Results Day follows the lives of teenage best friends Curtis (17, Book-smart) and Jordan (17, Street-smart) on the biggest days of the academic year… A-Level results day.
Curtis and Jordan arrive at Handsworth Park on their bikes. As they banter about their future we learn that Curtis dreams of escaping the concrete jungle of Handsworth for sofmewhere far away where he can have a better life.
But Jordan dreams of staying in Handsworth and amassing money, power and status so he can rule it. Both of them are caught between the dreams of childhood and the hard reality of adulthood. On the count of three they open their A-Level results. And in that moment the bitter-sweet reality of their fates set in…
Supported by BFI Network and Film Hub Midlands.
Written & Directed by Omari McCarthy
Produced by Jack Pollington.
Starring: Orion Martin & Tobias Martin-Clarke
Festivals and Screenings
World Premiere at Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2023
Flatpack Film Festival, 2023 / 2024
Birmingham Film Festival, 2024
St Andrews Film Festival, 2024 (winner of the Jan Němec Award for Best Debut )
Wolverhampton Film Festival, 2024
Windrush Caribbean Film Festival 2024)