My New Yorkshire-Set Western Short Film The Man Who Danced to Town Wraps Filming After Two-Day Shoot in Hebden Bridge

Three years ago, after spending far too many hours exploring the world of Red Dead Redemption 2, I wrote a short film script inspired by my love of Westerns. The screenplay went on to be longlisted in the Outstanding Screenplays Short Script Competition and selected for Short and Sweet Yorkshire, giving me the confidence to bring the project to life.

As much as I love classic Westerns, I wanted to make one that felt closer to home. Rather than setting it in the American frontier, I relocated the genre to the Yorkshire countryside, creating a Yorkshire-set Western inspired short film called The Man Who Danced to Town.

After years of development, the film was finally shot over two days in Hebden Bridge. I'm incredibly proud of what the cast and crew achieved in such a short time, and having now seen the footage, I couldn't be happier with how it's turned out. The project now heads into what will no doubt be a long but exciting post-production journey.