A teenage girl hooking in order to make money for her mum’s much needed medical treatment takes in a customer who used to date her mum.

This short was produced and directed by Nic Penrake in 2012 and features very strong performances from all the cast, especially newcomer Alexa Davies as Scarlet, the female lead. I was runner on set and edited the final cut.

Distribution

As the film is now with Short International we cannot stream it freely via YouTube or Vimeo. However, as there is a high probability that you are visiting this site as a film professional, creative or friend, you can view the film by clicking on the video above and entering the password ‘scarlet’. If the video doesn’t work, click on the link here.

Reception from other filmmakers to Bunking Off has been unanimously favourable. We have to assume that it’s the subject matter and the length of the film that have worked against it on the festival circuit. That said, the short script has since grown to a poignant and hard-hitting feature length script called When The Money Runs Out.