Sidney Turtlebaum

Producer: Daniel Jewel

Writer: Raphael Smith

Winner of The Pears Foundation UKJFF Short Film Fund 2008

Sidney Turtlebaum (played by acclaimed BAFTA, EMMY and TONY award-winning actor, Sir Derek Jacobi) is a bitter sweet comedy and cautionary tale set in present day Golders Green, the heart of London's Jewish community.

Sidney is an eccentric gay Jewish man in his eighties. To punish the world Sidney earns his living as a pickpocket and a con-man. When Sidney meets 26 year old Gabriel (Rupert Evans - Hellboy, The Palace) he cannot resist the opportunity to show off his skills to his new young friend.