A teenage boys life gets better when his Grandad's life get worse. A coming-of-age script about a boy who deals with family health issues, finding healing and freedom in nature. With a crew of unlikely friends, he fights back against online bullying, builds a secret hideout, and learns what it means to really live.

SYNOPSIS:

Stay Wild Family, friendship, and a forest full of secrets.

Thirteen-year-old Alexander is a teenage kid forced to live offline when his beloved Grandad — a mischievous, big-hearted man battling Parkinson’s — moves in with the family. But while his older brother Connor steps up as the dutiful carer, Alexander escapes into the wild — the forest behind their house — where he rediscovers childhood wonder, independence, and the thrill of getting his hands dirty.

Joined by his eccentric new friend Peter, fiercely smart Kath (who’s never let her wheelchair slow her down), and a growing gang of local kids, Alexander builds a secret hideout. Together, they pull off hilarious stunts, ride like daredevils, and invent wild kitchen concoctions inspired by Grandad’s old stories.

But when jealousy, grief, and betrayal come crashing in — the hideout is destroyed, Kath is banned from the crew, and Grandad’s health declines — Alexander must confront the cost of growing up and what it really means to stay wild at heart.

Full of laughs, heartbreak, and the kind of summer memories that last a lifetime, Stay Wild is a feel-good coming-of-age story about letting go of screens, holding onto each other, and keeping the spirit of childhood alive — no matter what.

It's 'Stand By me' meets 'The Sandlot Kids'