Sweetsick

Sweetsick is an upcoming drama film written and directed by Alice Birch (in her directorial debut). It stars Cate Blanchett and Spike Fearn.

Sweetsick
Directed by	Alice Birch
Screenplay by	Alice Birch
Produced by	Tessa Ross Juliette Howell Theo Barrowclough Cate Blanchett Lee Groombridge
Starring	Cate Blanchett Spike Fearn
Production companies	House Productions Dirty Films Film4
Distributed by	Searchlight Pictures
Countries	United Kingdom Australia
Language	English

Premise

A mercurial woman (Cate Blanchett) with a strange and piercing gift – the ability to see what others most intimately need, often at great personal cost – who sets out on a journey home.

Cast

• Cate Blanchett
• Spike Fearn

Production

In September 2025, it was announced that writer Alice Birch would make her directorial debut, with Cate Blanchett and Spike Fearn starring, and Searchlight Pictures acquiring the distribution rights.^[1][2][3]

Principal photography began in October 2025, in the United Kingdom and Greece.^[4]