In this episode of Cinematic Conversations, Leslie Anne Lee sits down with writer, director, and actress Louisa Connolly-Burnham for a conversation about her short film The Intimacy Coordinator.

Louisa discusses the complexities behind creating and portraying Kate—a woman whose professional world is built around boundaries, consent, and control, even as those same boundaries begin to unravel in her personal life. The conversation explores sexuality, shame, loneliness, vulnerability, complicated desire, and the challenge of creating a character whose choices may be difficult to watch while never stripping her of her humanity.

Louisa also opens up about the experience of writing, directing, and starring in the film, what she discovered about Kate once she stepped into the role, and the trust required between performers when telling a story centered on intimacy and emotional risk.