Writer/Director Ben Lankester returns to DN for an extensive interview about his BIFA nominated short film 'Delivery' currently storming the festival circuit where it's been enveloping audiences into the white knuckle intensity of the most challenging and emotionally fraught night shift of a newly qualified midwife's career in the NHS.

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** VIDEO CHAPTERS **
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:51 Origins of Delivery as a project
00:03:55 Adapting actor Rosie Chappel's lived experience as a midwife into the film's narrative
00:07:44 Filming across two separate locations to construct the hospital
00:09:36 Deciding the hospital's colour palette & making it feel real
00:12:05 Crafting the film's rich sound design
00:17:03 The editing process & building the relentless pace
00:21:26 BIFA nomination & how Delivery has resonated with audiences
00:23:54 Being supported by Directors Notes through the years
00:26:30 What's next?

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