A Feature Film Project Close to My Heart
This Is What
Love Looks Like
The true story of David and me — a story of covenant, sacrifice, and obedience that I believe can carry the hope of Jesus Christ to a hurting world.
Why This Story Matters to Me
This is not just a personal story to me. It is a story of covenant, cost, endurance, and the faithfulness of God.
It is the story of what love looks like when comfort disappears, when the future becomes uncertain, and when faith is no longer theory, but obedience in the middle of real suffering.
I believe this project carries more than inspiration. It carries truth, hope, and a deeply human picture of love that can reach far beyond the church.
As a wife, mother, leader, and woman of faith, I care deeply that this story is developed with excellence and brought to screen in a way that honours both its private cost and its public impact.
— Simone Leslie
Listen to Our StoryThe Story in Brief
A true story that moves from collapse to calling, from private sacrifice to public impact.
01
Collapse
The Global Financial Crisis strips everything back, leaving David and Simone facing the loss of security, identity, and the life they thought they were building.
02
Calling
Out of that breaking comes a call into Ethiopia, where the mission grows in dangerous and deeply resistant environments.
03
Cost
A serious fall, a kidney donation, and a leukemia diagnosis bring the price of obedience into the body, the marriage, and the family.
04
Climax
Before 120,000 people, the public scale of the mission reaches its peak — but the true ending is found in one private moment of love, grief, and endurance.
120,000 people — Arba Minch, Ethiopia
Why This Film Matters
A Story of Covenant Love
At its core, this is not a story about platform or success, but a marriage tested by collapse, illness, and costly devotion.
A Story of Faith Under Pressure
This is not abstract inspiration. It is faith lived in the middle of fear, weakness, and real suffering.
A Story That Can Reach Beyond the Church
Its themes are universal: love, endurance, sacrifice, family, mortality, and the hope that carries people through.
Project Vision
This feature film project is being developed as a premium, faith-forward story for screen — with a 9-page overview and companion pitch deck prepared for industry conversations.
- Feature film project in active development
- Story overview prepared
- Pitch deck prepared
- Strategic conversations underway
- Open to aligned producing, financing, and distribution interest
For Aligned Industry Conversations
This page exists to share the heart behind the project and the vision for its future.
Detailed materials are available for serious industry conversations and aligned enquiries.
Industry Credibility
Supported by collaborators with proven
feature film experience
This project has already been shaped through work with collaborators who have been involved in films such as I Can Only Imagine, I Still Believe, Jesus Revolution, and Machine Gun Preacher.
These relationships have helped strengthen the audio podcast and may also play a role as the project continues to develop.
Connect With Us
Help Bring This Story to Screen
If you are a producer, investor, distributor, or strategic partner who feels aligned with this project, I would love the opportunity to connect.
If you have been following my journey, I invite you to stand with me in prayer as this story finds its way to screen.
"This is not a story about comfort. It is a story about what love costs."