Don vs. Lightning

Production Country: UK
Running Time: 13mins
Year: 2021

When Don, an elderly Scottish grump, finds himself the victim of multiple lightning strikes he begins to worry that his quiet, orderly life may never be the same again. It's hard to tell what he finds more uncomfortable: sadistic persecution by a capricious universe, or the concerned attention of the people in his town.

FILM CREW:
Director: Johnny Burns, Pier van Tijn
Producer: Sonya Sier
Writer: Johnny Burns, Pier van Tijn
DOP: John Lynch
Editor: Sam Sneade
Composer: Laurence Love Greed

Cast: Peter Mullan, Joanna Scanlan, Stephen McCole, Amit Shah


FESTIVALS:
The Bay International Film Festival November 2024
Torino Underground Cinefest September 2022
Cinequest Film & VR Festival August 2022
Barnes Film Festival June 2022
Indy Film Fest June 2022
THIRD ACTion Film Festival June 2022
Fastnet Film Festival May 2022
Cinejoy featuring the Films & Artists of Cinequest April 2022
Dam Short Film Festival February 2022
British Shorts January 2022
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival January 2022
Interfilm International Short Film Festival November 2021
This Is England November 2021
Norwich Film Festival November 2021
Naples International Film Festival October 2021
San Jose Film Festival October 2021
Tallgrass Film Festival October 2021
Maui Film Festival October 2021
Bolton International Film Festival October 2021
Edmonton International Film Festival October 2021
Show Me Shorts October 2021
Vancouver International Film Festival October 2021
Encounters Film Festival September 2021
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival August 2021
Galway Film Fleadh July 2021
Palm Springs ShortsFest June 2021