Screening at Truro this weekend at the Celtic Film Festival is One Life Stand, made digitally by Glasgow film-maker May Miles Thomas. This film has been acclaimed in many forums. It is her first feature film and has been shown at 15 international festivals. It won five awards at the last Scottish BAFTAs, including the Scottish Screen award for outstanding achievement.

While her name isn’t yet as instantly recognisable as that of fellow-Glaswegian Lynne Ramsay, Thomas is working on a clutch of projects that could cement her growing reputation as one of Scotland’s most exciting new filmmakers. Definitely a writer and director to look out for.

Look out for her planned second feature, Solid Air, about the fate of Clydeside shipyard workers who suffer crippling breathing problems from exposure to asbestos.

At 41, Thomas has been working in the film industry for over a decade. It took her eight years and 22 screenplays before she was able to make a film.

One Life Stand was only completed after Thomas gave up applying for funding and bought a digital camcorder, shooting the film herself with the minimum of fuss and technology.

An interview with May Miles Thomas appeared earlier in Netribution and can be found in our Features archive.