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Eva Victor and their Sorry, Baby <\/em>producer Adele Romanski were joined by comedian Rose Matafeo at an Edinburgh International Film Festival<\/a> event on Saturday.<\/p>\n The trio made an appearance at Tollcross Central Hall for a discussion around the making of Victor\u2019s fest-favorite feature and EIFF\u2019s opening night film.<\/p>\n More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n The movie follows Victor as Agnes, a literature professor coming to terms with a traumatic life event. While Agnes navigates her way through the mental and physical hurt caused, she leans on her best friend Lydie (Naomi Ackie), who reveals to Agnes she is expecting a baby via a sperm donor. The film, also starring Lucas Hedges, Louis Cancelmi and John Carroll Lynch, premiered to rave reviews at Sundance this year before A24 picked it up for a June theatrical release.<\/p>\n One element Matafeo (mastermind behind the BBC\u2019s brilliant romantic series Starstruck<\/em>) was keen to dissect was Victor and Romanski having both an intimacy coordinator and a mental health coordinator on set.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know if that\u2019s something that\u2019s happening yet,\u201d Romanski, best known for producing Moonlight <\/em>(2016) and Aftersun <\/em>(2022) said about onboarding a mental health coordinator, \u201cbut it isn\u2019t happening that much in the States, to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe you\u2019re the boom operator, and you come to work every day and there\u2019s no way of knowing what you\u2019re about to be exposed to,\u201d she continued. \u201cThere\u2019s variables across your day-to-day job that you can\u2019t anticipate how it might affect you or someone else in a unique way based on their lived experience. I wish it was a position we just had on our staff, the same as you have your camera assistants and your craft service person, because you never know when something\u2019s gonna fuck someone up, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n Victor clarified it was the film\u2019s intimacy coordinator, Kayleigh Kane, who helped choreograph a scene where Agnes has a panic attack. \u201cThe biggest lesson from her that I learned that was very comforting, was [that] so much of making a scene feel really intimate is about breath and de-sexualizing it,\u201d they told the audience.<\/p>\n Romanski added that she doesn\u2019t understand why there\u2019s pushback against the role in Hollywood and on international film sets: \u201cI\u2019ve never had a director personally push back. I think it\u2019s welcome. The support is welcome. Those scenes are difficult for those in front of and behind the camera, and so having somebody there to help break it down, professionalize it, is [something] I find wanting and really craved from my directors. Who doesn\u2019t want that?\u201d<\/p>\n Victor said: \u201cThere\u2019s also no point in making a movie about trying to find safety and not feeling safe while doing it. Like, what would that be?\u201d<\/p>\n Among more discussion about the film\u2019s score, messaging and casting decisions, Victor revealed they have overcome a bout of imposter syndrome. \u201cI went to a school where there was a very specific person who was allowed to try directing, and I didn\u2019t feel like I was part of that,\u201d they said. \u201cI thought that it had to be this thing where you were born wanting to do it\u2026 I discovered filmmaking in my mid-20s, and a lot of people go to school for filmmaking much before that. So I felt late, and I felt fraudulent, and I think a lot of those feelings masked a real desire to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt took some peeling back of layers,\u201d they continued. \u201cAnd, honestly, just asking the simple question of: \u2018What do I see when I close my eyes?\u2019 Once I realized [that] I want to figure out what this looks like, all I needed was tools.\u201d<\/p>\n Romanski admitted she was in need of one more coffee when Matafeo asked her to answer: how hard is it to make a feature film these days?<\/p>\n \u201cI am finding it very, very difficult right now for films that live at the $10 million [budget],\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s okay to take the risks on interesting cast dynamics or new voices or debut directors, and that\u2019s working. But when you want to get something with a little bit more scale, a little bit more scope, actors who we know and love, directors who have made work before, people are feeling like there\u2019s no bottom on the theatrical market right now. And because of that, that space is very scary.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, I\u2019m not scared about it, just to be clear,\u201d she added, \u201cbut it\u2019s scary to the people who have to take the risk financially.\u201d<\/p>\n Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025 runs Aug 14-20.<\/em><\/p>\n Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for THR’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eva Victor and their Sorry, Baby producer Adele Romanski were joined by comedian Rose Matafeo at an Edinburgh International Film Festival event on Saturday. The trio made an appearance at Tollcross Central Hall for a discussion around the making of Victor\u2019s fest-favorite feature and EIFF\u2019s opening night film. 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