As well as working on ANNEX, I'm also involved in an ongoing project to celebrate the Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera. Dobrota Putcherova, who is coordinating the project, recently introduced me to Victor Mavedzenge, a multi-talented artist from Zimbabwe. When I visited his website, I was stunned by the quality of his artwork. Reccurant themes in his work are themes that are similarly explored in ANNEX, i.e. displacement, what women go through, isolation. I immediately knew I had to use one of his paintings in the film, somehow.

I'm simply dreading the idea of auditioning fellow actors. It's going to be weird being at the other side of the table. I think about all the auditions I've been to so far. What was the format? What sort of questions did they ask me? Most of the questions they ask, like 'what have you worked on lately?' are there to, not only break the ice, but also establish the hierarchy ('what have you worked on lately (and when)? 'Cos we're here to see if you're capable of doing this one job I've got here...').