Partnering with Choose Love, a global humanitarian charity supporting refugees and displaced people, has been instrumental in the film’s ongoing journey.
Emma Stevenson, Deputy CEO at Choose Love said: “We are facing a crucial time, where politics is divided and politicians are scapegoating refugees and displaced people. With forced displacement around the world rising, we cannot afford to lose our humanity and empathy for each other. That’s exactly what this film shows, which is why we know it’s going to have such a strong impact. We need to keep supporting each other, and building a world with love – not hate – at its centre.”
Max Fisher comments on the importance of the charity’s involvement, “We are incredibly proud to have partnered with Choose Love, their support underpins our commitment to raise awareness around themes of empathy, migration, and nationalism and use storytelling as a platform to encourage real world conversation outside of the film.”
Max, who is now developing the story as a feature, on why this was a film he had to make: “Small boats are not the biggest problem facing this country, not even close. But a misplaced fear of them is being used to divide and distract us. This film is about how that fear spreads and takes on a life of its own.
“I believe passionately that we must confront racist and anti refugee ideology because if we sleepwalk into letting it become mainstream then we will suddenly find ourselves in the same position as our protagonist – tied to the mast of extremism without any room left for humanity. And in that case our own kids will end up paying the price for our failure to act.”
