Project Detail

Downing

Synopsis

Within the backdrop of a vibrant house party, Downing explores the complicated minefield of teenage sexuality as John, the isolated local gay lad, finds an opportunity to exact revenge on his straight oppressor, the popular and handsome Daniel.

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Details

Year: 2011
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 16 mins
Format: HD
Director: Ben Peters
Producer: Russell Webber
Co-Producer: Hannah Hughlin
Editor: Colette King
Screenwriter: Peter Forbes
Director of Photography: Garry Torrance
Production Designer: Malcolm Morrison, Amanda Alvarellos, Elle Wilson
Sound: Marcin Knyziak
Composer: James Blakstar John
Principal cast: Jamie Brotherston, Ross William Wild, Krystina Coates

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Screen Academy Scotland

Sales Company

Peccadillo Pictures - UK rights (peccapics.com)

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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.

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