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Loving Captivity

A single mum reluctantly agrees to iso-date a flirt-machine who dumped her before the world changed.

  • LIBBY BUTLER
    Director
  • LIBBY BUTLER
    Writer
    NEIGHBOURS, ERINSBOROUGH HIGH, THE HEIGHTS
  • LEWIS MULHOLLAND
    Writer
    WHERE TO BURY ME, ON THE WARD
  • LIBBY BUTLER
    Producer
    ERINSBOROUGH HIGH
  • LEWIS MULHOLLAND
    Producer
    WHERE TO BURY ME, ON THE WARD
  • SCARLETT KOEHNE
    Producer
  • CHRISTIE WHELAN BROWNE
    Key Cast
    "ALLY"
    NEIGHBOURS, SHAUN MICALLEF'S MAD AS HELL, Kinne Tonight, WONDERLAND
  • LEWIS MULHOLLAND
    Key Cast
    "JOE"
  • JAQUE FISHER
    CINEMATOGRAPHER
    ERINSBOROUGH HIGH
  • LUKE DICKINSON
    EDITOR
  • Project Type:
    Web / New Media
  • Runtime:
    40 minutes 13 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 23, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    33,000 AUD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    ALEXA MINI PRO-RES
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - LIBBY BUTLER

Libby Butler is a television writer/script producer and now director, born and based in Melbourne. Having cut her teeth in-house at serial drama Neighbours, Libby is now focused on original work. She has a one-hour drama in development with CJZ and is undertaking a Film Victoria Writer’s Placement on Season 2 of Ms. Fisher’s Modern Mysteries (Every Cloud Productions). Writing credits include The Heights Season 2 (Matchbox/ABC) and acclaimed web series Erinsborough High (FremantleMedia), which she also script-produced. Loving Captivity is her directorial debut.

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Director Statement

Loving Captivity is our love letter to the pandemic. As a mum slash writer, the lockdown isn’t so different to my normal life; I work at home and can’t go out hunting the next love of my life at night because of a sleeping six-year-old. It was liberating to write about my dating experiences – and limitations – in the context of COVID-19.