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IVF Rollercoaster: New Film Explores Mental Health
20 Jul
Summary
- Short film 'The Two Week Wait' explores dissociative experiences.
- Film follows a woman navigating IVF and deteriorating mental health.
- Director Olivia Grant drew from personal IVF struggles for the story.
Olivia Grant's directorial debut, the short film 'The Two Week Wait,' is set to premiere at the Indy Shorts Film Festival. The film stars Jessica Brown Findlay as a woman in her late thirties experiencing dissociative episodes and mental health deterioration during IVF. Daniel Ings plays her well-meaning but ineffective boyfriend.
Grant, drawing from her personal experiences with IVF and infertility, wrote the script to address the profound mental toll and universal struggles couples face. She described the process as a way to cope with her own anguish, noting the shame and dissociation common during infertility treatments.
The film serves as a proof of concept for Grant's feature-length narrative, 'Baby Mine,' slated for release in 2027, with Ings and Brown Findlay also attached. Producers Rebecca Night and Harry Hadden-Paton expressed enthusiasm for the script's unique and compelling narrative.
'The Two Week Wait' highlights the often-unseen interpersonal effects of the IVF journey. The film aims to shed light on the emotional rollercoaster, the search for connection, and the impact of life's struggles on relationships.
