Project Detail

The Public

Name: The Public
Director: Asa Gartland
Genre: Drama, LGBTQIA+, Music
Released: 2026
Duration: 16 min 27 sec

Miles Richards

The Public, the band playing on stage together

Ted opening the door to someone and Andy standing behind him.

Synopsis

The Public have just played the best gig of their lives, and for the first time, someone in a suit is interested. It feels like the moment they have been waiting for, but celebrations quickly descend into chaos. Andy, the band's quiet and devoted guitarist, watches as his dream begins to dissolve around him. A chain reaction is set in motion as secrets are exposed, loyalties shift, and buried tensions explode to the surface. As the night spirals further out of control, the frontman, Ted, is pulled toward a future that could take him away for good. Andy becomes desperate to save Ted from himself and hold everything together, even as it becomes clear that some things will never be the same.

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Details

Year: 2026
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 16 min 27 sec
Format: Full HD
Director: Asa Gartland
Producer: Niamh Broderick
Executive Producer: Charlie Fergus, Charlotte Victoria, Leigh Bardugo, Lucie Koerber
Editor: Gregory Hackel-Johnson
Screenwriter: Fred Fergus, Kit Young
Director of Photography: Arushi Chugh
Production Designer: Megan Bosaw
Sound: Jack Cameron, Adam Hare, Max van der Voort
Composer: Theodore Sandberg
Principal cast: Kit Young, Fred Fergus, Elle Piper, Adam Rojko Vega, Danny Sapani, Carolyn Pickles
Other Lead Creative(s): Kyle Simmons, Musical Director
1st AD: Tom Prinz
Production Manager: Emily Farrell
Production Co-ordinator: Jordan Awosoji
2nd AD: Leon Finnan
Gaffer: María García Rivera

Genre

Drama LGBTQIA+ Music

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

HollowLight Productions

Fred Fergus

Down To The Wire Productions

Emily Farrell
Flat 7, 18-24 Chatsworth Road
London
NW2 4BP

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