Lollipop: Writer/Director Daisy-May Hudson On Her Powerful Film

Writer/director Daisy-May Hudson discusses her feature directorial debut Lollipop, a magnificent new film that tells of a young mother desperate to reunite with her family as she battles against the foster care system and the authorities.

She talks about the influences on the film, casting, bringing the truth through painful situations and why she wanted this to be her feature directorial debut – and much more.

Lollipop tells the story of a young mum, Molly (Posy Sterling), who is released from prison after serving four months, and assumes it will be a matter of hours before she can pick up her children from foster care. Instead, Molly finds herself in the mother of all catch-22s: she can’t get housing because she doesn’t have her kids living with her, but she can’t get them back without a roof over her head.

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When Molly reconnects with her childhood friend, and fellow single mother, Amina (Idil Ahmed), the two women forces and take destiny into their own hands. This is a film about finding joy in life’s hardest moments, and what it means to have the courage to fight for your family, even when you feel like you’ve got nothing left.

Set in East London and backed by BBC FILM and the BFI (awarding National Lottery funding), Lollipop marks BAFTA-Breakthrough Daisy-May Hudson’s scripted feature film debut, and follows her award-winning documentary HALF WAY, which captured her family’s experiences of homelessness over two years.