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I Love You in Different Ways

A teenage boy watches a workout video
A teenage boy dances to the workout video with girls
A teenage boy looks at himself in the mirror
A family group arrive at a house for a birthday party
A mother driving and looking tense, her teenage son in the back of the car half in shadow..
A teenage boy looks outside of the car window
A family sit around the dinner table
Someone lies on a sunbed, shrouded in blue light in a garage, whilst someone else looks on
A teenage boy contemplates whilst jumping on the trampoline
A teenage boy seated in a room bathed in green light

Synopsis

Set in the summer of 2000, 14 year old Lucian explores his sexuality through fantasy in a pre-internet world.
Lucian is a 14 year closeted gay kid going through puberty. He doesn’t know how to communicate in a world that doesn’t speak his language so he lives in isolation, observing the world as an outsider. With the fear of ever exposing who he really is, Lucian seeks comfort in fantasy and lives his life in a daydream.

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 min 41 sec
Director
Joseph Wilson
Producer
Benji Landman, Juliette Larthe
Executive Producer
Aaliah Simpson, Paul Weston, Corin Taylor
Editor
Samuel Marr
Director of Photography
Ben Cotgrove
Production Designer
Matty Mancey-Jones
Sound
Asa Greenwood
Composer
Baby Cousland
Principal cast
Jamie Winstone, Zach Colton
Casting
Kharmel Cochrane

Genre

LGBTQIA+

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Pure Phase Films Ltd

Juliette Larthe
Level 5A, Maple House
149 Tottenham Court Road
London
W1T 7NF

Benji Landman

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