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Jack Ruthenberg
Each ox was Ox
Short Film (2026)
Director & Producer: Jack Ruthenberg
Matchfunded by National Lottery through Creative Scotland
Two Glaswegian men unexpectedly find catharsis in a mystical old abattoir where they lose all personal memories except for local folklore.
With a script written from first-hand accounts of locals, led by a BAFTA Scotland featured actors and diverse Scottish crew, culminating in a free neighbourhood screening event: this is more than a film but a community project.
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/each-ox-was-ox
House Fire
Short Moving Image Documentary (2025)
Director & Editor: Jack Ruthenberg
Director & Producer: Breagha Charlton
Set in the aftermath of a family house burning to the ground in Oban, Scotland, the film is a meditative, wordless work about people, land and possessions.
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Negative Fog
Short film (In-development, 2025)
Written & Directed by Jack Ruthenberg
Set in Washington D.C, 1936, the film is a poetic reimagining of true events.
In a government photographic department set up to document the migrant workers during the 'Dustbowl Crisis', an intern and photographer (based on Dorothea Lange) discover their department are hole-punching undesirable negatives and heavily curating the image of the Great Depression.
The Pulse of Dye
Short film (2023)
Written & Directed by Jack Ruthenberg
In a local alterations shop, a tailor and his daughter confront his past when a shawl is dropped off with only a South African Rand note.
Shortlisted for Watersprites Film Festival 2024.
Selected for LiftOff Sessions 2023 and Student Live Festival in Paris 2023
O Dançarino de Concreto
Dance film (2020)
Directed by Jack Ruthenberg
Performer: Fabioso
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