As kids, Shaun and Daz are inseparable, skipping school, racing bikes, knocking about down by the lake with Katy, Shaun’s first love. Full of life, Shaun runs up against an education system that cannot contain him. He is squeezed and eventually spat out, taking Daz down with him as he self-destructs.

Twenty years later, Daz is given 2 months to live and Shaun is left to reflect on one gilded summer of love, sex and loyalty that marked the end of his innocence. The burden of his memories prompts him to track down Katy in a bid for redemption. This is a story of bright lives unfulfilled, of hopes that are snuffed out and then, finally, rekindled

A Sixteen Films co-production with Mediopolis Köln and Cinema Two, and presented by EM Media, Scottish Screen, Hewland International, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Glasgow Film Office and the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund.

 

Awards and Nominations
BAFTA Scotland
- Best Feature Film
- Best Director in Film or Television
- Best Acting Performance in Film (nominated)
Rome Film Festival
- Alicenella città Award
Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Best Performance in a British Feature Film
- Michael Powell Award (nominated)
- Trailblazers Cinematographer

Festivals
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Rome Film Festival