Ben Pickering

The film follows adjunct professor Joss, who travels to England to visit the farm where her late mother grew up and bonds with single father Daniel, whose family now runs it.

Four interconnected stories surrounding the escape from prison of a notorious serial killer.

City lawyer Brad Walker is having the worst day of his life. His high-maintenance girlfriend Sasha has left him for his so-called friend Tom and to add insult to injury, he's been fired too. On a night out drowning his sorrows with old friend Dean, he overhears a conversation between Phil and Ben - two drug dealers working for small-time gangster Jack - that will change his life forever...

BEACHED tells the surreal story of two days in the lives of Paul and Angela. Together for years, Angela longs for Paul to pop the question but Paul doesn't believe in marriage. Angela persuades herself he doesn't believe in them and leaves him. In his drunken quest for solace, Paul begins a journey of self-discovery - with a little help from two talking mannequins and a relationship-counselling panda - to try to overcome his fear of commitment. Question is: will it be in time? Shot on 35mm anamorphic on location in Swansea and the Gower Peninsula in the spring of 2007 by Welsh director Hefin Rees and producer Ben Pickering, BEACHED screened at the Cannes Short Film Corner and the Strasbourg International Film Festival in 2009. It features the final screen appearance of the late Welsh rugby legend Ray Gravell.

The film follows adjunct professor Joss, who travels to England to visit the farm where her late mother grew up and bonds with single father Daniel, whose family now runs it.

Four interconnected stories surrounding the escape from prison of a notorious serial killer.

Four interconnected stories surrounding the escape from prison of a notorious serial killer.

City lawyer Brad Walker is having the worst day of his life. His high-maintenance girlfriend Sasha has left him for his so-called friend Tom and to add insult to injury, he's been fired too. On a night out drowning his sorrows with old friend Dean, he overhears a conversation between Phil and Ben - two drug dealers working for small-time gangster Jack - that will change his life forever...

BEACHED tells the surreal story of two days in the lives of Paul and Angela. Together for years, Angela longs for Paul to pop the question but Paul doesn't believe in marriage. Angela persuades herself he doesn't believe in them and leaves him. In his drunken quest for solace, Paul begins a journey of self-discovery - with a little help from two talking mannequins and a relationship-counselling panda - to try to overcome his fear of commitment. Question is: will it be in time? Shot on 35mm anamorphic on location in Swansea and the Gower Peninsula in the spring of 2007 by Welsh director Hefin Rees and producer Ben Pickering, BEACHED screened at the Cannes Short Film Corner and the Strasbourg International Film Festival in 2009. It features the final screen appearance of the late Welsh rugby legend Ray Gravell.