This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on February 2, 2025.Directed by Sophie Hyde, co-written by Hyde and Matthew Cormack, and edited by Hyde’s partner of 23 years, Bryan Mason, the film follows Jimpa, his daughter Hannah (Olivia Colman), and her nonbinary teenager Frances, played by Hyde and Mason’s real-life child Aud Mason-Hyde, as they navigate their complex intergenerational and familial relationships, all while discovering the pleasures and perils of queer life in the big city.Hyde and Mason, crafted this deeply personal story together, which is based on Hyde’s father and their family. In addition to serving as the second camera on set, Mason used Premiere Pro and Frame.io to edit the film, leveraging these versatile tools to weave 70 different flashback sequences into the story and showcase all the different eras that brought this cast of characters to their current circumstance. For this film and beyond, Mason’s motto is simple: “Make, make, make, and keep on making, each time trying to mess up a little less than the last time.”Read on for our full conversation with Mason and an inside look at editing Jimpa, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23rd.How did you first get involved with this project?This is a very personal film about my father-out-law (the title he gave himself, as me and his daughter aren’t married) and our family. Sophie Hyde is my partner of 23 years, as well as the co-writer, producer, and director of...
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