Sink

A man struggles to support his family after losing his job in this honest and heartfelt exploration of the current state of working class England.

Kind-faced Micky (exceptionally played by Martin Herdman) is quietly drowning. Work has dried up and the job centre is a brick wall he’s relentlessly banging his head against. He’s sharing his south-east London bedsit with his dementia suffering dad (Ian Hogg), and trying to help his recovering drug addict son (Josh Herdman) stay clean in an estate rife with drugs. He’s trying to tell himself things are going to be fine. But they might not be. Struggling under the constant unravelling chaos and filled with a lack of faith in a failing system, Micky is forced to make a morally questionable and risky decision that he hopes will at last bring security to his family.

A visceral and necessary look at what fills the gap when the government fail to provide support, this directorial debut from Mark Gillis achieves the perfect balance of dark realism, humour and warmth. It's a powerful yet sensitive commentary that's bound to leave it’s mark.

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