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LOVE SOMEHOW

A poetic telling of Caitlin's relationship with her husband Dylan Thomas.  Filmed on location in Laugharne Wales
Short Film, 30' 2016
Shot on Arri Alexa 16:19
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Director: Kate Cheeseman
Producer: Rachael Cole
Screenwriter: Anna Maloney
Writer: Phil Bowen 
Cinematography: Jan Tovey
Editor: StJohn O'Rorke
Music: Sally Herbert and Rafaela Hutchins
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Cast
Caitlin Thomas: Sally George
Dylan Thomas: Gryf Rhys Jones
Caitlin Thomas was a dancer, writer and the woman behind the famous/infamous and brilliant Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas. She partied as hard as him, advised him, loved him, kept him sober enough to write his poetry and brought up their family on no money, finally surviving his early death. Very little is written about Caitlin, her role in their legend or her recovery, and most portrayals are laughably inaccurate. This is Caitlin’s poetic version of her life with Dylan.

Reviews

​"I just saw LOVE SOMEHOW. Wow. The lead actress pulls off a tour de force performance. I liked all the breaking of the fourth wall stuff. Clever", Idyllwild Film Festival Director.

"A beautiful lyrical film", "Poetic", "Amazing performance", 
Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest

This short is quite amazing for some reasons. First of all, the monologue Caitlin has is very powerful and exquisite. Everything she says seems to be part of a poem she never wrote. The cinematography is highly exquisite, being one of the best we’ve seen in our festival so far. The score, the edit, everything is quite neat.
​Full review here
Love  Somehow   stars RSC and National Theatre actress  Sally George  as Caitlin Thomas and Griff Rhys Jones playing the voice of Dylan Thomas.  The film was adapted from the versed one woman show, The Same Boat, written by Phil Bowen.  Sally was recently seen in People Places and Things    at the Wyndham in the West End. Grif Rhys Jones has played Dylan Thomas and was the executive producer on Poet in New York.

The film was adapted by BAFTA winning writer Anna Maloney and has being directed by Kate Cheeseman.  Kate and Sally have collaborated on a number of shows including Casualty and a play about Matisse's Mistresses.

The music has been composed by Sally Herbert, who recently finished orchestrating, conduction and arranging Florence and the Machine’s Latest album ‘Too Big, Too Blue Too Beautiful’. She also writes for Elie Goulding / Plan B / Ed Sheehan.  Jan Tovey is the cinematographer, a talented graduate from the NFTS course and known for her beautiful lighting on many beautiful films.
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Love Somehow was completed in July 2016 for festival screening.  It was produced by Rachael Cole and edited by StJohn O'Rorke, editor on many films and television programmes including the BBC's Dickensian.
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Sally George
Anna Maloney
Laugharne Boathouse
Sally Herbert
Phil Bowen
The Play

Theme Song

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Rafaella our amazing theme tune singer with Sally and Tim.
Paper and Sticks 
Wonderful World by Rafaella Hutchins and Swann

Film Festival Screenings & Awards

6 Awards and 20 Nominations

News

  • October  21-26 if you happen to be in Tuscany, screening at one of Europes oldest film  festivals, The Montecatini International Film Festival
  • Well done to our amazing script writer Anna maloney for winning Best Screenwriter at The World Music and Indpendent Film Festival! And to Sally George for another well-deserved Best Performance.
  • ​Winner Best Dramatic Short  and  screening at the Care Awards    in  Culdee , Cairo, USA
  • An excuse to go to New York!  Screening  at Kew Gardens NYC , this August.
  • New Zealand - Brilliant news, Love Somehow has been pre-selected for the New Zealand Film Awards.  My kiwi husband is particularly excited!    
  • Delighted to announce, we have been nominated for an award and will be screening at BAFTA Cymru qualifying festival Carmarthen Bay FF May 8-12th, just up the beautiful Welsh  coast from where we filmed Love Somehow
  • Also selected for screening at Silver Screen Tampa
  • Love Somehow wins best performance at Best Fest
  • ​Southend on Sea screening with Almodovar's  Julietta.  Tickets here .   Fri May 26th at  8.30 pm.  Introduced by me!
  • Love Somehow will also be screening at Bodmin Moor Poetry Festival, where the one women play  was performed a few years ago!​
  • GET YOU TICKETS FOR LONDON. ​Screening in May at London Independent Film Festival at the Genesis Cinema Thurs 20th April.​
  • ​Also screening in May at London Independent Film Festival at the Genesis Cinema Thurs 20th April.​
  • ​Brilliant News! Screening in April at Newport Beach FF
  • ​And Southend-on-Sea FF
  • And We are screening at Kansas City Film Festival!  KC@KC
  • Screening soon at the Indian World Film Festival-2017
  • Delighted to be screening at Lanus FF in Argentina at a festival with emphasis on cinematography.
  • Proud  to be screening at Equinox Women's Festival in Alaska.  Great location and film theatre!
  • Screening in Medellin, Columbia​
  • Winner Best Director Florence​​
  • Sally George wins best actress at Idyllwild Film Festival.  Well deserved!!  Award for Excellence in Film Making  for  Sally Herbert for her beautiful score​
  • ​Screening at Pippa Beach Outdoor and Surf Festival Brazil
  • ​Nominated for Best Director and Best Actress, World  Music and Independent Film Festival
  • Screening at Poinciana , Grand Cayman
  • Selected for a Silver Medal at LA Review
  • Nominated for  Best Experimental Film Bucharest Shortcut Cinefest​
  • Nominated for Best Narrative Short at Erie IFF in Pennsylvania
  • Nominated for 22 Awards in total, including best featurette, best director, best actress, best screenplay, best cinematograpahy and best score.
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​Kate Cheeseman - Director
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