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Ian McManus
Since first getting into film-making in 2000, I have developed an ability in screenwriting and direction, through local film groups and through taking the plunge and going back into full time education as a mature student to do a Film and Video degree in Wales in 2007. Since graduating I have continued writing, both on my own and with friends, while working full time. I am currently unemployed and seeking opportunities to develop my writing, directing and all round film-making skills.
Ian has been shortlisted by Northern Ireland Screen for his project A Place for Everything.
A Place for Everything
The film centres around Simon (45), an ex navy man who lives a solitary existence since being forced to leave the navy on medical grounds. He has sunk into alcoholism and, rather than face his inevitable physical decline due to a serious degenerative illness, he decides to end his life one night. But first he must complete his collection of bottled boats. Finding he is missing a bottle for his last boat, he ventures to the local garage for his last bottle of scotch, where he encounters Sheila (38), a lonely woman working the nightshift. Sheila becomes drawn into his world and unsuccessfully tries to connect with Simon, as he proceeds successfully to complete his plan of suicide.
Ian can be contacted by email at niian@hotmail.com