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Jackdaw

Synopsis

A troubled vagabond who helps strangers bring an end to their suffering is forced into a reckoning with his own moral duties as a father.
JACKDAW is a dark, experimental drama that explores the emotional complexity bound to the debate on euthanasia.

Details

Year: 2021
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 16 min 59 sec
Format: 4:3
Director: Mac Nixon
Producer: Dan Bailey, Ed Casey
Executive Producer: Gwenfair Hawkins, Miguela Gonzalez, Helen Perry
Editor: Josh Williams
Screenwriter: Mac Nixon
Director of Photography: Andrew Toovey
Production Designer: Abigail Hubbard
Sound: Nick Davies
Composer: Sion Trefor
Principal cast: Sule Rimi, Lauren Clarke, Valmai Jones

Genre

Experimental Human Rights Drama

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Broadside Films

Belle Vue
Ferryside
SA17 5ST

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It’s been nearly 20 years since an incident tore the Dyer family apart - an incident with a name: Andy. Andy is the reason world-famous author Andrew, better known to readers as the famously reclusive A.N. Dyer, no longer speaks to his adult sons, Richard and Jamie, nor his ex-wife, Isabel. Now, feeling his time on Earth is running out, he summons his sons to be with him. When they arrive, he tells them something so unbelievable it couldn’t possibly be true. Or could it? Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2025 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - European premiere

Drama