British Council Logo UK Films Database
Project Detail

Five Miles Out

Synopsis

Cass is sent away on a camping holiday with her cousins but despite her best efforts is unable to forget about her sister back home in a hospital bed.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
18 mins 21 secs
Format
35mm
Director
Andrew Haigh
Producer
Jo McCellan, Rebecca Mark Lawson, Mattieu de Braconier
Co-Producer
Jo McCellan, Rebecca Mark Lawson, Mattieu de Braconier
Editor
Lea Morement
Screenwriter
Andrew Haigh
Director of Photography
Matyas Erdely
Production Designer
Sarah Finlay
Sound
Tim Barker
Composer
James Edward Barker
Principal cast
Dakota Blue Richards, Thomas Malone

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Glendale Picture Company

26 Dartington House
London SW8 2QW
UK

T +44 (0)20 7159 2326

tristan@glendalepicturecompany.com

Sales Company

Glendale Picture Company

26 Dartington House
London SW8 2QW
UK

T +44 (0)20 7159 2326

tristan@glendalepicturecompany.com

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

Suggest amendments

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

A Long Winter A Long Winter

Director: Andrew Haigh

Year: 2026

A mother storms out with her dog after fighting with her husband, heading to her brother's distant home. As a blizzard engulfs the region, her husband and son lead an urgent search effort with help from the community. Adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s short story 'A Long Winter'.

Drama
All of Us Strangers All of Us Strangers

Director: Andrew Haigh

Year: 2023

One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbour Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before. Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - European premiere

LGBTQIA+ Drama
Simon is Waiting Simon is Waiting

Director: Andrew Haigh

Year: 2016

Two hours in the life of a British actor who has moved to LA to star in an American TV show, as he waits for the results of a medical test.

Comedy