FIXING LUKA
UK 2011
11 mins
Director: Jessica Ashman

In a ramshackle cottage beside a forest, Lucy and Luka live with their parents. Every day, Luka drives his sister mad as he happily performs obsessive, nonsensical routines with sugar cubes and thimbles. Watching his antics, Lucy thinks her brother is broken but when she’s given the chance to fix him, will she take it?
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THE WORM INSIDE
UK 2010
9 mins
Director: Sam Firth

Filmed over the course of a year, this is an intimate exploration of the mysterious and wonderful nature of illness and recovery, and the adventures of living on the West Coast of Scotland. The film shows a filmmaker grappling with the idea that our health is within our control if we try hard enough.

Never brooding or morose, The Worm Inside is a compelling insight into the trauma that many of us go through when faced with unwelcome news
Sight & Sound Magazine

RITE
UK 2010
17 mins
Director: Michael Pierce
Starring: Bradley Hall, Martin Herdman

Mike takes his estranged son out for his birthday; a man desperate to prove he’s changed. But drink and the simmering violence of match day in London brings out the worst in him over a long, difficult afternoon for father and son.

THE RULE OF THUMB
UK 2010
18 mins
Director: Gregor Johnstone
Starring: Richard Dormer, Stella McCusker, Gary Lewis

The Rule Of Thumb is the story of a Mother and Son’s tragic inability to move on from the death of the father. Barrow’s attempt to engage with the world outside leads him to a disastrous day at the local school. His inability to cope creates a dangerous standoff. Can Mummy save the day?