The Groundsman

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The Groundsman
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Film poster
Directed by Jonny Blair
Written byJonny Blair
Produced byKenny MacKay
Carol Brown
Adam McIlwaine
Paddy Higson
Starring David O'Hara
Brian McCardie
CinematographyAndrew Wright
Edited by Conor Meechan
Music by Alexander Horowitz
Production
company
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Release date
  • 20 June 2013 (2013-06-20)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Groundsman is a 2013 short film produced by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Written & Directed by Jonny Blair, Starring David O'Hara. The film depicts a lonely football groundsman named Keith (O'Hara) who finds out his club has gone out of business, but instead of moving on with his life and acknowledging his past affairs, he tries his utmost to keep the club running.

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The film screened for the first time at Cineworld in Glasgow on 20 June 2013 with the four other graduation films.

In 2014, the film was nominated for 3 Bafta Scotland New Talent awards for Best Editing, Best Fiction and Best Writing. It went on to win Best Fiction and Best Editing. [1]

Cast

Production

Filming started on Sunday 5 May for a half day until Friday 10 May 2013. Also was a half day in April where a football match was shot. David O'Hara was cast as Keith, whom Jonny Blair knew personally, with Brian McCardie, Jim Sweeney, Darran Lightbody and Frank Lovering (Benburb manager) rounding out the cast. Locations were a house in King's Park, Tinto Park in Govan, home of Benburb FC which the film was built around, Bell's Bar on Govan Road and a country road near Bishopton.

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