Award of Merit – “Malcolm & The Magpies” (UK)

Title: Malcolm & The Magpies
Runtime: 12 min
Country: UK
Director: Steve Bannister, Philip Lee Deighton Maw
Placement: Award of Merit
Competition: December, 2017

Synopsis: Malcolm & The Magpies is British Comedy based around a bunch of good hearted bank robbers. Malcolm, a store manager is a disappointment to his family as he has failed to follow in his parents footsteps by continuing the family tradition and becoming a bank robber. Malcolm’s father who is doing a ten year stretch has asked his best mate Spud to keep an eye on Malcolm and take him under his wing. Spud and his best friend Ox are seasoned bank robbers, Malcolm is keen to join them and be one of the lads, do his first job and make his parents proud. Unfortunately for Malcolm he doesn’t always get things right. We join Malcolm, Ox, & Spud in this clip as they meet ‘Sweetheart & Bert.’ Malcolm has heard of a Jag they are selling, an ideal getaway car for a bank job Ox & Spud have been planning, however yet again it doesn’t go to plan for Malcolm.