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2004 "Scottish
Short Stories" filmed April - May. "The
Cone-Gatherers" filmed by BBC Scotland Education, broadcast
4th March. Read more "Taken" long
listed for the Fish International short story
competition. "The
Practicality of Magnolia" shows at: The Hairst
Festival, Scotland, August. 2003 "The
Practicality of Magnolia" shows at: The Palm
Springs International Festival of Short Films, USA,
September Festival
International de Programmes Audiovisuels, France,
January 2002 "The Island"
feature film script reaches last ten for New Found Film
project. "The
Practicality of Magnolia" (script) in receipt of a
£60,000 New Found Land and produced by Hopscotch films
for national broadcast in autumn. Wins
two Scottish BAFTA awards! Read more!
"The
Practicality of Magnolia"... proves that New Found Land can
produce films that are original, inventive and visually
inspired. An adaptation of Raymond Soltysek’s short
story... this is a bright sweet film with a dark streak
running through it. Sumptuously shot and boasting excellent
performances all round, it’s by far the standout
[New Found Land] film... The
Scotsman "The
Practicality of Magnolia"... is a subtle chiller... The
script draws on elements of the Hitchcockian thriller - the
isolated setting, the lonely woman, the mysterious lodger -
yet screenwriter Raymond Soltysek endlessly confounds our
expectations. Much of the film's power is due to Hancock and
Duffy, whose astute underplaying conveys the suffering and
moral ambiguity of this West Highland odd couple. The Sunday
Herald "Occasional
Demons" short listed for the Saltire First Book award,
2002 2001 "If you see a
German soldier..." published in Identity Papers (ISBN
086355489X) "The House
Outside the Kitchen" published in Damage Land: New
Scottish Gothic Fiction (ISBN 0 7486 6284 7) 2000 "Occasional
Demons" short story collection published by 11:9 (ISBN 1
903238 12 9) "The Pear"
broadcast on BBC Late Story, January. 1999 "Business"
published in Something Wicked: New Scottish Crime
Writing" (ISBN 0 7486 6253 7)
"Business"
is wonderfully constructed, like a Swiss
watch…" - Stephen Mulrine
