Burning The Bed (13mins) is a critically acclaimed and popular short film, made in 2003. It stars Gina McKee and Aidan Gillen. It was written by Patrick Chapman, who adapted it from his own short story, which appeared in The Irish Times in 2001. The film was directed by Denis McArdle. Gina McKee (born on 14 April 1961 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England) is a British actress, best known for her starring roles in the TV dramas Our Friends in the North (1996) and The Lost Prince (2003) for the BBC and the ITV version of The Forsyte Saga (2002... Aidan Gillen (real Name: Aidan Murphy) was born in 1968 in Ireland. ... Patrick Chapman is an Irish poet, fiction writer and screenwriter whose first collection, Jazztown, was published in 1991. ... The Irish Times is Irelands newspaper of record, launched in the late 1850s. ...

Burning The Bed is an atmospheric drama that deals with the breakup of a relationship, and the unusual way in which the parting couple mark the end. It was an award-winner in the festival circuit in the US, picking up several gongs and being named Best Narrative Short at the 2004 Dead Center Film Festival in Oklahoma. In 2005, the film became the first Irish short in 20 years to get a general theatrical release in the UK.