“Weird and surreal, I really enjoyed my time in God’s waiting room, if that’s even where I was.”
— David Parfitt, Academy Award Winning Producer
Short Film Trailer.
Back in Five is a surreal dark comedy about a man trapped in a bar. The debut film from writer/director Stephen Pierce.
“Beautifully shot with excellent performances and an existential plot...what’s not to like!”
— Adrian Dunbar, Actor & Director
“Really great…I loved the whole premise.”
— Seamus McGarvey, Academy Award Nominated Cinematographer
‘Back in Five’ is a dark comedy centred around Dave, who is trapped in a bar after hours. It’s a strange location, stocked with memories and people from his past. There’s only 1 door out and it’s locked. Between attempts to open it, all he can do is interact with people that he sort of knows and deal with a variety of weirdness as it presents itself.
Stephen Mullan (Out of here, How to be Happy) and Bronagh Taggart (The Fall, His Mother’s Son) star in this off-beat short about the subconscious and its journey back to reality, with Chris Robinson (Counsel), Christina Nelson (The McCooeys) and introducing Dara Graham. This is the debut film written and directed by Stephen Pierce.
On the international festival circuit 2021/22.
Cast.
Stephen Mullan
as Dave
Bronagh Taggart
as Stevie
Chris Robinson
as Mick
Christina Nelson
as The Beefeater
Dara Graham
as George
Writer & Director.
Stephen Pierce.
This is the debut film from writer & director, Stephen Pierce. Stephen is from Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he studied Graphic Design and Advertising, moving on to direct TV commercials, and youth programming for UK networks; BBC3, BBCNI and E4. Stephen’s commercial work has been awarded in the UK and Ireland, initially as a student (Channel 4 - D&AD student Yellow Pencil) and professionally (National Trust - The Drum Awards). This is Stephen’s first screenplay and first directed drama, and what he hopes will be a step towards film and television directing.