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00:00So Emma Thompson is our executive producer, and that was just randomly.
00:05I was an English teacher at the time, and I had made a refugee video that went viral,
00:10and she DM'd, she wrote me an email, and it just ended with,
00:13all the power to your elbow, and it was just one sentence.
00:16And then we became friends somehow, and she would watch Cuts.
00:21She was not officially attached at all. She would watch Cuts.
00:24Her and Madiha built an amazing friendship, and I met her for the first time
00:29five years later, and my girlfriend at the time was saying,
00:32how do you know she's not a catfish? This could be any Emma Thompson.
00:37I said, well, it's a very thoughtful catfish who's giving me wonderful intros to CAA
00:45and is giving notes on Cuts, and we were laughing about this two nights ago.
00:52Very clever question by your girlfriend back then.
00:54Yes, yes, I know. She's been incredible.
00:59What I thought would be name only, and we just caught lightning in a bottle to have us.
01:05It's turned into, she wrote so many letters to film festivals, possible distribution outlets,
01:13and now she hosted the BAFTA screening last week.
01:18We're very, very lucky to have her, and I don't think we're sitting here today
01:24without her attached, which is unfortunate.