Jonathan Bairstow

A man in mid-life looks back on memory, ambition, disappointment and the teachers he looked up to. An animate! commission for Channel 4 and the Arts Council of England.

Mixed animation and live action techniques tell the stories of those with a schizophrenic parent, childhood scenes in which everyday events gradually tip over into idiosyncratic behaviour and finally madness.

One sleepless night Ishmael, a young spacey urban nomad, starts counting back through all the beds he has ever slept in.

Animated film loosely based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.