Why do we need quiet - between?
The quiet between refers to the meaningful space that exists between words, actions, and moments by naming the pause where nothing is explicitly stated, yet presence, emotion, and understanding live.
What would happen if we really listened to our inner voice and each other? What if we stopped judging ourselves and allowed ourselves to be ok with uncertainty? “The Quiet Between” explores these questions through the lives of teenage girls, touching on love, grief, friendship and everything in between.
How this story found me
I have always been drawn to the way we carry emotion through time, and how certain experiences resurface just as we try to move forward. That idea became the starting point for The Quiet Between.
After losing a close friend, I began writing the film at 13 during the pandemic. Waiting for a replacement laptop, I scribbled ideas on anything I could find—scraps of paper, notebooks, and paper towels. Ideas came at all hours, sometimes in the middle of the night. My parents gave me a vintage audio recorder so I could capture everything as it came, voices, thoughts, and fragments of scenes. That little device became the spark that helped the story start to take shape.
Writing this story was a personal journey. As I trying to make sense of grief, I found what I needed most wasn’t answers, but to be seen and heard. I shaped my characters as reflections of the uncertainty I felt, focusing on their search for connection in a world that often values perfection. I spent a lot of time honing the dialogue to capture the authenticity of real conversations in difficult moments, and have the silence take on its own power to reflect on how they are feeling to each other and thinking about themselves.
Why I wrote the film
What I learned
Developing this film in deep colloboration with our director Sam Evoy, I realized its more important to be present with ourselves and eachother. I created characters who struggle with this paradox—desperately trying to understand their feelings while seeking connection, and feeling lost without answers.
I hope audiences take away that simply showing up can become an act of bravery.
