The Good Spirit

The Good Spirit Noor is a 20-year-old girl living in the conservative city of Gaza. One day she finds a wounded dog and without hesitation she takes it in. Her mother panics and asks her to get rid of it – he is not a pure animal. Despite this Noor insists on keeping the dog. […]

Liquid Soul

Liquid Soul A woman, Violet, drowns in the sea. Dead, she wakes up in a mysterious room. The room is bare and has an empty feel, apart from a TV set.  After switching on the TV, she comes to realise that she is observing scenes from her immediate past. She is faced once again with […]

Hula

Hula Hula is a gently humorous drama about unhappy divorcee Clara. Reluctant to engage within her Highland community, she sets up her empty-nest home as a B&B. Her first guest is an artist who introduces her to change by rearranging the bedroom feng shui style. Next, a pair of elderly tourists painfully remind her of […]

Douglas Mackinnon – Interview

Douglas Mackinnon is one of the UKs most experienced and prominent high end TV drama directors. His credits include Sherlock, Dr Who and Line of Duty. He recently took time out of his busy schedule to come to Screen Academy Scotland to work with our students including small group sessions as well as a larger masterclass using Sherlock: The Abominable […]

Event Horizon

Event Horizon Director/Writer – Josefa Celestin Producer – Margarita Veberaite Summer 1997, in a small village in Scotland where nothing ever happens and the days all resemble themselves, as strange cosmic event comes to disrupt Julianne’s boring everyday life.

Over The Hill

Over The Hill Producer: Elena Lerones Writer: Hanna Lappalainen  

Date Night

Date Night A Neo Noir Murder Mystery about a woman with a past that will not let her go and a detective that is about to find out why.  

AVA

AVA Ava leaves home, looking for her brother who has disappeared. Following the sounds of drums coming from the forest, who will Ava really find? Producer: Margarita VeberaiteWriter: Max Barth

Schizo

Schizo John, a schoolboy suffering from schizophrenia, is given the blame for a terrible act of violence that occurs during lunch break at his school. The school’s headmaster interviews those involved in the incident in an effort to ascertain the truth of the matter. Whilst John’s classmates appear to be adamant that he is the […]

Richard Jobson (Part 4)

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