Late September takes place over a 24-hour period, in a beautiful Kent house and garden, and follows the course and aftermath of a birthday celebration organised by a middle-aged woman for her husband to whom she has been married for nearly 40 years. As the day and night progress, old rifts, new relationships, and secrets emerge amongst friends, and the underlying tensions in the marriage can no longer be contained.

‘This age group, the post war generation now approaching old age, has not received so much attention in film and the problems these friends face are specific but universal and recognisable to us all; their lives, their hopes and fears for the future are portrayed with a total lack of sentimentality but also with great warmth, humour and empathy. This film is the second project made by a core group of experienced actors and technicians who came together to make Low Tide (2007). The group has since expanded but once again, the film has been made cheaply and shot in a very short period, using long fluid takes, natural light where possible and improvised dialogue. To work this quickly one has to be very prepared. Our structure is well thought out beforehand but within that the actors, in character, determine the emotional and dramatic content of each scene as it happens. All of us have found this way of filmmaking, "without permission", to be challenging and liberating. In these difficult, locked-down times, I believe we have found one possible way (among hopefully many others!) for new work to emerge and for cinematic form to develop.’

- Anna Mottram and Jon Sanders