IFTN reports that Evanna Lynch will be starring in My Name is Emily, a film by Simon Fitzmaurice. Evanna will be playing the title character of Emily, while Michael Smiley will play her father Robert and George Webster will play Arden (her love interest.) Simon suffers from Motor Neuron Disease (ALS) and, even though he is completely paralyzed, typed out the script for the film using his eyes and iris recognition software.

My Name is Emily is love story between two teens and a road movie. On her 16th birthday, Emily escapes from her foster home and with the help of Arden, the boy who loves her, she sets out to find her father Robert, a visionary writer locked up in a psychiatric institution.

Evanna had the following to say about the film: “After I read the script, it and Emily were all I could think about for weeks; it is so different to anything I’ve read and yet so real and dynamic, and it is an absolute privilege and a joy to have the opportunity to help bring My Name is Emily to life with Simon and his team. Simon is an incredible person and he is embracing challenges the like that no director has had to contend with before and it is awe-inspiring simply to be in the midst of that.”