A close-up of an elderly man with a bald head and light beard, looking down with a serious expression. He's wearing a white dress shirt, standing outside near a house with a brick wall and a window in the background.

Baggage

2022 | 29 minutes | National Youth Film Academy

directed by J Taylor-Jones produced by Harry Kille-Smith written by Julio Calanche, J Taylor-Jones (story), Harry Kille-Smith (story)

An old man returns to London with a suitcase of old belongings, to donate old friends. His life becomes entwined with the lives of several young Londoners, sending everyone, young and old, on a journey of reconciliation and self-acceptance.

Best student filmmaker nomination at Wolverhampton film festival laurel.
Blurry side profile of an elderly person with white hair in the foreground, with a street scene of parked cars and row houses on a city street in the background.
Four teenagers standing on a sidewalk outside a residential neighborhood, with one person in the foreground wearing sunglasses and a striped shirt, two young men with backpacks, and a young woman with long hair in the background.
A woman with long hair holding a glass, looking distant, with two people in the background, a woman leaning on the counter and a man facing away, in a kitchen.
A person holding a black-and-white photograph of a family sitting outdoors
Black and white photo of an elderly man with short hair and a goatee, wearing a striped jacket and carrying a backpack, walking on a street with parked cars and brick buildings in the background. The man appears to be squinting or grimacing.
Close-up of a young man's face with a serious expression, in black and white, indoors near a door with a window.
An elderly man sitting on a grassy hill overlooking a city skyline with tall buildings, trees, and open fields in black and white.