ONE Day Films much awaited Raven on the Jetty will be screened initially at Zeffirellis at Ambleside on Monday, May 18, The Royalty, Bowness, on Thursday, May 28, followed by The Roxy, Ulverston on Thursday, June 4.

The film, put together during 2013 near Penrith and around Ullswater, was shown last year at Keswick Film Festival and has since been screened at festivals across the world.

One Day director Eric Knudsen's movie tells the story of a boy called Thomas who, on his ninth birthday, travels with his mother to visit his estranged father. Since an acrimonious divorce, he has abandoned urban living in favour of an isolated rural life in the Lake District.

The bitter separation of his parents is not something Thomas understands, nor does he understand his own dysfunctional behaviour as a silent cry for help. As a native city boy of the digital age, Thomas’s encounter with the natural world, and his gradual understanding of the connection he provides for his lonely parents, leads to realisation and discovery. There are things his parents don’t know about each other that only he can reveal.

Twelve-year old Ulverstonian Connor O’Hara plays Thomas. Connor has been part of community theatre productions since the age of six. He also sings and plays the trumpet, and has won awards for music and singing. His father Rob, a former maths teacher, has also been involved in community theatre for many years, and plays the part of his father in the film. Carlisle's Helen Teasdale takes the role of his mother. Ambleside's Anne Fraser and Anne Lees of Kendal are also in the cast.

Director Eric Knudsen said he was keen to work with non-professionals from the area where the film was set.

Shooting took place during the Easter holidays in 2013 and the whole cast and crew lived in a couple of cottages near the primary locations. “This allowed for a communal feel to the production process and was an efficient way of organising the shoot,” added Eric. “It meant that the principal photography took only two weeks, in part because the production was blessed with good weather.”

The film is also being distributed online at theravenonthejetty.com, iTunes and Google Play.

A signed and numbered Limited Edition Production Scrapbook and DVD is also available. The book is the story of the film, scene by scene, and includes the complete final screenplay and the DVD of the film.

Raven on the Jetty runs for 88 minutes.