Project Detail

Area Boy

Synopsis

A poignant tale of one boy's attempt to cut off a part of himself in the wake of his baptism.
Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2023 - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Short Film Competition

Details

Year: 2023
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 19 min 2 sec
Format: 16mm
Director: Iggy London
Producer: Lorine Plagnol, Georgia Rose
Executive Producer: Alice Ojha
Editor: Mark Keady
Screenwriter: Iggy London
Director of Photography: Christian Huck
Production Designer: Paix Robinson
Sound: Chris Bullock
Composer: Rob Lewis
Principal cast: Joshua Cameron, Malcom Kamulete, Jolade Obasola, Mensah Bediako, Jamal Abduk, Kola Banjo

Genre

Experimental LGBTQIA+ Black Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BBC Film

Sungazer Limited

16a Milkwood Road
London
SE24 0HH

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Kevin and Cassandra are a married couple who have lost their only daughter Hannah in a freak car accident. They both raised her differently. Kevin had been a traditional parent, Cassandra a permissive one. While Hannah had decided to exhibit her body and mind online, she cut adrift from her father and gravitates towards her mother. Her death drove a wedge between them. Their lounge becomes a battlefield where incendiary words and spiteful things are said. Their marriage is one where opposites no longer attract. Kevin is filled with loathing for his in-laws, his daughter’s boyfriend, himself. Cassandra wears her daughter’s favorite colours with pride and exhibits her painting on the walls. Kevin finds he is powerless in his home and Cassandra mocks the fact that it was her father who bought it. And when he finally leaves it, he leaves Cassandra forever.

Black Drama