r/u_tttenley

I made Read Receipts about the loneliness no one photographs — not the empty kind, the full kind. A good night. A date that went well. The text I thought I wanted, lighting up my phone after. And the truth under it: he'll sleep with me. He just won't date me. I got real, let him see I'm not always well, and watched it close the door. The honesty that cost me the date is the same honesty this film is built on. For the woman who got the text back and still felt invisible — you're not crazy. Read Receipts. 🤍

​Proof of Life was born out of a desire to hold onto something incredibly fragile: a moment of pure, unadulterated happiness. When I turned the camera on myself and my son, Guy, in the quiet sanctuary of our garden, I wasn't looking to tell a grand, sweeping story. Instead, I wanted to capture the profound beauty of the everyday. As a filmmaker, I am constantly exploring the intimacy of human connection, and this documentary is my most vulnerable exploration of that theme yet. It is exactly what the title suggests—a visual and emotional ledger that in this chaotic world, joy exists, connection matters, and for a fleeting afternoon in the garden, we were truly happy. My hope is that the film invites the audience to pause and recognize the quiet, everyday "proofs of life" in their own relationships.

She spent the night

getting ready to be seen.

He saw a figure.

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Am intimate, unsparing

portrait of modern

dating and lonliness.

you've got 14 unread messages and zero people to call 📵💔 read receipts — a film about connection in the age of being perpetually online. coming after festivals.