Project Detail

The Perpetrators

Synopsis

A stranger in the family becomes a ghost child and awakens the monsters and desires of a queer childhood... THE PERPETRATORS collages film, animation and archive in a dreamy autofiction of queer darkness, incorporating 1980s Stranger Danger, the construction of homosexual identity and the institution of the family.
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023

Details

Year
2022
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
14 min 30 sec
Format
16mm
Director
Richard Squires
Producer
Richard Squires
Editor
Richard Squires, Lucy Harris
Screenwriter
Richard Squires
Director of Photography
Alex Grigoras, Richard Squires
Sound
Chu-Li Shewring
Composer
Oliver Davis
Principal cast
Art Erikson, Anthony Powell, Eric Geynes
Animation
Elroy Simmons

Production Status

Production Company

Sales Company

Light Cone

157, rue de Crimée
Atelier 105
75019 PARIS
FRANCE

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