A Matter of Time

A social commentary watching the lives of five 15 & 16 year olds as each “slice of their life” is revealed on the hour from 12 midnight until 5am. Sometimes real life needs no verbal explanation. Sometimes life gets in the way of living because survival at any cost is the all-encompassing goal. 

A Matter of Time. My first short film 

Petra, Harvest, Mark, Cole and Ethan all have their external battles, things they have no control over which gives rise to their internal ones. The one thing they have on their side is time. Silently they all hope that time will improve their lives. Our 5 young people are not victims, they are survivors, they are caregivers and some of them ensure the survival of those around them. The 5 know that the way out of their situations is just to keep moving forward, no matter how slowly, and sometimes an acknowledgement from an unexpected source, no matter how small... is what they need to keep going.