Pin Cushion

Pin Cushion is a 2017 English-language film written and directed by Deborah Haywood, her feature film debut. Pin Cushion premiered as the opening film of International Critics' Week at the 74th Venice International Film Festival and was released in the United Kingdom on 13 July 2018. Plot Mother Lyn and daughter Iona (a.k.a. Dafty One and Dafty Two) are excited to be starting a new life in a small Midlands town. Determined to make a success of things after a tricky start at a new school, the gawky Iona becomes ‘best friends’ with Keeley, Stacey and Chelsea. Used to having Iona to herself, Lyn feels left out and tries unsuccessfully to make her own friends starting with Belinda, her sour-faced neighbour. As much as Lyn and Iona pretend to each other that things are going well, Iona struggles with schoolmates who act more like 'frenemies' than friends, and Lyn is treated with varying degrees of indifference by neighbours and a supposed support group. Cast Lily Newmark as Iona Joanna Scanlan as Lyn Loris Scarpa as Daz Sacha Cordy-Nice as Keeley Bethany Antonia as Chelsea Saskia Paige-Martin as Stacie Sophia Tuckey as Peggy John Henshaw as Percy Lennon Bradley as Sam Aury Wayne as Sicko Charles Francis as Dwayne Isy Suttie as Anne Jacob Lee as Jordan Chanel Cresswell as Belinda Nadine Coyle as Air Hostess Production Pin Cushion was filmed in Haywood's home town of Swadlincote, South Derbyshire, with locations including the interior of Gresley Old Hall in Church Gresley, the interior and exterior of The Pingle Academy, the exterior of the Town Hall, and in West Street to the High Street in the town centre, and a scene filmed in Burton Queen's Hospital. The house the main characters move into can be found in Hastings Road, Swadlincote.