Daniel Ings and Jessica Brown Findlay are set to star in The Two Week Wait, a new short film marking Olivia Grant‘s directorial debut. Ings recently wrapped production on Star Wars: Starfighter, while Brown Findlay is best known for her roles in Peaky Blinders and Downton Abbey. Fenella Woolgar, Rick Warden, and Sophie Colquhoun round out the cast. The film will premiere on Tuesday at the Indy Shorts International Film Festival, an event known for showcasing emerging and character-driven filmmaking.
The film follows a woman in her late thirties, played by Brown Findlay, who experiences dissociative episodes as her mental health deteriorates during IVF treatment while trying to navigate her relationship with her well-meaning but emotionally overwhelmed boyfriend, played by Ings. Grant also wrote the screenplay, drawing inspiration from her own experiences with IVF.
Best known as an actress through roles in Stardust, Lark Rise to Candleford, and Indian Summers, Grant had long considered writing but found herself focused on acting. During the COVID-19 pandemic, while undergoing IVF treatment, she began keeping a diary as a way of processing her experiences. The journal eventually grew into a 30,000-word account documenting not only the treatment itself but also its emotional impact on her marriage and everyday life.
As she began speaking with other women about their experiences, Grant realized many had endured similar feelings of shame, isolation, strain on relationships, and disconnection from their own bodies. Those conversations ultimately inspired The Two Week Wait, which aims to bring a rarely discussed subject to the screen through a deeply personal perspective.
The short film is intended to serve as a proof of concept for Grant’s upcoming feature Baby Mine, currently planned for a 2027 release. Ings and Brown Findlay are already attached to reprise their roles, while Amy Hubbard will serve as casting director on the feature adaptation.
The Two Week Wait is being co-produced by Grant’s Cavalry Films and Symphony Films, the production company founded by actor-producers Rebecca Night and Harry Hadden-Paton. Night, who read the screenplay early in its development, described it as a story about the choices people make and the relationships they fight to preserve during life’s most difficult moments, adding that it balances its emotional subject matter with unexpected humor.
Ings also praised Grant’s work, describing her as an exciting new voice in British filmmaking. He said collaborating with Grant, cinematographer Nanu Segal, and Brown Findlay brought together an exceptional level of creative talent and expressed confidence that audiences would be hearing much more from the filmmaker in the years ahead.
With its festival premiere now underway, The Two Week Wait arrives with growing industry attention thanks to its acclaimed cast, deeply personal subject matter, and its role as the foundation for Grant’s forthcoming feature film Baby Mine.
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