2026 Official Selection: Short Film – Drama

A renowned event host tries to reconnect with his inspirational grandfather, a revered singer of the 1970s now living with Alzheimer’s dementia, upon discovering he can still sing.

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• Director(s): Derry Shillitto
• Writer(s): Kieran Hardcastle
• Producer(s): Chloe Elizabeth Martin
• Key Cast: Nicholas Lumley, Kieran Hardcastle
• Editor(s): Luke Radford
• Cinematographer(s): Will J Carman
• Sound Designer(s): Alex Stroud

Language: English

Runtime: 17m

Country: United Kingdom

Los Angeles Premiere

Synopsis: Peter (NICHOLAS LUMLEY – ‘Paddington 2’, ‘Lady Macbeth’) a popular singer/stand-up entertainer of the seventies and eighties, resides in a care home in Nottingham as a result of Alzheimer’s dementia.
Kezz (KIERAN HARDCASTLE – ‘This Is England’, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’) his naturally-gifted event host of a grandson, assumed he was all but lost to the condition, until… during a routine visit, he’s suddenly shocked and astonished to learn that due to the remarkable effects of

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Source: SOFF