Written and Directed by: Ellie Hodgetts

Produced by: Laura Torenbeek

 The Side Ward is a short film which is currently in development

The Side Ward tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a nurse and an AIDS patient in a Liverpool hospital in 1985. During the AIDS epidemic, there were several cases reported of medical professionals refusing to treat AIDS patients or those believed to be at risk of contracting the disease (namely gay and bisexual men). 

The stigma around the disease was rife, with many men having to not only face their medical condition, but also the deep shame and prejudice imposed on them by a society that refused to help them.