Films &
Scripts
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The Soldier on Smithdown Road is inspired by the actions of my grandparents, Louis and Rae Scholes.
1947. Two British soldiers are kidnapped and murdered in Mandate Palestine. In the aftermath of the so-called 'Sergeants Affair’, a wave of antisemitic riots sweep across the UK. In Liverpool, Louis Scholnick, a British-Jewish World War II veteran, is forced to defend his family’s shop from a violent mob.
Winner of the 2023 Pears Short Film Fund at UK Jewish Film.
Co-directed with Thomas Harnett O'Meara.
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Ourselves Alone is inspired by the Northern Bank robbery that took place in Belfast in 2004. A bank manager and his wife are taken hostage in their home by brother-and-sister IRA members - Aoife and Sean. They plan to force the bank manager to help them carry out the robbery. But when a third IRA member - Liam - arrives at the house unexpectedly, things start to go wrong.
Co-written and co-directed with Thomas Harnett O'Meara.
Grown in the Dark
Grown in the Dark is a short animated film about a single mum, Joan, whose neat and ordered world is upended when she finds her daughter, Sophie, has befriended a homeless woman, Orla, living on their allotment. It was selected for funding through the 2022 BFI Short Film Fund and is currently in production.
Co-written with and directed by Josh Saunders.
