Project Detail

Something Pointless

Name: Something Pointless
Director: Asa Bailey
Genre: Children’s, Drama, Welsh
Released: 2026
Duration: 14 min 21 sec

Synopsis

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.
Welsh:
Pan mae bachgen ifanc sy'n cael ei fwlio yn dod ar draws hen ddyn tawel yn gosod plisgau wy wedi'u peintio ar hen wal frics yn eu cymdogaeth, mae'n dechrau deall sut gall hyd yn oed y gweithredoedd lleiaf a rhyfeddaf adael rhywbeth parhaol ar eu hôl.
Official Selection Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2026

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Details

Year: 2026
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 14 min 21 sec
Director: Asa Bailey
Producer: David Cormican, Asa Bailey
Executive Producer: David Cormican, Shawn Christensen, Damon Russell, Brenden Hubbard, Anand Ramayya, Zane Lackey, Dwayne Hill
Editor: Laurence Cohen
Screenwriter: Neil Graham, David Cormican
Director of Photography: Keefa Chan
Production Designer: Marion Cheung
Sound: Raj Ramayya, Austin Coffee, Kenny Donovan, James Cooper
Composer: Andrea Bellucci
Principal cast: Owen Teale, Leo Harris, Sophie Thompson, Sule Rimi
Casting Director: Victor Jenkins

Genre

Children’s Drama Welsh

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Presented by The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition (CA)

A Hiraeth Productions (UK) production in association with Fun Republic (US), Fuzzy Logic Pictures (US), BAI-LEY (US), Year of the Skunk Productions (CA)

Hiraeth Productions

c/o Fun Republic Pictures
David Cormican

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Sales Company

Screen Wizards Pictures

c/o David Cormican

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