Mark Duggan Films

An independent filmmaker reflects on the many challenges of working with temperamental actors and pursuing “the art life".

A brief encounter causes one man to reflect on the monumental impact that an 'ex' has had on his life...but whilst living with a broken heart & a cynical worldview, can the man rediscover his once sentimental soul and reconnect with the notion that “all you need is love”?

A story by Mark Duggan: part short film, part music video. Part 1 (Own Worst Enemy) was released online to coincide with 'You Animals' debut album, 'Crimes, Creeps & Thrills'. The 3-minute music video is set in present day Manchester and contains cameos from every member of the band, as Terence J Corbett plays a man on the verge of a breakdown. Part 2 (You Left Your Heart in the City) delves deeper into that same man's story, as we follow him through love, marriage, separation and parenthood, in a film designed to bend expectations of genre, as short film and music video become entwined. The narrative for Part 2 takes place before, during, and after the events depicted in Own Worst Enemy.