The Greyness of Autumn[1] is a short black comedy film following the life of Danny McGuire, an ostrich living in Glasgow.

However, on the first day of autumn, Dannys life is turned upside down when he learns that his job is being outsourced to India.

Upon his way home, Danny unexpectedly walks into the path of a mugger who holds him at knifepoint demanding his shoes.

The film was released on 28 December 2012 and had its first public screening in April 2013 at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow where it was shown alongside The Priest with Two Guns by Rodney Reynolds.

[4] Internationally, the film was screened in various countries including the United States where it featured in the Big Little Comedy Festival.

Which is what makes this entertaining, honestly, because if it was just another dramatic story about a guy whose life goes to shit, it wouldn’t be that interesting".

In 2013, the producers of the film considered a bid for the character Nelson to represent the United Kingdom at the 2014 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.