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‘Premature’: First clip released from brand new Scottish rom-com

The film will have a Gala Premiere at Grosvenor Picture Theatre, Glasgow West End on Thursday 10th September ahead of its UK cinema release from Friday 18th September, 2026.

The feature film debut of BAFTA Scotland New Talent-winner Kevin Walls was shot on location in and around Glasgow

The fresh new take on the genre follows two flatmates whose impulsive one-night stand leads to an unexpected pregnancy

 The premiere represents a homecoming for the independent film, which was shot at locations across the city – from Kelvingrove Park to Glasgow School of Art to the Griffin pub- over 23 days in the summer of 2025. The premiere will be attended by its two stars, James Rottger (Our Ladies; Gary: Tank Commander) and Elle Watson (making her screen debut following appearing in The Tempest at the Tron Theatre), alongside debut writer-director Kevin Walls (BAFTA Scotland New Talent Winner) and co-stars Gail Watson, Andrew Rodger, Terry Nelson and Zoë Lerman.

Eilidh -Emily Watson

When meticulous, career-obsessed Cameron (James Rottger) discovers his struggling artist flatmate Eilidh (Elle Watson) is pregnant after their drunken one-night stand, both assume there is an obvious way out. But when Eilidh finds she cannot go through with the termination, the pair are forced into an awkward, absurd and increasingly intimate attempt at preparing for parenthood. As they stumble into something that looks suspiciously like a relationship, they begin to question the lives they thought they wanted and what they really mean to each other.

Today (Thursday 16 July, 2026) also sees the first clip from the film revealed online, as Cameron confronts Eilidh on the steps of Kelvingrove Art Gallery about the secret she’s been keeping from him.

Produced by Sonorous Films, Premature marks the feature debut of Cumbernauld writer-director Kevin Walls. Kevin pulled together the film’s £16,000 budget from his freelance work including acting jobs, screenwriting work, sports video editing, and short-form video production. He was passionate about the film being seen in cinemas across the country instead of risking getting lost as a digital-only release. It features a soundtrack from some of Scotland’s best indie artists including Admiral Fallow, Cloth, Martha May and the Mondays and Brownbear. Eilidh’s artworks, which feature throughout the film, were created by recent Glasgow School of Art graduate Erin Marshall.

Elle Watson, James Rottger

“Premature is a romantic comedy, but at its heart it’s a coming-of-age film about two millennials who aren’t quite fully formed.” says Kevin. “Through Cameron, I wanted to explore a very millennial anxiety: the feeling that we were sold a promise that if we worked hard, got the qualifications and pursued a respectable career, life would eventually work out.

Eilidh is avoiding failure as an artist by avoiding making art entirely. Premature was made from the same impulse: to stop waiting for permission and allow myself to be a filmmaker.

It was also important to me that Eilidh was not defined only by pregnancy or impending motherhood. The baby represents responsibility, adulthood, and the need to shift your focus beyond yourself, but Eilidh’s pregnancy does not erase her creativity or ambition.

The pregnancy is the catalyst that forces Cameron and Eilidh to confront everything they have been avoiding: where they are in their own lives, what they want from the future, and what they mean to each other.”

Kevin knew that he had a very particular vision of Glasgow that he wanted to capture on screen: “Visually, I leaned into bright colours and saturation, presenting Glasgow in contrast to how it often appears on screen. People fall in love in Glasgow, yet that version of the city isn’t always visible in film and television.

Scottish stories are often framed through history, crime or social realism. Those stories have their place, but with Premature I wanted to make something contemporary, romantic and recognisably Scottish without defaulting to bleakness.

Above all, I want Premature to connect with audiences. I want it to entertain them. I want it to move them.”

The film’s post-production and cinema release was supported by a Kickstarter campaign and a £1000 Kickstarter Forward Fund from Creative Scotland.

About Kevin Walls

Kevin Walla

Kevin Walls is a writer, director, and producer from Glasgow, and the founder of Sonorous Films. He is a graduate of the MDes Sound for the Moving Image programme at the Glasgow School of Art and the MA TV Fiction Writing programme at Glasgow Caledonian University.

His art school graduation film Identical won the BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award for Sound in 2015, and his short film When Abbie Met Emmy premiered at BFI Flare in 2019.

Walls was supported through his degree at Glasgow Caledonian University by Warner Bros. Creative Talent. He was also a member of the BBC Scottish Voices writing group.

He produced and directed the pilot of Eat the Town for BBC Scotland before going on to write for the BBC Scotland continuing drama River City.

During the pandemic, Walls began studying acting and performance at New College Lanarkshire, earning his BA in 2024.

He secured screen acting roles in independent feature films including Sophie Fillières’ final film This Life of Mine, which opened Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in 2024, and the Skye-set comedy Happy as Larry, which won the Audience Award at the Dallas International Film Festival in 2025.

His positive experiences working on low-budget, low-footprint independent films, along with the fast-paced sets of River City, encouraged Walls to rethink his own approach to filmmaking. That shift led him towards a grassroots production model, ultimately resulting in the production of Premature.

A musician in another life, Kevin plays bass guitar on the film’s score.

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