Him Upstairs shown at a Private Function

An award-winning Manx film has premiered on the Island to a packed audience.

Him Upstairs, which stars Ricky Tomlinson and Gwen Taylor as a devoted husband and wife, is a short film and was shown at a private screening at the Broadway Cinema to coincide with the Island's Year of Culture.

Written by Manx resident Sonya Quayle and her best friend Neil Mooney, the film won Best Unproduced Screenplay category at the British Independent Film Festival in 2013 and has high hopes for another win when returning in October as the finished product.

Producer Zoe Guildford spoke about the film's plot and how they secured the all-star cast: