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When Director Dan Löwenstein, founder of film production company House of Create, was approached to make a film for Survivors UK he was immediately drawn to the importance of the subject matter and was keen to create something of a high production value with a memorable message for them. Safe became a passion project where real stories of survivors of sexual violence are portrayed direct to camera by a trio of actors, all chosen for their ability to connect with the harrowing subject matter with the level of sensitivity required for the roles. Safe is a brave film which speaks to the isolating experience of abuse while conveying the unfortunate realities of a story which is so often the same, enabling the film to talk to a much larger audience and for survivors to see themselves in those on screen. We spoke to Löwenstein about building the script from authentic experiences and dialogue,...