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Post

POST is about a bereaved father that has renovated an old ROC (Royal Observer Corps) monitoring post. Only when a nuclear attack happens, and he is alone underground is he forced to confront his loss, and find a new reason to go on.

  • Terry Winnan
    Director
    Prepared
  • Terry Winnan
    Writer
    Prepared
  • Terry Winnan
    Producer
    Prepared
  • Cy Ebert
    Key Cast
    "Paul"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    23 minutes
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Terry Winnan

Terry Winnan is company director with a background in engineering, originally from Cornwall, United Kingdom. After living for 16 years in London, he now runs a business from Gloucester, UK manufacturing specialist inspection equipment for government organisations around the world. With a growing interest in emergency preparedness and film making, he wrote, directed and produced his second film 'POST' in 2024/25

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Director Statement

During the cold war, hundreds of ROC (Royal Observer Corps) underground monitoring posts were built all over the United Kingdom. They were all built to the same physical dimensions, manned by two RAF personnel. Their purpose was to measure the power, direction and radiation of nuclear blasts, in order to relay the intelligence to larger or central command bases.

I decided to build a complete replica of the exterior and interior structure of an ROC post after writing the script for the film. POST follows the struggle of a man who has lost his family in a terrible accident. He focuses on renovating an old ROC post that he purchased after the sale of his family home, but it is not until the unthinkable happens that he finds himself alone in it. Only then is he forced to confront his loss, and find a new reason to survive - to help others.

In a stroke of pure luck, it turns out that 2025 happens to be the centenary of the Royal Observer Corps Association. I honestly had no idea. The ROC Association is now aware, and they are delighted that the only fictional film ever made featuring an ROC post will be completed by spring 2025, and it will likely be screened at private events across the UK this year, for veterans and historians.