Paper Cut
Synopsis
PAPER CUT is a debut feature from queer British writer-director Jack Sain.
Alex has just found Alice - the birth sister he never knew existed - living four tube stops away. He invites her and her boyfriend over for dinner at the comfortable London home he shares with his boyfriend Sasha. Everyone is on their best behaviour. Everyone has rehearsed. By midnight, all four of them are in drag at a queer nightclub. By 5am, something comes to light that none of them can take back.
The film puts social satire through an experimental lens, with a propulsive original score and formally adventurous set pieces, including a split-screen sequence. It asks what happens when people who pride themselves on openness are confronted with something they cannot absorb.
The cast includes legendary trans actress Adèle Anderson, Olivier Award nominee and longtime member of cabaret trio Fascinating Aïda, and Barney White of ITV's Professor T - pairing established stage and screen talent with brilliant newcomers.
Details
- Year
- 2026
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 79 min
- Director
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Jack Sain 1st Feature
- Producer
- Ksenia Harwood, Leila Sykes, Alex Hopkins-McQuillan
- Editor
- Jack Sain, Emill Joseph
- Screenwriter
- Jack Sain
- Sound
- Montgomery Moorhouse, Alistair Hobson
- Composer
- Justin Tailor
- Principal cast
- Adèle Anderson, Barney White, Bertie Taylor-Smith, Bess Roche, Jack Gibson, Bess Roche, Georgina Hellier
- Make-up Designer
- Cha Chabrat
- Gaffer
- Daniel Carter-Brennan
- Script Supervisor
- Lucy Maher
- Choeographer
- Haylee Roderick
- Colourist
- Harry Byrne
- Intimacy Coordinator
- Lex Kaby
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Paper Cut Film Ltd
124 Shirland RoadLondon W9 2BT
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