotherapy and is anxious. The last thing she needs is to have to share the treatment room with a know it all child, the titular Maisy Jones who wants to grow up to be a lesbian. But through their unexpected friendship, Maisy Jones gives Mrs. Foster much more than just a glimmer of hope.
The film is written by Mark Oxtoby and produced by Georgina French via French Fancy Productions.
“My Week With Maisy” is supported by the Create Health Foundation, dedicated to empowering women with information about their health at all ages, from puberty to post-menopause. The foundation was founded by Geeta Nargund, who has spent much of her life campaigning for closing...
- 8/1/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan-starring single BBC drama Together has won the BAFTA TV Awards for Best Single Drama.
The show beat off competition from Jack Thorne’s Help for Channel 4, along with Sky Arts’ Death of England: Face to Face and Channel 4’s I Am Victoria.
The one-off film from Shoebox Films, Sonia Friedman Productions and BBC Film followed a family through the Covid pandemic, taking a first-person camera approach.
Collecting the awards, the execs read out a statement from the UK campaign group lobbying for an inquiry into Coronavirus.
“The government’s response has gone from strange to careless to negligent – our loved ones lives treated as collateral damage,” they said. “The government was too busy partying to spare us a thought, even daring to tell us they were too busy to meet with us. We will never know how many of our loved ones...
The show beat off competition from Jack Thorne’s Help for Channel 4, along with Sky Arts’ Death of England: Face to Face and Channel 4’s I Am Victoria.
The one-off film from Shoebox Films, Sonia Friedman Productions and BBC Film followed a family through the Covid pandemic, taking a first-person camera approach.
Collecting the awards, the execs read out a statement from the UK campaign group lobbying for an inquiry into Coronavirus.
“The government’s response has gone from strange to careless to negligent – our loved ones lives treated as collateral damage,” they said. “The government was too busy partying to spare us a thought, even daring to tell us they were too busy to meet with us. We will never know how many of our loved ones...
- 5/8/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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