In the 1950s, a young aspiring actress lands a leading role in a feature film, but finds herself struggling when being sexually abused by the director.

Interview with Writer/Director Vilde Eide and Producer Tina Shruti Karlsen

Watch Darling, You're Mine here:

Congratulations! Why did you make your film?

Making this film, we wanted to tell a story focusing on the ethics and morality around sexual abuse in a professional employment, and how one person can end up as a silent victim due to shame and the societal norms and expectations. Setting this film in the 1950s, we are telling it in a time that the women stood weaker in the society and didn’t have the same opportunity to expose their rapist. We wanted to tell this story because it covers a timeless problem – sexual harassment/abuse in what should be a professional employment relationship.

Imagine I’m a member of the audience. Why should I watch this film?

As an audience, you should watch this films because it deals with a theme that is important because of how relevant it is in today’s society. This film states the lack of individuality and the shattered self-actualization after a traumatic event of sexual abuse. As filmmakers, we want to use our voice on a film that deals with an important theme and that the audience would care about.

How do personal and universal themes work in your film?

This film deals with sexual abuse, which is still important to create knowledge about and put this problem more in the light, as many rape cases go unreported or fail to serve justice. We also deal with how women were looked upon as lesser and substandard beings in the workplace and how they were being taken advantage of by empowered males. This is a timeless problem that still exists even though equality has gotten better. Rape and injustice is a universal problem.

How have the script and film evolved over the course of their development?

As this was our Graduation film, we had a few months to develop the script. The script developed from feedback from lectures and a lot of studying of the 1950s. The end results of the film were pretty similar to how the script started out in the beginning.

What type of feedback have you received so far?

We have received very good feedback about how we dealt with the sexual abuse theme and how we succeeded making a 1950s period film, which were a big challenge. So far, we made it to the top 3 films at our school, and got a great response from the audience.

Has the feedback surprised or challenged your point of view?

The feedback were mostly as expected – we managed to get to the audience's emotions, and create sympathy for the main character and what she goes through during the film. We also wanted to create awareness about the statistics of injustice in rape, and managed that by our end results.

What are you looking to achieve by having your film more visible on www.wearemovingstories.com?

We are looking for more opportunities to get our film out there and reach more people.

Who do you need to come on board (producers, sales agents, buyers, distributors, film festival directors, journalists) to amplify this film’s message?

Looking for someone that would like to screen and promote our film.

What type of impact and/or reception would you like this film to have?

We want to shed a light over the injustice of rape cases that goes unnoticed and focus on the damaging consequences of the victim. Doing it as a period piece is our original take on stating that rape culture is unchangeable, and has been for a long time, and encourages us to debate this theme and injustice.

What’s a key question that will help spark a debate or begin a conversation about this film?

What are you willing to sacrifice for your dreams?

Would you like to add anything else?

A big thanks to all of you that were involved in this film.

What are the key creatives developing or working on now?

We are in a very early stage of developing a screenplay of a Drama located in Norway’s beautiful fjord, Hardanger.

Interview: May 2017

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Darling, You're Mine

In the 1950s, a young aspiring actress lands a leading role in a feature film, but finds herself struggling when being sexually abused by the director.

Length: 12:00 minutes

Director: Vilde Eide

Producer: Tina Shruti Karlsen

Writer: Vilde Eide

About the writer, director and producer:

Vilde Eide is a 22 years old writer and director from Bergen that studied two year in Norway and one year at Afda in Cape Town.

Tina Karlsen is a 27 years old filmmaker from Norway. Did producing for two years in Norway at Noroff University and one year in Cape Town.

Key cast: Emily Adair, D. David Morin, Justin Wyatt-Smith

Looking for (producers, sales agents, buyers, distributors, film festival directors, journalists):

Looking for someone that would like to screen and promote our film.

Social media handles:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarlingYoureMine/?fref=ts

Instagram: @darlingyouremine

Made in association with: AFDA - The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance

Where can I see it in the next month? Cannes short film corner between the 22nd of may to the 28h of may.