In 2015, I set out with my brother Isaac and our good friend Ian to make a film in Scotland. We had very little film experience, no acting experience, and ten days to shoot - and we had a story. 'Carve The Runes' is about Cai, a biologist doing research in the Cairngorms, and Oz, his younger brother who has come to visit him in Scotland after being diagnosed with a terminal illness. They travel through Scotland, wrestling with Oz's impending death, Cai's estrangement from his wife, and how climate change is affecting the world around them - and searching for answers through poetry, nature, and their own bond.
The feature-length version of this film ( • Carve The Runes ) premiered at the Front Range Film Festival in 2018, where it won Best Feature Film. This is the short film version of our story.