Naomi Ackie (Sorry dear, Mickey 17) and Alison Oliver ((Wuthering Heights, Saltburn).) Luna Carmoon’s sophomore feature has just wrapped To make the ends of the meat.
Also starring Ena Hardwicke (Saipan, The sixth commandment) and Armand Boulanger (The returnees, Eiffel), the film follows three women—all beholden to vile men, their pasts, and each other—who find themselves negotiating their survival in the only language these men seem to understand: consumption and violence. Goodfellas is handling international sales and will release the film at Cannes, with True Brit picking up distribution rights in the UK and Ireland.
To make the ends of the meat It is the British director and writer’s second film, which was filmed in her native London – and her first treasure It premiered at Venice Critics’ Week 2023 where it won three awards. The film went on to gain international distribution and earned Carmoon a nomination for a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut in 2025.
“This film came from the depths of my soul, from everything, tar and family,” Carmon said. “From my grandmother’s experiences at Newington Lodge, to my mother Toni and the cleaning houses that took me where darker things remained, to dolls and chicken farms. So much of my family and our memories seep deeper than you think. I can’t think of a more prevalent time than now to draw, sew and weave on screen. It’s my anger that has fueled this. The weather conditions of being a woman and how we are cannibalized by systems, by men and women. And then we sometimes drown ourselves in debt because we think we deserve That.
“This was made with all my blood, metaphorically and yes physically, all of me. I wish I knew it would tear and splinter and cry for all of us when it was sewn together.”
To make the ends of the meat He brings it together treasure Producers Helen Simons (Erebus Pictures) and Laurent Dunne (Delaval Film) with Cherie Darbonne and Chloe Colpin as co-producers. Hélène Louvaart (La Chimera, Rocks) serves as moderator.
Funding comes from BBC Film, BFI (which awards National Lottery funding), True Brit, Goodfellas, Mother, ProdCo, Arts Alliance, Afine Films, Cofiloisirs and Blush Film.
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