Blue Murder

After the events of Swings & Roundabouts, Nigel finds himself working in a fish & chip shop, but walks out in disgust after squirting ketchup at the owner who keeps complaining at him. We realise he is upset at the loss of his father, whose grave he goes to visit. Now homeless and sleeping rough, he finds a photo of himself back in LA with Roni and he resolves to go back and find her. He sells his guitar to pay for the ticket and flies back. Aiming to suprise her he peeks into the garden, but sees her with a girlfriend, Mandy. Aghast, he poses as a cab driver and captures Mandy on her way out, then makes his way into the garden unbeknownst to Roni. She freezes when she sees him and he then wraps her up in film, preparing to drown her. Mandy escapes from the car and rushes in, smashing him on the head with a film can. Unharmed, he turns to face her, but she grabs his Super 8 camera and coshes him into the pool with it. They make their escape, but perhaps Nigel has some life in him yet..

Blue Murder was selected for the Straight 8 London premieres in 2019 and premiered at the Regent Street Cinema in London. The film was also a finalist at Brighton Rocks International Film Festival and won Gold Awards at the Independent Shorts Awards in LA for Best Director, Best Microfilm and Best Experimental Short. She screened in New York at the Chain NYC festival and in London at the South London Shorts Festival and was selected at the 300 Seconds Short Film Festival in Toronto in 2020.