Faced with the sudden disappearance of her beloved pet Shadow, Judith calls upon her estranged daughter Lily to return home and help with the search. But when Judith gets a devastating call from a local farmer, Lily is forced to face up to her mother’s grief and come to terms with her own.

Something Else is a film about loneliness and disconnection wiht a special relevancy now as we are living through a time when lots of things feel very disconnected. We communicate with loved ones through screens, buy food from large supermarkets with no idea where it comes from and casually read atrocities in the news before scrolling on Instagram. In Something Else Judith and Lily are disconnected in many ways. Lily lives in the city, miles away from the land she grew up in, whilst Judith remains deeply rooted in the countryside. They are both lonely, suffering in different ways, yet fail to vocalize this to each other. Despite this, there are moments of connection between them and this is where the hope lies.

The film was produced with the support from PanaGiF - a fund run by Girls in Film and Panavision that supplied training and equipment to the project's director of photography Naomi Amarger.

The director Martha Treves says: 'Loneliness and loss are two things that everyone will experience at some point in their life. I remember my mum once telling me that the death of one’s pet can also be a reminder of all the other grief in a person’s life, and I think this is so true. It’s devastating to lose an animal, a companion, but it can also heighten and emphasize a person’s loneliness, lack of companionship and re-open historical wounds of loss. Something Else is an attempt to capture these experiences, exploring the nuances of mother-daughter relationships after a child grows up and leaves home.'