Project Detail

Lay of the Land

Synopsis

Lay of the Land is a dark and emotionally chilling take on male sexuality and prejudice. It is played out through a charged encounter in an intimate smoky gay bar between John, a drag queen who happens to be straight, and Skif, who admits to being involved in 'gay-bashing'.

Details

Year: 1999
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 14 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Fraser MacDonald
Producer: Kate Ogborn
Executive Producer: Kate Ogborn
Director of Photography: Enrico Harvey
Principal cast: Paul Thomas Hickey, Stevan Rimkus, Craig Hill, Paul Morrow
Screen Writer: Fraser MacDonald

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Bfi Productions 29 Rathbone Street, London W1P 1AG Tel: 020 7636 5587 Fax: 020 7580 9456 Email: roger.shannon@bfi.org.uk

Sales Company

Bfi Films 21 Stephen Street, London W1P 2LN Tel: 020 7957 8909 Fax: 020 7580 5830 Email: andrea.klein@bfi.org.uk

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