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Shorts Block 1: October 31 at 3PM
Synopsis
A BAFTA and BIFA Qualifying, Royal Television Society award winning darkly comic, working class, North Eastern family comedy/drama. Siblings Tyler and Paige don't agree with the way their estranged mam has arranged their Nana’s funeral, and impulsively take matters into their own hands. What follows is a clumsy grand theft hearse as the siblings decide to take Nana on one last road trip before saying their final goodbyes. What could possibly go wrong?
Gan Canny is a dead funny tale of grief, grudges and Geordie culture. It's heartfelt, it's hilarious, and it's deeply disrespectful in the most joyful of ways. What's not to love?
Runtime: 17 minutes 42 seconds
Content Advisory: This film includes depictions or themes of death and dying.
Directed by: Lou Burns, Aaron Burns
Lou Burns (Writer & Creative Director)
BA (Hons) English Language & Literature, PGCE, QTS
Lou is a disabled, over-40 BAFTA Connect writer and director passionate about social realist drama and comedy with strong working class, northern roots. Her work explores themes of poverty, injustice, corruption, inequality and community. In 2022, her pilot 'RIOT' placed in the top 3% of 4,718 submissions to the BBC Writers Room and earned her a place on BBC Voices 2023/24. She has also been a finalist for the Northern Writers Award and Channel 4’s 4Stories talent scheme. In 2025, alongside her role as Writer and Director at Morning Sir Productions, Lou completed a further BBC Writers Room development programme as part of the BBC Writers Access Group, a scheme designed to remove barriers for disabled writers. She has developed a TV Pilot of returnable, procedural drama as part of that initiative, adding to a slate of highly impressive work.
Aaron Burns (Technical Director, Editor & Camera Operator)
BA (Hons) Film, TV & Theatre Production
Aaron is a neurodiverse filmmaker who brings a unique perspective to his work behind the camera. With experience in directing, camera operating and editing across multiple formats, he ensures Morning Sir Productions’ films are visually dynamic and technically polished. As Technical Director, he specialises in crafting a visual language that enhances the emotional truth of each story, working in close collaboration with Creative Director Lou Burns to deliver authentic, socially rooted films.
Gan Canny
Shorts Block 1: October 31 at 3PM