PREVIEW: The Tape (12A TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Martha Tilston (film debut), Lee Hart (film debut), Hannah Yelland (Method), Adrian Wheeler (Red Joan), Craig Blake (Dragonfly), Steve Jacobs (Tin), David Pusey (film debut), Keri Jessiman (film debut), Sally Crooks (film debut), Zennor Tyndale-Biscoe (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Martha Tilston (film debut), director, writer; Laura Giles (Sons of Cuba), producer; Chris Doney (film debut), Matthew James Kelly (I Am Not A Witch) and Beth Perry (film debut), composers; Mary Farbrother (The Darkest Light), cinematographer; Marcus Cook (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Tally Green (Tilston) works a menial cleaning job in Cornwall, but gets a boost of confidence when she starts writing music on a client’s piano. When jaded corporate lawyer Leo (Hart) moves to the area, he is enchanted by her free spirit and her clear talent, which she has recorded onto an old 4-track machine and put onto a tape. Eventually, Tally receives the support and self-motivation she needs to make it big…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Cornish singer-songwriter Martha Tilston makes her filmmaking debut with a crowdfunded project that also features her in the starring role, and serves as a formidable platform to showcase her unique song-writing and singing skills.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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