A GIRL CALLED ALICE.
A GIRL CALLED ALICE With actress Tegan Grace Muggeridge and directed/produced by Tristan Loraine
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1171394832
This brilliant short film was recently and successfully premiered at London’s Raindance film festival. Few people are aware that London suffers a true mobile phone theft epidemic. This short follows the challenge between two phone thieves to prove who is the best at this criminal game. This is not only very entertaining ride but it’s also a cautionary tale about the rise of criminality in every major city around the World. Proof is that in London there is a phone robbery every seven to eight minutes! This is done by young 14 years old children controlled by vicious crime gangs. This film is truly a visual “tour de force” and this is the first endeavor to hold the “Human Made” mark, being AI free and as explained in this Variety article: https://variety.com/2026/film/global/the-human-made-mark-ai-free-film-i… Not only this movie proves the talent of longtime director/producer Tristan Loraine with over 30 productions under his belt, but it launches even more in the limelight, the intense and impactful actress: Tegan Grace Muggeridge. A young Star on the rise she is, no doubt! We were lucky to get into an inspiring conversation with the two of them following their Premiere at the London’s Raindance film festival.
Q: How did UK’s CrimeStoppers (https://crimestoppers-uk.org ) and EE (https://ee.co.uk ) get involved?
Tegan: We reached out to several companies. EE was really keen to support the film. They see lots of their clients having their phone stolen so they felt they could help us firsthand. Equally, CrimeStoppers was very collaborative. They helped us with the development of the story and help us understand how the crime gangs work.
Tristan: We also got the support of Canon for the cameras we used. We filmed in London without truly controlling the environment like a Studio can do. We use the new Canon C-80 that we can hand film with and get total stability and cinema like look. We used also the amazing Canon C-400 for this show. We got also lots of support from the whole London community, especially the Police forces. Some scenes were challenging, especially filming the aerial scenes because you can’t use drones in London, only helicopters!
Q: What does it mean to have the ‘Human Made’ mark on this film?
Tegan: It means a lot, especially with the rise of AI in every step of a film fabrication. This film is so “human made” and it has nothing to do with AI.
Tristan: This is, actually, the first short film having this seal of quality. Don’t get me wrong, we use AI at work when it comes to research. It’s a useful tool for some specifics tasks. And. of course, we are wondering when and if it is possible to use AI to recreate a specific person who is not alive anymore.
Q: What is the takeaway with your film? What do hope people get from watching it?
Tegan: When in London, be safe and keep your phone in your bag!
Tristan: Naively I thought the thieves were young kids stealing phone to get drugs. Actually, these thieves are part of super criminal gangs very well organized. Last year only, over 120,000 phones were stolen in London. People need to wake to this as this is a huge problem. If your phone is stolen this is your whole life that is stolen. These professionals can hike into your phone and get access to all your data and passwords.
Q: Did you ever have your phone stolen?
Tegan: One time I was coming out of a movie premiere. I was walking on the sidewalk and suddenly I felt a bike coming to me from the back. They were after my phone which was in my bag. Lucky for me, this bag was secure around my neck. The robber tried in vain to get my bag and then they biked away.
By Emmanuel Itier
