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Melt the Fly
Melt the Fly

Filmography

  • Documentary Short (2024)

    - ‘After hearing about a couple’s late-night encounter with a mysterious big cat in the Welsh countryside, two filmmakers decide to investigate by conducting phone interviews with local witnesses, exploring the idea of belief and providing a space for vivid personal experiences.’

    • Glasgow Short Film Festival (2024) Official Selection

    • Shortscape (2024) Official Selection

    • The Smalls Film Festival (2024) Official Selection

    • Bolton International Film Festival (2024) Official Selection

    • Close:Up Edinburgh Docufest (2024) Official Selection

    • St Andrews Film Festival (2024) Official Selection

    • London Short Film Festival (2025) Official Selection

    • Short Circuit (2025) Official Selection

    • Absurd Art House Film Festival (2025) Official Selection

    • SONY Future Filmmaker Awards (2025) Finalist

    • Outwith Festival (2025) Official Selection

    • British Shorts (2026) Official Selections

  • Feature Documentary (2022)

    Production Company: Melt the Fly

    Funders: BBC Scotland, Screen Scotland, The Open University

    • Royal Television Society Scotland (2023) Winner Documentary and Specialist Factual

    ‘Uplifting documentary about an artist who creates intimate comics that deal with his life with an inoperable brain tumour, exploring how art, love and humour can soothe our deepest fears of mortality.’

    • BFI Flare London LGHTQIA+ Film Festival (2022) Official Selection

    • Thessaloniki Docmentary Festival (2022) Official Selection

    • SANDS International Film Festival (2022) Official Selection

    • Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (2022) Official Selection

    • Doc Edge Film Festival (2022) Official Selection

    • Music + Sound Awards (2022) Winner Best Original Composition

    • Washington West Film Festival (2022) Official Selection

    • Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival (2022) Official Selection

    • B3 Biennial of Moving Image (2022) Official Selection

    • Q Fest (2022) Official Selection

    • New Haven Documentary Film Festival (2022) Winner Golden Slice Award for Best Editing

    • Windsor International Film Festival (2022) Official Selection

    • Portland Queer Film Festival (2022) Official Selection

    • Global Health Film Festival (2022) Official Selection

    • Celtic Media Festival (2023) Nominated

    • First Fortnight (2023) Official Selection

    • Brain Film Festival (2023) Official Selection

    • Festival Imagésanté (2023) Official Selection

    • Global Health Film Days (2023) Official Selection

    • Rainbow Visions Film Festival (2023) Official Selection

    • Oak Cliff Film Festival (2023) Official Selection

    • Fairy Tales Presentation Society (2023) Official Selection

    • MIX SPH LGBTQIA+ Film Festival (2023) Official Selection

    • Labocine Science New Wave (2024) Official Selection

  • Documentary Short (2021)

    Production Company: Melt the Fly

    Funders: Scottish Documentary Institute, Screen Scotland

    • BAFTA Scotland (2021) Winner Best Short Film

    - ‘Sean uses the Piano to navigate life on the Autistic Spectrum. As he is drawn into new musical collaborations he must learn to balance his enthusiasm and compulsive energy with understanding and compromise, redefining his perspective in the process.’

    • Glasgow Film Festival (2021) Official Selection

    • Glasgow Short Film Festival (2021) Official Selection

    • Flatpack Film Festival (2021) Official Selection

    • Big Sky Film Festival (2021) Official Selection

    • Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival (2021) Winner Best Documentary

    • Inverness Film Festival (2021) Official Selection

    • St Kilda Film Festival (2021) Official Selection

    • Youth Film Access Festival (2021) Official Selection

    • British Shorts (2022) Official Selection

    • Doc’n Roll Film Festival (2022) Official Selection

  • Broadcast Documentary (2019)

    Funders: BBC One, BBC Scotland

    - ‘The World Stone Skimming Championship is held on the tiny Scottish island of Easdale every year. Two obsessed skimmers show us what it takes to become the world's best.’

  • Documentary Short (2019)

    - ‘Pianos are being thrown away at a tremendous rate – hauled away, set on fire and their valuable heavy metal sold for scrap. Tim, Leon and their team of inspired artists, musicians and volunteers have reclaimed these unloved instruments to build the world’s first 100-seater amphitheatre made entirely from up-cycled pianos. Balancing the artistic integrity of Tim’s vision with Leon’s practicality and realism tests the strength of their relationship as they race to complete the Pianodrome for its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.’

    • Szczecin Film Festival (2019) Winner MUSIC SEFF Award

    • Audio Shoot International Music Video & Film Festival (2019) Official Selection

    • Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (2019) Official Selection

    • Garden-in-Movies (2019) Official Selection

    • Soundtrack Cologne (2019) Official Selection

    • International Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival (2019) Official Selection

    • Bolton International Film Festival (2019) Winner Community or Charity Award

    • Portland EcoFilm Festival (2019) Official Selection

    • Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Film Festival (2019) Finalist Best Documentary

    • Lund International Architecture Film Festival (2019) Official Selection

    • SONIC SCENE - Music Film Festival (2019) Official Selection

    • Doc’n Roll Film Festival (2019) Official Selection

    • International Sound & Film Music Festival (2019) Official Selection

    • Sound Unseen (2019) Official Selection

    • REVL Film Fest (2019) Best Short Film Documentary

    • Sustainable Living Film festival (2019) Official Selection

    • Architecture Design Art Film Festival (2020) Official Selection

    • The Earth Day Film Festival (2020) Winner Best Sound

    • California Music Video & Film Awards (2020) Best Short Film or Documentary

    • Master of Art Film Festival (2020) Official Selection

    • Short Sounds (2020) Official Selection

    • Architecture & Design Film Festival (2020) Official Selection

    • ARTS x SDGS Online Festival (2020) Official Selection

    • Better Cities Film Festival (2020) Winner Short Films 3-20 Minutes