Screen West Midlands has announced the five submissions selected for this year’s Digishorts. Here’s what they have to say about them:

‘Ladies Loos’ – from filmmaker Nerina Villa and producer Angela Slater, this off-the-wall documentary aims to lift the lid (so to speak) on what really happens in the ladies’…

‘Studs’ – Simon Bovey, writer and director of 2005’s runaway success ‘The Un-Gone’ (60+ festivals and counting) returns with something completely different: a high-octane action-drama set in the world of rugby…

‘The Surfer’ – stage and screen actor Dominic Coleman (‘Special People’, ‘Clubbed’) writes and directs this pathos-laden documentary about a surfing enthusiast.

‘Stained’ – hard-hitting prison drama from director Lewis Arnold and producer Tom Knight, the team behind the 2008 digishort ‘Spirited’. The script is adapted from a chapter of ‘Screwed’, an uncompromising real-life account of life as a prison guard by Ronnie Thompson, who co-writes here with Colin Butts.

‘Trolley’ – a charming and emotional drama about a supermarket trolley attendant with a vivid imagination, from writer/director Anna Louise Shelton and producer Rachel Carter.

They join The Brothers McLeod who were commissioned in December under the 4mations strand of digishorts. You can follow all the filmmakers’ progress on www.digishorts.co.uk and www.screenwm.co.uk