ecognizing how horrors can exist in reality – and the potential governmental decisions have to influence the likelihood of mishaps under crumbling resources – writer-director Peter Franklyn Banks turns personal experience into a cautionary tale for short film Nearly Never.

When an amateur footballer is hospitalized following an injury, he finds himself isolated and awaiting treatment – giving way to a series of scares made possible by systemic failings. Conceived as a foreboding commentary on chronic underfunding in the UK’s NHS, and the threats posed by putting insurmountable pressure on staff, Banks draws on the psychological impact of being mistaken for another patient – and very nearly undergoing an operation that was never intended for him.…read more at nowness.com

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