Project Detail

Layby

Film in post production

Synopsis

Long-distance lorry driver Kieran has built his life around control. He keeps emotional risk at arm's length, seeking anonymous hook ups in laybys where connection is never part of the deal. Until Aidan emerges from the treeline, volatile and unnervingly intense. Kieran, convinced he's in control, ignores every warning sign until the police arrive and the carefully constructed boundaries of his life begin to collapse.

LAYBY is a queer psychosexual thriller about collision between control and connection. Set over one night in a remote Scottish layby, it is a story about the need for intimacy and how far we'll go into the dark to find it.

Details

Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 min 55 sec
Format
Digital
Director
Jason Bradbury
Producer
Isabella Bassett
Executive Producer
Carolynne Sinclair Kidd, Kieran Hannigan, Bella Barber Fleming, Holly Daniel, Reece Cargan
Editor
Ania Urbanowska
Screenwriter
Jason Bradbury
Director of Photography
Leon Brehony
Production Designer
Rhianonne Stone
Sound
Heather Andrews
Composer
Patrick Jonsson
Principal cast
Rory Douglas-Speed, Felix Uff

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