A Midwife’s Most Challenging Night | DELIVERY - BIFA-Nominated Short Film

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🎬 SUBMIT YOUR FILM ➔ https://shortverse.com/submit Midwife Mary experiences the most physically and psychologically challenging night shift of her career as she oversees life-and-death pregnancy cases on a critically under-resourced NHS maternity ward. _DELIVERY_ Dir. Ben Lankester https://www.kingdomborn.co.uk/delivery https://www.instagram.com/ben.lankester/ Review the film at https://letterboxd.com/film/delivery-2024-4/ "Child birth can be one of life’s most joyous moments - but for some, it can also be an experience marked by heartbreak and loss. Guiding families through these moments are midwives, whose work and emotional resilience often go unseen. That’s why films like Ben Lankester’s DELIVERY are so vital, as they pull back the curtain on this world offering important insight into such a challenging role" - S/W Curator, Rob Munday Read the Full Article: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2025/12/04/delivery-ben-lankester/ *CREDITS* Written & Directed by — Ben Lankester Produced by — Bophanie Lun & Joe Binks Director of Photography — Rachel Clark Production Designer — Jason Synnott Editor — Sacha Szwarc Music — Sarah Warne CAST Mary - Rosie Chappel Charlie - Jordan Kouamé Isla - Emily Laing April - Alita Simpson Midwife in Charge - Alison Rose Olivia - Aoife Gaston Helen - Christina Balmer Dr. Shah - Shri Patel Theatre Staff — Stuart Cooke, Michael Ahfong Midwives — Tammy Heath, Renata Kundrat, Richa Prakash April’s Baby — Zaccai Osei Akoto Tawiah Babysitter — Ruhthie Durang Mary’s Children — Roux Horner, Clara McDonagh Casting by LANE Casting Casting Director — Hannah Ashby Ward Casting Associate — Priyanka Patel Production Manager — Charlotte Sinden Script Supervisor — Giuditta Natale Script Consultant — Rosie Chappel 1st AD — Tom Rye 2nd AD — Francesca Kaimer Millea Make Up & Hair — Caitlin Ross Wardrobe — Samantha Hobart Art Assistants — Lisi Fellinger, Charlie Runham Focus Pullers — Daniel Glazebrook, Eve Carreño Clapper Loaders — Hannah Green, Lina Rasmussen, Dragos Czinjepolschi, Jeff Celis Sparks — Aoife Goldsmith, Marton Gosztonyi, Christopher Greenaway, Bruno Inacio, Tom Murtagh, Cristian Trujillocelis Sound Recordist — Marina Fusella Production Assistant – Catherine Blackman Runners — Morgan Jones, Nithiyasri Kasiviswanathan, Andréa Lino, Hailey Kuri O'Reilly, Anna Symonds Edit Facility STITCH Edit Producer — Angela Hart Edit Assistant — Joe Bolger Supervising Sound & FX Editor — Maiken Hansen Dialogue & ADR Editor — Isabel Derr Foley by Sonicular Sound Re-Recorded at Bleat Post Production Re-Recording Mixer — George Elliott Audio Post Producer — Max Norwell Cello — Ashok Klouda Violin — Matthew Kelly Digital Intermediate by HARBOR DI Colourist — Jateen Patel DI Producer — Abigail Duncan DI Editors — Aiden Tobin, Justin Drew VFX by PUSH VFX VFX Executive Producer — Manuel Santiago Creative Director — Pedro Motta VFX Producer — Hugo Rosado Lead Compositing Artist — Duarte Gandum Compositing Artist — Fernão Gonçalves Titles by Lucia Garcia Studio Designers — Coco Sohiez , Lucia Garcia Post Production by ELMNTL Post Producers — Jenna Le Noury, Rosanne Crisp Flame Artist — Martin Waller Camera & Lenses by One Stop Films Lighting by SHL Lighting, Pixipixel Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.