Project Detail

DIY

Name: DIY
Director: Tim Etchells, Hugo Glendinning
Released: 1999
Duration: 11 mins

Synopsis

DIY is a serious and irreverent film framed by the search of contemporary gay artist, Michael Atavar, for clues to his culture and his past. Through the location of a disused public toilet and notorious cottage in Islington, a cottage once frequented by playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell, the film explores changes in Britain and changes in gay life.

Details

Year: 1999
Running time: 11 mins
Format: Beta SP
Director: Tim Etchells, Hugo Glendinning
Producer: Jocelyn Cammack
Director of Photography: James Welland
Principal cast: Michael Atavar
Screen Writer: Michael Atavar

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Lifesize Pictures The Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX Tel: 0114 281 3405 Fax: 0114 279 6522 Email: jo.cammack@syspace.co.uk

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