In the wake of an unexpected suicide, Jane (Jeanette Maus, Your Sister’s Sister) is devastated by the loss of her best friend Fiona, and finds purpose in helping Fiona’s widow Gemma (Corbin Reid, “How to Get Away with Murder”) care for their seven-year-old son Bailey. While Jane’s carefree nature compliments Bailey’s youthful imagination, Gemma throws herself into work, unwilling to let anyone sense the cracks in her facade.
As Jane unwittingly integrates herself into Fiona’s family, she finds herself living the life her best friend left behind. In navigating their complex familial situation, Jane and Gemma’s relationship develops from a tentative friendship to a deeper affair that helps them cope, but threatens their ability to heal.
MY FIONA is a poignant portrait of love, loss, sexual identity and human connection that is heartrending, beautiful, and very, very real.
KELLY WALKER is an Australian multi-hyphenate award-winning filmmaker. In 2017, Walker was selected for Australians In Film’s Writers Lab with her screenplay, My Fiona. Walker went on to direct My Fiona which premiered at London's BFI LGBTIQ+ Festival, had an award-winning festival run, and secured a ReFrame Stamp. In 2021, My Fiona was distributed through Freestyle Digital and is available on demand. If you need a good cry, this movie is for you.
Walker was a Semi-Finalist for the Black List and Stowe Story Labs with her Black List Recommended Audrey Hepburn biopic, The Beauty of a Woman. Most recently, Walker’s adaptation of The Upside of Falling Down, based on the book by Rebekah Crane, is set up with Embankment Films. Coming up, Walker is attached to direct the feature, Liza Anonymous, co-written with Leah McKendrick. Walker continues to focus her curiosity on women's stories with shades of moral ambiguity, but make it cute.
Walker is a member of Walker is a member of WIF, AIF, Film Fatales, ULSC & Gotham, and is a 2024 WIF Writer Fellow.
