The Act

Production Country: UK
Running Time: 18mins
Year: 2020

1965, the eve of decriminalisation for acts of male homosexuality. Matthews, a young gay man at odds with the world discovers love, sex and a family in the backstreets and underground bars of Soho.

FILM CREW:
Director: Thomas Hescott
Producer: Elettra Pizzi, Oliver Kent
Writer: Pete Lawson, Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Hescott
DOP: Chris Fergusson
Editor: David I'Anson
Sound Design: Lewis Todd
Composer: Nathan Klein
Production Design: Kelly Pyner
Costume Design: Claire Collins
Hair & Makeup: Chloe Edwards
Casting: Katy Covell, Ollie Gilbert

Cast: Samuel Barnett, Simon Lennon, Cyril Nri, Annette Badland


FESTIVALS:
This Is England November 2021
Pride Pictures October 2021
San Jose International Short Film Festival October 2021
Out On Film, Atlanta gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender LGBT Film Festival September 2021
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival August 2021
FilmPride - Brighton & Hove Pride LGBTQ+ Film Festival August 2021
Rio Gender & Sexuality Film Festival 2021 July 2021
Out Film CT (Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival) June 2021
Fastnet Film Festival May 2021
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival May 2021
Indy Film Fest April 2021
BFI Flare March 2021
Short Sounds Film Festival February 2021
International Queer Film Festival Merlinka December 2020
Chéries-Chéris Festival November 2020
HollyShorts Film Festival November 2020
Norwich Film Festival November 2020
Raindance Film Festival October 2020
image+nation Festival Film LGBTQueer Montréal October 2020
Tallgrass Film Festival October 2020
Bolton Film Festival October 2020
Reel Affirmations: Washington DC's International LGBTQ Film Festival October 2020
ImageOut Rochester LGBT Film Festival October 2020
Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival September 2020
OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival: Miami Edition August 2020
QFest St. Louis June 2020