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'Return to Play'
24 November 2023 5 mins 46s
Trying time.
by Andrew MacGregor

This timely short film stars Lloyd Meredith as a professional rugby player on a knife edge. He's just been cleared to play again after concussion, but his stomach's tied up in knots. After all, how many knocks to the head can he take before he forgets more than his house keys or the try he scored last week?

His partner says, "Whatever you decide," so he addresses the viewer instead, desperate to make his mind up either way. It's hard though—all he ever wanted to do was play rugby, but it may be the thing that destroys his past, present, and future. As the sun sets in the background, you feel like this is already the twilight of his career.

The film complements research from the University of Glasgow into chronic traumatic encephalopathy—a brain condition thought to be linked to repeated head injuries and blows to the head. It weighs on the mind of Meredith’s character, with echoes of real-life players like Steve Thompson and Adam Hughes.

Product Category: Short Films

Territory: UK



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No.8
Colourist: Alex Gregory
Actor: Lloyd Meredith
Writer: Robin Mason

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Short Films
'Return to Play'
24 November 2023 5 mins 46s

Trying time.

This timely short film stars Lloyd Meredith as a professional rugby player on a knife edge. He's just been cleared to play again after concussion, but his stomach's tied up in knots. After all, how many knocks to the head can he take before he forgets more than his house keys or the try he scored last week?

His partner says, "Whatever you decide," so he addresses the viewer instead, desperate to make his mind up either way. It's hard though—all he ever wanted to do was play rugby, but it may be the thing that destroys his past, present, and future. As the sun sets in the background, you feel like this is already the twilight of his career.

The film complements research from the University of Glasgow into chronic traumatic encephalopathy—a brain condition thought to be linked to repeated head injuries and blows to the head. It weighs on the mind of Meredith’s character, with echoes of real-life players like Steve Thompson and Adam Hughes.

Product Category: Short Films

Territory: UK



color
No.8
Colourist: Alex Gregory
Actor: Lloyd Meredith
Writer: Robin Mason

Short Films 24 November 2023
'Return to Play' 5 mins 46s

Trying time.

by Andrew MacGregor

This timely short film stars Lloyd Meredith as a professional rugby player on a knife edge. He's just been cleared to play again after concussion, but his stomach's tied up in knots. After all, how many knocks to the head can he take before he forgets more than his house keys or the try he scored last week?

His partner says, "Whatever you decide," so he addresses the viewer instead, desperate to make his mind up either way. It's hard though—all he ever wanted to do was play rugby, but it may be the thing that destroys his past, present, and future. As the sun sets in the background, you feel like this is already the twilight of his career.

The film complements research from the University of Glasgow into chronic traumatic encephalopathy—a brain condition thought to be linked to repeated head injuries and blows to the head. It weighs on the mind of Meredith’s character, with echoes of real-life players like Steve Thompson and Adam Hughes.

Product Category: Short Films

Territory: UK



color
No.8
Colourist: Alex Gregory
Actor: Lloyd Meredith
Writer: Robin Mason