They/Them

Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15, John Davidson navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood, finding inspiration in the kindness of others to discover his true purpose in life.

• 2025British Independent Film AwardsBest Casting — Lauren Evans
• 2025British Independent Film AwardsBest British Independent Film — Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff, Piers Tempest · nominated
• 2025British Independent Film AwardsBest Director — Kirk Jones · nominated
• 2025British Independent Film AwardsBest Lead Performance — Robert Aramayo
• 2025British Independent Film AwardsBest Supporting Performance — Maxine Peake · nominated
• 2025British Independent Film AwardsBest Supporting Performance — Peter Mullan · nominated
• 2025British Independent Film AwardsBest Supporting Performance — Scott Ellis Watson · nominated
• 2025British Independent Film AwardsBreakthrough Performance — Scott Ellis Watson · nominated
• 2025British Independent Film AwardsBest Screenplay — Kirk Jones · nominated
• 2025Toronto International Film Festival · Centrepiece · world premiereselected
• 2026British Academy Film AwardsOutstanding British Film — Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff, Piers Tempest · nominated
• 2026British Academy Film AwardsBest Actor in a Leading Role — Robert Aramayo

plus 3 more entries on file

Set in Galashiels, Scottish Borders, 1983–2023 · Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, 2019 · University of Nottingham, 2023

• Filmed at Glasgow, Scotland — Screen Scotland says the film shot on location in Scotland including Glasgow; Wikipedia says filming began in and around Glasgow.
• East Dunbartonshire, Scotland — Screen Scotland lists East Dunbartonshire among filming locations; no more specific place identified in the source.
• North Lanarkshire, Scotland — Screen Scotland lists North Lanarkshire among filming locations; no more specific place identified in the source.
• Strathblane Church, Stirling, Scotland — Wikipedia names Strathblane Church as an included filming location; exact church coordinates not independently confirmed from an allowed source in time.
• Hippodrome Cinema, Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland — Wikipedia names the Hippodrome Cinema in Bo'ness as an included filming location; coordinate from the venue's Wikipedia page, marked as coordinates on Wikidata.