Discharged from hospital, Jacob travels to the Highlands, battling schizophrenia and searching for purpose, connection and a better life.

Premiered at the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival in 2020, played 16 festivals worldwide, 41 screenings, winner of 5 awards including:

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE at Beyond The Curve International Film Festival (Paris)

BEST INDIE FEATURE at Prague International Film Awards (Czech Republic)

BEST INDIE FEATURE at Brno Film Festival (Czech Republic)

BEST DRAMA FEATURE FILM at Hallucinea Film Festival (Paris)

SPECIAL MENTION AWARD at the Big Syn International Film Festival (London)

Written / directed / produced by Tim Barrow, RIPTIDE is a Scottish schizophrenia love story road movie.

Jacob is discharged from a psychiatric hospital. He attempts to resume his life in Edinburgh, control his schizophrenia and be a worthy member of society. He works collecting litter from the streets. He boxes. He takes his medication. He writes everything down. His Dad barely wants to know him.

​Frustrated by this banal existence and encouraged by his psychiatrist to seek fulfilling opportunities, Jacob sets off north to the Highlands. By the sea he finds the charismatic Eva, who claims to be the secret daughter of Ingmar Bergman. And she’s on a mission.

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