“What We Wished We Could Be” by Luke Shelley
Aidan and Charlotte, a couple affected by the contaminated blood scandal, enjoy the fantasy of a normal life together, but when an offer of life-saving treatment threatens the fantasy, the couple realise that they must confront their devastating reality and sacrifice their dreams for the future, or risk losing each other.
FROM THE DIRECTOR
“What We Wished We Could Be is an incredibly intimate and personal story of a couple in love despite their devastating reality of being infected and affected by the contaminated blood scandal.
I hope audiences will take this story into their hearts and understand the real-life repercussions of one of the darkest moments in medical history. It's important to remember that those infected and affected by the scandal are real people, not statistics; they deserve to be heard.”
-Luke Shelley
CREDITS
Cast
Aidan/ Jamie Muscato
Charlotte/ Anoushka Lucas
Directed by Luke Shelley
Written by Jenna-Louise Hawkins
Story by Jenna-Louise Hawkins & Luke Shelley
Produced by Sophie Stacey
Co-Produced by Yasmin Rais
Executive Producers
Chris Overton
Rebecca Harris:Turner
Mustapha Wehbi
Delphino Huang
James Patterson
Jenna-Louise Hawkins
Yannick Hausler
Luke Shelley
Director of Photography// Yannick Hausler
Production Designer// Bibi Baker
Film Editor// Flaura Atkinson
Composer// Michael Llewelyn Barker
Costume Designer// Devon Opp
Hair, Make Up & Prosthetics Designer// Rebecca Wheeler
Casting Director// Stevee Davies
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