Project Detail

The Easy Way Out

A man swinging from a tire swing. The swing is attached to the branches of a large tree in the middle of a farm field.

Synopsis

After leaving home a year ago, Ted returns to his hometown only to discover his big brother, Jim, in the middle of an attempt on his own life. Thwarting the act in the nick of time, Ted and Jim become trapped in a precarious, life or death situation where there is nothing left to do but talk.

Details

Year: 2026
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 13 min 49 sec
Format: Digital
Director: Ben Bovington-Key
Producer: Harry Green
Executive Producer: Sammy Wong
Editor: Carmela Schönenberger
Screenwriter: Ben Bovington-Key
Director of Photography: Wouter Verheul
Production Designer: Eve Oakley
Sound: Tom Fredrickson, Sam Mason
Principal cast: Sam Swainsbury, Charlie Hiscock

Genre

Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Shorthand Films

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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.

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