rosie marden
freelance director and editor
2025–2026
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After having her phone confiscated, teenage Nancy (14) reluctantly follows her younger sister Edie (10) for a day outdoors, rediscovering the magic of the mundane and challenging Nancy’s growing fear of the world.
Fourteen-year-old Nancy could think of nothing worse than missing out on the fleeting world flying through her phone, but when her mum confiscates it, she’s forced to spend the day outdoors with her imaginative ten-year-old sister, Edie. While Edie moves through the world with curiosity and ease, talking to locals, inventing games, and finding magic in ordinary moments, Nancy remains trapped in the self-consciousness and emotional weight of adolescence. Across one transformative day, Nancy is slowly drawn into her sister’s strange but sincere way of seeing the world, forcing her to confront how much of her own wonder she has already lost. 10 Before The World Hits is a gentle coming-of-age short drama about sisterhood, anxiety, simplicity, and the fleeting innocence before the weight of the world sets in.