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\u201cThere will be wristbands,\u201d decides George Jaques<\/a>, leaning over a marble kitchen island, snacking on dried mango. We are on a bucolic farm in Kent when the writer-producer-director is rolling through his marketing plan for his forthcoming film, Sunny Dancer<\/em>. T-shirts and totes? Maybe. Live musical performances? Sure. Making the cast canoe down the Thames? Definitely.<\/p>\n It\u2019s mid-April and the sprawling lavender fields outside the cottage windows are not quite yet in season, but they make for an appealing vista all the same. Inside the farmhouse, the kitchen speaker has been entirely commandeered by cast members Earl Cave<\/a> and Conrad Khan. They have installed themselves as de facto DJs, cycling through underground rap (there\u2019s a lot of Fakemink<\/a>) and dancehall remixes between photographs, fittings and glam.<\/p>\n George wears blazer, Magliano. Wool tank top, cupro shirt, and wool trousers, Lemaire. Tie, Dunhill. Vintage hi-tops, Rokit.<\/p>\n <\/span>Andrew Nuding<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n We are here for the aforementioned Sunny Dancer<\/em>, Jaques\u2019s ensemble-cast brainchild that follows six teenagers in remission at \u201cchemo camp\u201d, which he has been working on for nearly five years. At 26, the Londoner has already amassed a CV that tends to invite the noun \u201cwunderkind\u201d. A former actor who founded his production company at 16 \u2013 \u201cPeople might say, \u2018Where did this kid come from?\u2019, but I\u2019ve been doing this for a long time\u201d \u2013 he has since produced plays, short films and now two features. Sunny Dancer<\/em> is his biggest project to date. \u201cWe really bled for this production,\u201d he says. Shooting in just six weeks, to a strict budget and an even stricter schedule, it \u201cwas one of the hardest things I\u2019ve ever put together. The scale of the film is massive for a British indie.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n