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Set a year into the future, during ‘the second lockdown’, her husband Andrew, as played by James Cuningham, is trapped in Abu Dhabi, and going slowly out of his mind, while his three adult children struggle to cope with isolation in Australia, Wales and South Africa. Hundreds of actors responded, eleven were cast, and the script was written specifically for them, tailored to the locations and props available in lockdown.Ĭabin Fever tells the story of Sarah Clayburn, played by Jenna Upton, a successful commercial artist living under lockdown, alone at the family home in Cape Town, and trying to hold together a dysfunctional and fragmented family, scattered across the globe.

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In March 2020, South African filmmaker Tim Greene put out a call on social media for actors to join him in a unique challenge To create and shoot a feature film without using any crew or any specialist movie equipment.

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Filmed by the cast using only phones and laptops, the script was written in instalments as a series of video calls, messages and meetings, and was tailored to the locations and the props available. The world’s first feature film to be created under lockdown conditions, Cabin Fever had no crew and used no specialist movie equipment. Principal photography has wrapped on Cabin Fever, a South African feature film created under lockdown conditions, and the trailer has just been released. “Ruta does make an appearance in the books, but we’ll see.South African No-Crew Feature Film Completed in Lockdown. And “fingers crossed I could be in series three of HDM,” she says.

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She’s also in the middle of shooting a film (as yet unannounced) in South London (but not in her flat) and she’s just finished a TV show for Channel 5. They’re soon to move somewhere bigger, which seems like it might be a good idea. It kept Anouka busy, even if the flat is covered in sheets and fancy lights for filming, while Savage did live gigs from their living room (she released her latest EP in June). Apparently that’s not normal with a roast,” she laughs. Not just potatoes but rice and peas as well, and you might have yam or hard food too. And having multiple types of carbs with dinner. Like, I try not to do this, but leaving the plastic on things for a really long time. “Being Black British, things that I think everyone does, I realised - no, they don't. “Things that you took for granted you realise - there are quite different ways that home life can be,” Anouka says. How I don't always dress like a girl but love make-up and nails.”

And here I don’t have to worry about how black I am and how much I stick out. At one point they’re discussing moving to the country and Anouka’s character says “I love London. The short, in which the pair play a couple who have recently moved in together in a tiny flat, explores the adjustment required when one person moves into another’s space - but also the adjustment within an interracial couple who are only just realising how different their experience is of the world.

New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENTĪnouka is hopeful that Ruta could appear in a third series of HDM / BBC/© Bad Wolf/HBO.

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