Paula James

Jerk follows the life of acclaimed stand up Tim Renkow, who plays a heightened version of himself; an American art school dropout who needs to get a visa to stay in the UK. The only problem is that Tim has cerebral palsy. This means that people judge him… all the time. Although usually they judge him wrongly, because what they don’t realise is that inside that severely disabled, vulnerable body is a bit of an asshole.

In the depths of rural England, childhood friends Cathy and Jules find something unexpected in the woods and have to work out what the hell to do with it.

The true story of Sophia, a young woman dealing with a rare and very dangerous condition.