Nicola's plans for the big screen

"Even before Tea and Transition came out I realized that there was so much more of a story left to tell. New experiences were still happening to me all the time, and having reached a point of physical completion, I could get on with my life as the woman I am. Part of that future was dating.

"Although I touched on dating within Tea and Transition, my life took many new turns as I dipped further into the dating pool. Bars, speed dating, online... yet there was a common thread: if guys were unaware of my past then they wanted to date me, but if they knew I was trans then they did not. After many disappointing experiences and awkward conversations I returned to the basic question, 'can a straight guy fall in love with a transgender woman?' How many straight guys can actually hold their hand up and say yes?

"Relocating back to the UK in 2018 sapped my creative strength but in the summer of 2020 I started back on this project with renewed vigor.  However, by now the world was a very different place. My Mum - who had been a rock during my transition - had passed away in September 2019, while the COVID19 pandemic had also thrown everything into disarray. Yet over the following months I dedicated myself back into the writing process, and now have a script that is being pitched to the industry.

"I am hugely grateful for the accolades that judges from various industry screenwriting competitions have given PHOENIX (On the Flip Side), and I am now looking for the right fit of producer to work with to take this project to the next level and actually get this film made."  

Nicola Jane Chase 

Spring 2022