Since retiring, 80-year-old Edna Smith has inspired with the work she’s put into Home-Start. Surprising Edna on Mother’s Day celebrated how she has been a mother to countless people.
We dedicated a lot of time to drawing out the emotion of this story until we were satisfied no one could watch the edit without a lump in their throat. The film clocked 1.7m views on Facebook, 200,000 on YouTube, and the story of Edna’s cinema surprise was covered in several national newspapers.