<div>Hi! I'm Gabby, a French and Australian writer/director based in London.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>I’ve teamed up with an incredible group of filmmakers - including <strong>BAFTA-winning</strong> cinematographer Toby Lloyd, rising producers Skye Wilson and Angel Jordan from <strong>Working Title</strong> (The Substance, Bridget Jones) and <strong>CANADA</strong>'s Managing Director Marta Bobić - to create TUSSLE, a short film about MMA and youth mental health.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>We’re raising £10,000 by the end of February to make this film in March 2026 and bring it to BAFTA/Oscar-qualifying festivals and youth organisations across the UK.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>1. ABOUT THE FILM</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Logline:</strong> After being ostracised for hooking up with a popular boy at a high school party, Eliza starts attending a mixed martial arts gym where she finds emotional release. However, she ends up taking her new coping mechanism too far.
</div>
<div><strong>Genre:</strong> Coming of age drama.
</div>
<div><strong>Details:</strong> 15 mins. Shot on 16mm.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Short Synopsis: </strong>During an after school dance class, Eliza, a high school student, gets noticed by a popular student Emil. That night, she hooks up with him at a house party. Though she is initially excited about this, the next morning when she returns to school… things have changed. Eliza becomes the target of cold glances and malicious texts. Her best friend Sean off-handedly mentions that it’s not that people don’t like her, simply that they’ve “lost respect” for her.
</div>
<div>That evening as she walks home, Eliza hears grunts coming from a nearby door. She discovers a tucked away MMA gym. She decides to peer in and eventually joins the training sessions. As the bullying escalates at school and she does her best to hold things in, she starts to attend the gym more and more. It's the only place where she finds emotional release. That is, until one final event pushes her over the edge.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>2. WHY THIS FILM MATTERS</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Teens currently spend an average of 7 hours and 22 minutes a day online, where curated feeds and group chats shape how they see themselves and each other. For girls especially, these spaces often reinforce outdated ideas about femininity, sexuality, and social status: rewarding passivity, and punishing desire. These regressive attitudes, propelled by polarising figures like Andrew Tate and TikTok ‘tradwives’, are alarmingly back in vogue, rebranded as ‘truth-telling’. In this climate, Tussle's story of shame, desire, and emotional release is urgent - exposing the <strong>quiet damage</strong> being done to young people.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Think about the nation-wide conversations that were started by the Netflix show <strong>‘Adolescence’.</strong> Tussle will serve as a similar cultural ‘breaking-of-the-ice’ when it comes to modern gender roles and the mental health of young people.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>We will bring Tussle to:
</div>
<ul>
<li>BAFTA and Oscar-qualifying festivals
</li>
<li>Youth mental-health groups
</li>
<li>Schools and sixth forms
</li>
<li>Community screenings and discussions
</li>
</ul>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>We will also be partnering up with UK mental health charities to bring further awareness to youth mental health as well as including some of the young people affected by these conditions as supporting artists in the film.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Tussle is also promoting young women in fight sports. Our hope for the film is that it will open the door to having more females participating in mixed martial arts and we will be partnering with BJJ / MMA gyms in London.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>3. BUDGET BREAKDOWN</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/96702917_1768392765812157_r.png" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>4. MORE ABOUT THE TEAM</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/96702917_1763623743283759_r.png" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Gabrielle Torreborre - Writer/Director</strong>
</div>
<div>Gabby ran an English theatre company in Berlin from 2017–2020, then started her own videography company during Covid (clients include SXSW, Royal Court Theatre, Roundhouse). Her work has been performed in the UK, Europe and Australia. She was recently nominated as Best Unsigned Director and Best Director to British Young Arrows 25 for 2 x 16mm music videos. Her latest film piece 'Ragni' was created in collaboration with Gaia Banfi and Company 3 and produced by her film production company Garo Studios, co-founded with Coro Benavent. Tussle is a collaboration between Skyeangel Productions and Garo Studios, and will be Garo's first official narrative piece.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/96702917_1763484712170363_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Skye Wilson and Angel Jordan - Producers</strong>
</div>
<div>Meet Skye Wilson and Angel Jordan, the founders behind SkyeAngel Productions! Skye and Angel met in 2022 while working as runners at Working Title Films, where they quickly connected over a shared passion for storytelling and a drive to make their mark in the film industry.
</div>
<div>Skye moved on to be Producer’s Assistant on Lena Dunham’s Too Much (Netflix/Working Title) after which she then explored Hollywood style film making working directly under director Roland Emmerich. Skye now works in the development team at Working Title. Angel kicked off her career starting as an office runner after graduating from the London Screen Academy. She has quickly climbed the ranks to become the In-House Production Manager at Working Title at just 22! Their latest short film Headhunter was won Best Action Short at London Independent Film Festival.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/96702917_176348478562189_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Toby Lloyd - Cinematographer</strong>
</div>
<div>Toby won a BAFTA for cinematography on The Black Cop (2022). He is represented by Independent Talent Group and graduated from the NFTS Cinematography course, and is a BAFTA Connect member. He is also a Cannes Lions YDA Gold Medal winner and has been nominated for Best Cinematography at BSC and the British Short Film Awards for Bandits.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/96702917_1763484883147075_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Marta Bobic - Executive Producer</strong>
</div>
<div>Marta is the Managing Director and Partner at CANADA. Under her leadership CANADA was awarded Production Company of the Year at the Kinsale Shark Awards 2025. She was previously at Wieden+Kennedy and Blink, and has 10+ years of experience in the production company and agency environment. She joined CANADA in 2015 to bring their craft-led style and growing roster of directors to the UK.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><strong>Help us bring this film to audiences that need it most!</strong>
</div>

Anonymous

Wayne D Burdette Jr

Wayne Burdette

Grace Holley

Mia Kehler

gabriel Szumowski

Maxine Lidman

Maria Luque Anguita

Oliver Parker

Maria Mayer

Sarah Jane Robinson

Natalia Delgado De Robles

Matteo Del Maestro

Janine Jordan

Reece Steel

Emmanuelle Helbert

Support Tussle: A Short Film About Youth Mental Health

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

currencyCode

Money Box Donation List Prompt Experiment Audience

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Eligible for Profile Comment Badge

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

writePath

Stream Notification

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

NPO upsell education category

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

NPO recommendations prod

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

partnerId

isEligibleForProfileCommentBadge

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

categoryGroup

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.3.0 and above

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

NPO upsell animals category

NPO upsell disaster relief category

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

NPO upsell essential needs category

NPO upsell medical category

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Support Tussle: A Short Film About Youth Mental Health

Still £5,000 to go. Help us build momentum.