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Thank you to our friends and supporters who came to Picturehouse Central to see our Double Bill of David Lean’s Brief Encounter and our Documentary Briefest Encounters - the Untold Love Story on Tuesday night. It was a really special event and Joanna’s three children were there. Skye hosted the Q&A afterwards with Luke, Joanna and actor Sedona Rose. Her son Merrick came over from Barcelona and he got a shout out for his beautiful movie poster. We have plans for an Autumn tour

We’re thrilled to share that the film was a box office hit, ranking among the top three films on show that weekend and they’re putting on two more screenings.

2025 has been the most extraordinary year for Joanna Crosse and Luke Taylor at Meaningful Films.

The Premiere of Briefest Encounters was a resounding success!

Joanna and Luke hosted a pre-screening event live on YouTube all about the making of Briefest Encounters. You can watch the video in full below.

Our film posters for Briefest Encounters are now up at the Little Theatre Cinema in Bath!

It’s been an overwhelming but really rewarding experience, especially to be told that our film was engaging and emotional.

Piecing together this untold love story and seeing it beginning to take shape is making all the hard work worthwhile.

Just when we thought we had all the footage in the can, we had an opportunity we couldn't miss!

We can’t quite believe that we’ve finished filming for our Briefest Encounters documentary and will be heading into the editing suite.

This week, Joanna and Luke headed back to Carnforth in Lancashire to gather shots at the Brief Encounter Heritage Centre and to interview the volunteers.

Whitstable has become a favourite place for us to visit. This seaside town on the north coast of Kent has always been a popular destination for tourists and celebrities alike and is known for its oysters as well as the famous actor Peter Cushing who lived there. When Joanna discovered that her grandmother Janet Morrison spent the final years of her life in Whitstable (she went to look after her mother and aunt - actors Zoe and Dora Davis in their dotage) – it became a place

If we could have picked two dream locations for filming our documentary Briefest Encounters it would have been at the Little Theatre cinema and the Theatre Royal in Bath. Unbelievably, we got to film at both this week and we had an artist in residence to record this very special day! We took over Screen Two at the Little Cinema where Manager Mason put footage of Joanna’s father Nicholas up on the big screen and she and her actor daughter Sedona reflected on his life and adopt

This week we’ve been planning our filming for September, which includes heading up to Carnforth to film in the Heritage Centre and the famous Brief Encounter Tea Room.

We’re delighted to share that fundraising for Briefest Encounters is off to a flying start! We’ve been overwhelmed by the generosity of the donations received so far and it has given us a huge confidence boost for this deeply meaningful project. A special thank you to our major backers, Penn and Richard Wall, who join us as Executive Producers and members of 'Cyril's Circle.' In just the past week, we’ve raised an incredible £7,675! This not only makes a vital contribution to

Filming is well underway for Briefest Encounters and we began with a very special interview. 💜 We met with Anthony Pratt - who is Brief Encounter actor Cyril Raymond’s nephew. Anthony was close to Cyril, whose second marriage was to his aunt, actor Gillian Lind. As well as his moving recollections, he also shared an incredible collection of photos and archives - including Cyril’s original Brief Encounter shooting script. 📽️ “He was a lovely man - very calm, very quiet, very