Project Detail

The Pass

Synopsis

Two young, straight, Premier League footballers share a hotel room the night before a key match. Out of nowhere, one kisses the other. The emotional impact of this ‘pass’ plays out through the next ten years of their lives – a decade of success and failure, secrets and lies, in a sporting world where image is everything.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Debate Strand

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Features
Running time
88 mins
Format
Arri ALEXA
Director
Ben A Williams 1st Feature
Producer
Duncan Kenworthy
Co-Producer
Kurban Kassam
Executive Producer
Charles Moore
Editor
Masahiro Hirakubo, Justine Wright
Screenwriter
John Donnelly
Director of Photography
Chris O'Driscoll
Production Designer
Peter Francis
Sound
Sound: Mitch Low, Will Whale; Sound Design: Glenn Freemantle
Composer
Soundtrack: Various, including James Vincent McMorrow
Principal cast
Russell Tovey, Arinze Kene, Lisa McGrillis, Nico Mirallegro

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Toledo Productions Ltd.

Suite 44
10 Richmond Mews
London
W1D 3DD

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