Dog Years

Depressed and living in isolation, Demelza promises to leap from the cliffs of her Cornish village when her elderly dog Lucky dies. Can she find a reason to live before he snuffs it?

Director Natalys Willcox

Writer Jake J. Mackintosh

Producer Laura Giles

Year complete 2021

Run time 15 mins

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Natalys Willcox

Natalie is a filmmaker living in Falmouth. She moved to Cornwall in 2016 to complete an MA in Film & Television at Falmouth University. She has worked on several shorts and features locally, including BAIT, MAKE UP, THE TAPE, BACKWOODS and YN MOR.

Jake Mackintosh
Born in South Africa, Jake is a writer who lives in Falmouth, Cornwall with his partner and their collie, Fargo. He completed an MA in Screenwriting at London Film School and worked in the film industry in London prior to moving to the coast and writes a diverse range of genre films, TV and shorts with a particular focus on dark comedies. He is an Edinburgh International Film Festival Talent Lab alumnus, BFI Network x BAFTA crew member for 2019/20 and 2020/21, and participating in the BBC Writers room’s talent development scheme Cornish Voices.

Laura Giles
Laura has produced several shorts and a feature documentary SONS OF CUBA, which won the Youth Jury Award at Sheffield Doc Fest in 2009. She has worked for the BFI, British Film Commission and Raising Films and is currently leading a new screen agency Screen Cornwall, through which she works with a wide range of talent and productions.

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Film Still c/o Screen Cornwall 

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