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Trailer: HOME

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Trailer for Mary Haverstick’s Home.

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5Q: Mary Haverstick / HOME

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Mary Haverstick directs HOME

Mary Haverstick directs HOME

1Q: Tell us a little about the origins of HOME, from writing to financing.

I became interested in exploring, through fiction, why my mother may have become fascinated with an old house, fascinated enough to write a short story about it…. Why this house? What could it have meant to her? What does a house you are obsessed with represent? What came out of my imaginings was a exploration of the meaning of one’s “home”, from the one we grow up in to the new one we create for ourselves… both being full of love, pain, joy and misunderstandings.

As to finding backing, I was well known for my film work in my region but had few national film industry connections so I went with my strength which was local and regional support and one of the greatest joys of the projects has been to have had so many people believe in what you set out to do. Read more