It was always my aim to showcase the C Project films at the end of the year on a big screen at a local cinema. And the ODEON in Victoria Square, Belfast were happy to support me in that aim and gave me free rain of Screen 1. It was also a great opportunity for Alan Stewart and Chris McClenaghan to premiere their TV horror pilot ‘Coast’ and I also included Aidan Largey’s latest short film ‘Dark Of The Night’ in the line up. To soften up the mood, I was happy to show two animations made by a bunch of University of Ulster students as well.

I received the script for ‘Nuts & Robbers’ last year from Aidan Gault, a very talented young filmmaker. It ticked a lot of boxes for me and I knew we could definitely make this short film on the limited funds that we had. Even at that early stage, I already had the actors in mind to play the four roles. The script needed tidying and tightening up, so a few months of script development began. From the beginning, Aidan showed a real enthusiasm towards developing his skills and this maintained throughout the various phases of Production. He’s definitely a young filmmaker to keep an eye on! Comedy sequences need vigorous rehearsal time, especially when you have physical elements involved. So we put a side a few hours of rehearsal at my studio to do just that. We also wanted the dialogue between the characters to be slick and natural so we also introduced script read through sessions during the build up to the production.