Jonathan Pryce and Tilda Cobham-Hervey.

After Bark – Flying Bark’s live action label – has announced that it will collaborate with Mad Ones Films and Minor Realm on It’s All Going Very Well… the first project to be officially released under the After Bark banner since the division’s launch in 2022.

Written, directed and led by acclaimed South Australian actress Tilda Cobham-Hervey (I Am Woman, Young Woman and The Sea), the feature stars Oscar-nominated actor Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes, Brazil, The Wife), Roxie Mohebbi (Head South) and Chris Alosio (Talk to Me, First Goal Wins).

Marking Cobham-Hervey’s debut as a feature director, the project follows the international success of her short film, A Field Guide to Being a 12-Year-Old Girl, which won the Crystal Bear for Best Short Film at Berlinale Generation KPlus in 2018.

It’s All Going Very Well… is the story of 30-year-old Audrey, who while still waiting to be seen as an artist, works in a care home where she’s built a strong bond with a charming pensioner named Harold. As he nears the end of his life, Audrey realises that preserving the memory of their friendship could become her most meaningful artistic act yet.

The film is produced by Liam Heyen of Mad Ones Films (Jimpa) and Dev Patel of Minor Realm (Monkey Man), alongside Cobham-Hervey, Jomon Thomas (Monkey Man) and Alexander Rodnyansky (Leviathan). Coco Garner Davis of After Bark joins the producing team as Co-Producer and Flying Bark CEO Barbara Stephen is an Executive Producer alongside Mad Ones’s Cyna Strachan.

New Europe Film Sales will represent the project at this year’s European Film Market in Berlin.

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