As with previous work , non-professional actors were used in roles close to their everyday lives alongside professional actors . Young people from Edinburgh 's care homes and housing schemes shared the screen with professionals such as Tam Dean Burn . Shot in December 2009 with financial backing from Creative Scotland , the film premiered at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh the following year . The film won Best Actor and Ensemble cast awards at Hollywood Reel Film Festival and Fitzpatrick was nominated in the 2011 British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards writer category
2011 British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards
2011 British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards
Graham Fitzpatrick