This funding will go toward Catriona Anne Blackburn's masters project The Cracks .

https://vimeo.com/328042166

The Cracks follows the emotional journey of Anna as she copes with a violation; of her body, of her trust, and of her mind. As the cracks begin to show, only her little love, Tio, can save her from total self-destruction

Her stomach curdles as she recalls her voice, cracking under the weight of what had just happened. Anna has been raped. Anna is thirty-one year old single mother to Tio ,who is just three. They live in a modest two-bed terrace with messy cluttered rooms and happier memories. Turning to self-destructive behaviours, Anna cocoons herself in alcohol and self-harm to cope. The cracks begin to show and, finally, Anna breaks, collapsing into a mess of tears and anger.

This film will encapsulate the difficult feelings that rape can bring with it, the guilt, the self- blame, the doubt, vulnerability, the helplessness and the disassociation, but it will also demonstrate the hope that Anna feels once she has processed these emotions.

I feel it is important to showcase the confusion of dealing with date rape. A rape in in which the victim feels confused and haunted by her doubt. Anna copes with her feelings in a destructive way, hurting herself and putting her child at risk, moments that may have demonised her in another context. The film will draw on the contradictory nature of human reaction and the duality of the perception of rape.