Skewered

Opposing sexual appetites and dietary ethics bring a stagnant relationship to a theatrical and surprising crescendo in a heartfelt revelation to the elephant in the room.

  • Nick Ray Rutter
    Director
    Beside Himself, The World Turns, Myxomatosis
  • Nick Ray Rutter
    Writer
    Beside Himself, The World Turns, Myxomatosis
  • Ben Richardson
    Writer
  • Noah Rutter
    Writer
  • Nick Ray Rutter
    Producer
    Beside Himself, The World Turns, Myxomatosis
  • Ben Richardson
    Producer
  • Jamie Clark
    Producer
  • Kiya Gervis-Bennett
    Producer
  • Barney Reisz
    Producer
  • Hannako Footman
    Key Cast
  • Graham Dickson
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    drama, comedy, horror, musical, dark, qirky
  • Runtime:
    16 minutes 36 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 13, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Alexa
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Nick Ray Rutter

Nick Rutter’s award-winning films have been at Cannes Film Festival and on Netflix , Channel 4 and the BBC.

He studied for his MA at Goldsmiths College and also studied at London’s Panic Film School and the Brighton Film School. His break into directing came with a series of documentaries on the bands Madness, The Clash and The Sex Pistols.

Commercial clients include premium brands such as Tanqueray, Axe, Aviva, Google, Tesco and Heineken for which he won gold at the Epica awards and a bronze at the Cannes Lions.

His short 'The World Turns' won a Fuji Short Film award, and was nominated for a Shine award at Bradford International as well as selected for numerous screenings including Danny Boyle's shuffle Festival. Oscar-winning producer Gareth Unwin said it demonstrated "a distinct ability to craft a narrative, with a wonderful aesthetic".

His collaboration on double EMMY-nominated documentary Monty Python 'Almost The Truth' was screened in cinemas across the UK and USA before being shown on BBC2 and Netflix. As we as working alongside Monty Python Director Terry Jones on award winning documentary 'Boom Bust Boom Bust'.

Nick’s visually dynamic story-telling can be seen in several music videos. Melpomene was hailed as passionate and evocative by judges at the UK Music Video Awards. Some of his most recognisable videos for artist Lapalux, include 'Without You’, starring Natalie Tena (Harry Potter, About A Boy, Game of Thrones) which was awarded 1st place at the Smalls Film Festival. Other promos include artists, Vaults, The Staves and Rag and Bone Man with YouTube views reaching far into the millions.

Nicks series of successful Straight8 films, with screenings at the Cannes Film Festival, the London Film Festival and Channel 4 include the renowned spoof, 'The Yorkshire Rapper' and Straight 8’s hall of fame favourite 'From Russia with Monsters'.

Founder of Lamplight Stories, Nick is heading up a slate of long form narratives while making a series of experimental short films.

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Director Statement

This script for ‘Skewered' was inspired by my brother and his then girlfriend. She called me out of the blue one day and confided in me that she’d caught my brother eating a secret meat kebab - he, like myself was raised as a vegetarian from birth. He was devastated when caught and made a gushing biblical confession to his girlfriend, admitting he’d done it before but begged her not to tell anyone, especially me. That secret lasted not a day. The next morning she called me to divulge every detail. I found my brother's secret guilty pleasure hilarious and told everyone I could - the antidote of him not being able to eat meat in front of people grew as I told it to friends and colleagues. The idea of meat shame became a running joke. A 'love-hate' relationship. And this inspired the film. Of course I had to wait until the dust had settled to tell my brother I wanted to make a short about the night he was caught. Eventually, ten years later, he managed to see the funny side. So together we worked on writing the script - we laughed so hard it hurt. We really enjoyed working together, I think it's been cathartic for my brother and i'ts probably brought us closer together... and by the way, my brothers now a vegan. (In public at least…)