In the wake of his wife’s death in a car accident, Grayson Vale in the midst of his grief contemplates jumping from a multi-storey car park. When these plans are interrupted by Simone following a row with her boyfriend, these two individuals in crisis form, over the course of a single evening, an unlikely friendship and rediscover the healing power of human connection.

Title: Grayson Vale
Director: A. P. Price
Genre: Drama
Country of Origin: United Kingdom, United States
Shooting Format: Sony FX3 4K FF Camera, ZEISS Classic Lenses
Negative Format: XAVC HS
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Frame Rate: 24 fps
Colour/B&W: Colour
Language: English
Main cast: Paul O’Neill, Alice Audrey-O’Hanlon
Prod. Company: Paean Films, JQS Films and JNR Productions

• Grayson Vale is a co-production between Paean Films, JQS Films and JNR Productions and was primarily financed by pledges on Kickstarter.
  

• The short film was shot on location over three days in Brighton and London in October and November 2025. Since most of the action takes place at night, the winter schedule was chosen to make best advantage of shorter daylight hours.
  

• To ensure the accurate representation of mental ill health on screen, Peter Spink, the founder of the Space 2 Talk mental health charity, was invited onto the production as Executive Consultant.
  

• The scene depicting Grayson’s suicide attempt is not a visual effect. The production enlisted the services of stunt coordinator Justin Pearson who devised a rig to enable Paul O’Neill to stand safely on the opposing side of the handrail.

For media enquiries, please contact: graysonvalefilm@paeanfilms.com

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