THE LAST BUS

By Gillies MACKINNON

CAROUSEL MEDIA SERVICES LTD - as CONS

Drama - Completed 2021

John O’Groats, Scotland: An old man crosses the country just using local buses


Festivals
& Awards

Zurich FF 2021
Gala Premiere
Chichester 2021
Opening film/ UK Premiere
Mill Valley 2021
World/ North Am Premiere
British Film Festival Australia 2021
Bif&st Bari International Film Festival 2021
International Panorama: Winner Best Actor: Timothy Spall
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 3 - 5 M$
    • Duration
    • 86 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Gillies MACKINNON
    • Writer(s)
    • Joe AINSWORTH
    • Producer(s)
    • Sol PAPADOPOULOS (Hurricane Films), Roy BOULTER (Hurricane Films)
    • Synopsis
    • Heart-warming tale of an old man (Timothy Spall) whose wife (Phyllis Logan) has just passed away- and with his free local bus pass travels to the other end of the UK- to where they originally moved from- using only local buses, on a nostalgic trip but also carrying his wife’s ashes in a small suitcase, ‘taking her back’ and in doing so he meets local people, and by the end of his trip he’s a celebrity.
    • Partners & financing
    • Head Gear, Quickfire, Lipsync
    • Production schedule
    • Post Production 2021 [new shorter cut]
      Delivery June 2021 [new cut]
    • Beginning of shooting
    • Oct 07, 2019
    • End of shooting
    • Oct 29, 2019