Life Just Is is a low-budget independent feature film currently in development.

Pete, Tom, Claire and Jay are university graduates having trouble making the move into adult life. Beneath the hanging out and the daily routines simmers Pete’s desire to find a spiritual answer to life’s meaning, Jay’s desperate need not to get hurt again, and Tom and Claire’s ever increasing mutual attraction. A thoughtful character drama, Life Just Is is a film about love, death, and, most importantly of all, life itself.

The debut feature from writer/director Alex Barrett, Life Just Is offers a fresh examination of young adult life.

The film is currently seeking funding. To learn more about our investment scheme and find out how to get involved, please email us at investment@lifejustisfilm.com. For all other enquiries, please email us at info@lifejustisfilm.com. 

What other people are saying...

I think it's just terrific: funny, moving and thought-provoking...the opening scene, in which we are immediately given a great deal of information about the central characters by observing their reactions to the film they have just watched, is a model of good screenwriting...quite frankly I think the piece is perfect - Brad Stevens, Sight & Sound contributor & author of Abel Ferrara: The Moral Vision

Well-written, believable, funny and thought-provoking...There's something fundamentally kind and compassionate about the script and the non-judgemental light on the characters that I found very appealing - Michael Walker, screenwriter of Relative Values

Existentialist philosophy isn't just for gloomy Swedish filmmakers anymore. Life Just Is will bring Kierkegaard to the big screen with a contemporary twenty-something angst. Take a leap of faith with this unique project! - William Irwin, Series Editor, The Blackwell Philosophy and Popular Culture Series

Life Just Is has characters and themes that film festivals are designed for, to look at the state of the world with humour and insight – Neil Fox, Co-Director Filmstock International Film Festival

Alex Barrett is a bright new talent, he is able to get the best out of actors and script
- Jonathan Morris, editor of The Wind That Shakes the Barley and Looking for Eric

Production Personnel
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Writer/Director: Alex Barrett
Executive Producer: Christine Hartland
Producer: Tom Stuart
Associate Producer: Augusto da Rocha
Casting Director: Jane Frisby
Cinematographer: Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz
Editor: Murat Kebir
Sound: Jason Creasey

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