Project Detail

No Man Is an Island

Name: No Man Is an Island
Director: John Craine
Genre: LGBTQIA+, Human Rights, Drama
Released: 2025
Duration: 23 min 45 sec

Synopsis

Using both verbatim reconstruction and lip-synched archive, NO MAN IS AN ISLAND examines a tragic story of social shaming in a small island community. As panic about the imminent decriminalisation of homosexuality rises, the media provides a mechanism beyond the judicial one of keeping gay men in their closets.

Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 23 min 45 sec
Director: John Craine
Producer: Diarmuid Hughes
Executive Producer: Hannah Bush Bailey, Jess Gormley, Ekaterina Ochagavia, Amy Gardner, Iliane Ogilvie Thompson
Editor: Edward Crompton
Director of Photography: John Craine
Production Designer: Gemma Wasley
Sound: Matt Waites
Composer: James Spinney

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Human Rights Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by Made of Truth: BFI Doc Society Short Film Fund

Crunch Point Films

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