Undertow is a 30 x minute drama set in a deserted London. The story centres on two men who find each other wandering the empty streets. Neither man has any idea of who they are or how they came to be there. One man is plagued by memories of a woman. The other man is a mysterious and hostile mute. The men are forced to work together to try and discover what has happenned.

The story is structured like a visual poem, designed to evoke an atmosphere of loss and repression. The visual construction and  sound design were deliberately disjointed and dreamlike, reflecting the protagonists’ psychological landscape. The paranoia and confusion of a man attempting to reconstruct his sense of identity out of fragments of memory.

Undertow was very well recieved. It won Best Director and Best Actor in New York, and was nominated for Best International Film at 3 x festivals. Renowned Guardian newspaper film critic Peter Bradshaw also dedicated one of his Cannes 2008 film blogs to Undertow, praising its style and guerilla filmmaking approach.

One of the challenges of Undertow was to create the ilusion of a deserted London without the assistance of the local authorities. No streets were closed off or crowds controlled. The challenge of the film was attempting to construct a visual scale of a post apocalyptic story, but on a truly independent budget. It required a great deal of research and took over 4 x years to produce. The film was featured on BBC London news, Meridian tonight, and in various print articles discussing the unique nature of the production.