Hey there! I'm George Williams, a filmmaker and film student in my final year at MetFilm Birmingham. If you're reading this, you're looking at the crowdfunding campaign for our grad film, THE LATE STAGE. It's a fifteen-minute short film we hope to shoot this coming March, but we need your help to make it a reality!

THE STORY

Actors Joshua & Phoebe visit dying director Daymon Shawn to rehearse a new play - his life’s work which they’ve convinced him has been greenlit. The crux of the story surrounds the friendship Joshua & Daymon share, and the emotion of Joshua wanting his friend to feel as though he's gotten to live out his dream, even if under false pretences. I wrote the film as a quiet, sincere portrait of someone struggling with illness, life and legacy, and the lengths people will go for those they love.

The film is set against the backdrop of 1980s Manhattan, in the throws of the AIDS epidemic. We want to tell an honest, emotional story of how lives are affected by illness, and the loneliness of physical decline, and how friendship and love can triumph over it.

THE CREW

Everyone working on the film thus far is incredibly talented and has a deep passion for the story:

Shae Beckford - Producer

Connor Newman - Cinematographer

Ben Parkes - Editor

Michael Green - Production Designer

Sam Cooper - 1st AD

Dylan Phipps - Gaffer

George Williams - Writer / Director

We're all students at MetFilm Birmingham, each of us excited to bring this story to life and deliver a professional, heartfelt film to you all. Your support is invaluable, a make-or-break resource for the film, and something none of us take for granted. Any amount of money at all will help tell our story, and everyone who donates will receive a credit at the end of the film. We look forward to bringing you more pre-production looks at the film in the coming months!

Thank you. <3