Project Detail

Gone Fishing

Synopsis

Gone Fishing is the touching story of a boy and old man coming to terms with bereavement through their shared love of fishing, and the legend of Goliath, the biggest pike ever caught!

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Chris Jones
Producer
Doug Abbot, Alan Coulson, Maria Ellis, Lucia Landino, Doris Holland
Co-Producer
Doug Abbot, Alan Coulson, Maria Ellis, Lucia Landino, Doris Holland
Editor
Eddie Hamilton
Screenwriter
Chris Jones
Director of Photography
Vernon Layton
Production Designer
Emily Johnson
Sound
Ro Heap
Composer
Audio Licence
Principal cast
Bill Paterson, Devon Murray, James Wilson, Lin Blakley, Ruth Gemmell

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Living Spirit Pictures

Ealing Studios
Ealing Green
London W5 5EP
UK

T +44 (0)20 8758 8544

Sales Company

Living Spirit Pictures

Ealing Studios
Ealing Green
London W5 5EP
UK

T +44 (0)20 8758 8544

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.

See also

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

An older man examines an eggshell Something Pointless

Director: Asa Bailey

Year: 2026

When a bullied young boy discovers an elderly man quietly covering a forgotten brick wall in painted eggshells, an unlikely friendship forms - and a “pointless” act becomes something transformative.

A close-up of an appealing man Steal My Heart

Director: Rudi Harrison-Ward

Year: 2025

A thief postpones robbing a regal traveller out of romantic interest. They have a tender fling before tensions resume.

A teenage boy watches a workout video I Love You in Different Ways

Director: Joseph Wilson

Year: 2026

Set in the summer of 2000, 14 year old Lucian explores his sexuality through fantasy in a pre-internet world. Lucian is a 14 year closeted gay kid going through puberty. He doesn’t know how to communicate in a world that doesn’t speak his language so he lives in isolation, observing the world as an outsider. With the fear of ever exposing who he really is, Lucian seeks comfort in fantasy and lives his life in a daydream.