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"My body switched off but my mind switched on."
Paddy Slattery from Ireland wins awards for the short films he directs and produces, but it was never his plan to pursue a career in cinema. He comes from a village in the countryside west of Dublin and his first job was on a building site. Our reporter Colm Flynn has been to meet Paddy to hear the story of how his life changed direction after a car crash that left him paralysed.
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