Price of Life

Drama anthology championing new film-making talent that serves up a raw slice of real life in modern Britain.

The first in an anthology of one-off films on the importance of care and caring. A mermaid struggles to navigate the highs and lows of her burgeoning relationship with her human partner. Struggling to adjust to life on dry land and the loss of her tail, she feels an urge to return to the sea, no matter the cost.

In a bid to clear a debt with a loan shark, Martin, a recovered drug addict, agrees to lock a stranger in his spare room while they go cold turkey. As the days go on, Martin begins to suspect something far worse is at play, but his judgment is clouded by temptations to fall back into old habits.

An agoraphobic has a strange date with the postwoman through his letterbox.