Wild Horses

Wild Horses is a fictional short film about a young teen with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) who, after recovering enough that she is no longer housebound, decides to run away and find a horse in order to break the bonds of her overprotective mother.

The film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2017.

Director and Writer: Rory Alexander Stewart; from Scotland; recently graduated the National Film and Television School. Starring: Emma Curtis, Emma Cater, Ainslie Henderson, and Stephanie Compton

Learn more

• IMDb page
• The Scottish Sun - "'IT'S UNBELIEVABLE' Student from Leith is set to walk the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival for short film Wild Horses"
• The Guardian - "Scottish student's short film to compete for Cannes festival prize"