The song is such a representation of her, so when that song comes back on, they probably haven’t heard it in a year, and it floods through them all these wonderful memories that they had. You just keep playing it forever because you never want this song to end. Everyone does it when they find that favorite song. This is a song that the daughter probably played all the way on the trip to the Grand Canyon, screaming, play it again, play it again. It always just felt like the perfect jam song that represents the daughter and represents her life. MG: We love that song! First we are both big King Princess fans. What went into choosing the song that was played there? So there’s a lot of reflection I feel in the piece.ĪD: One part that jumped out at me was the choice of King Princess’s song “1950” that started up in the kid’s room. Maybe it’s not the longest amount but its quality with all the wonderful lives you touch. Like the time we have, the time we give each other, how much time we’re actually here, and how special that is. WMC: I think the film has created a lot of reflection and a lot of reflection on time specifically. I went in not knowing the premise, so I was just observing this couple, trying to figure out okay, are they just distant from each other, and then realizing oh, it’s much worse than I thought. So many people have had loss in their lives, but in telling one story I think it was able to connect to a lot of people with different kinds of grief, even if you haven’t experienced gun violence.ĪD: Most definitely. Michael Govier: Then we just wanted to focus on one story, one family, so we could see what that impact looks like. We thought about what it would be like to tackle that type of loss of a parent losing a child, and that was really the providence of the idea. That was the leaping off point, and then, of course, we kept reading about the recursive tragic gun violence that we have here in the United States of America. I thought wow, that is such a beautiful poignant representation of what grief feels like. The shadow souls represented grief and agony that people can’t reach when, in times of loss, they are in too much pain. Michael had this gorgeous image of these shadows. I think we were both interested in telling stories about loss and grief, partially from wrestling with some of the grief in our own lives. We discovered we were both writers, and we would meet and talk about what we were working on.

Will McCormack: Michael and I met in an acting class in the valley and we just became fast friends. They also talk about the positive experience of making this emotionally resonant film and what it has meant to them both personally and professionally.Īwards Daily: What was the inspiration for If Anything Happens I Love You? Here, they share with Awards Daily what made them want to tell this story and the way they wanted to tell it.

This very emotional film tackles difficult subject matter about grief and loss.

Michael Govier and Will McCormack are the directors of Netflix’s animated short If Anything Happens I Love You.

If anything happens i love you