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The Groundsman is a British film of genre Drama with David O'Hara
The Groundsman (2013)
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Add to a movie listThe Groundsman is a 2013 short film produced by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Written & Directed by Jonny Blair, Starring David O'Hara. The film depicts a lonely football groundsman named Keith (O'Hara) who finds out his club has gone out of business, but instead of moving on with his life and acknowledging his past affairs, he tries his utmost to keep the club running.
The film screened for the first time at Cineworld in Glasgow on 20 June 2013 with the four other graduation films.
In 2014, the film was nominated for 3 Bafta Scotland New Talent awards for Best Editing, Best Fiction and Best Writing. It went on to win Best Fiction and Best Editing.
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