Released in 2025, we brought Life In The Old Cloth to the screen as a very small, very personal time-travel drama — almost like opening a little keepsake box and letting the past step out into the present.
It’s been called a chamber-piece, and I think that’s a very fair way to describe it.
There are only three characters, and that simplicity is exactly what gives the film its heartbeat. Eveshka Ghost wrote and directed it and it feels a little bit like watching a stage play where each moment breathes.
The story follows a World War II soldier who died in 1943 and finds himself brought back into the modern world through a wish made by his granddaughter. It’s a gentle idea, but it carries a lot of weight. I had the privilege of playing Charles, this soldier waking up in a world he never had the chance to see.
When Charles arrives in 2018, he comes face to face with his granddaughter Mary, now older than he is.
Caroline Gilbert plays her beautifully, capturing all the shock, love, and confusion in that impossible reunion.
Along his way, Charles meets Ewan, played by James McClusky. Ewan’s an urban trespasser, and he becomes Charles’s guide through the modern world. In a sense, Ewan represents the kind of man Charles might have become had he lived long enough to reach this era.
This film holds a very personal connection for me, because the uniform Charles wears on screen is actually my grandfather’s. That part wasn’t just wardrobe — it was family history, stitched right into the frame.
Eveshka’s direction brought wartime memory and contemporary life together with remarkable softness. Filmed across Sussex with a score composed by Ghost as well, the film ended up with a handmade, intimate quality that audiences really connected with.
After premiering on October 15th, 2025, in East Grinstead, Life In The Old Cloth went on to win several awards, including Best Sussex-Made Feature Film at the Eastbourne Film Festival and multiple awards for its original score.
We made the picture with a lot of care. At its heart, it’s a meditation on love, loss, and the longing to reconnect with those who slipped away long before their time.
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