TIFF 2019 – Woolf+Lapin’s Sonya Gauthier attaches Anouk Whissell to helm Tracking Board grand winning script DON’T GO THERE by Jeffrey Field.
“We’re always on the lookout for an array of bold and especially unique projects. When we read Jeffrey Field’s DON’T GO THERE we knew we had something. It’s most of all a great read, much like another script of Jeffrey’s NO MAN’S LAND, that Oren Uziel (The CLOVERFIELD PARADOX, 22 JUMP STREET) is slated to produce,” says Gauthier.
“Anouk, of RKSS (Turbo Kid, Summer of 84) coming on board to direct this tight thriller is a perfect fit. It was clear we wanted a female director to do this contained two-hander not only because one of the roles calls for a seasoned female actress, but because of the setting of the story,” says Gauthier, “it’s so 80s and well aligned with RKSS’s careful branding.”
This will be Anouk’s first foray into directing without her usual acolytes Yoann-Karl Whissell and François Simard.
“What first attracted me to this project is the engaging and complex duo of characters it features at its heart,” says Anouk. “They’re stuck together with their own dark secrets emerging in a story that highlights a bold and strong elderly woman as one of its protagonists!”