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Times are tough and friends are few in 2018, and we know not everyone can afford to support projects their passionate about - but you can still help us build a buzz!
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If you’ve got a couple of pounds to spare, you can help us out for the cost of a Pumpkin Spice Latte!
Distributing short films is expensive, and your support will help us get MY LONELINESS IS KILLING ME seen by as many people as possible - and help us send our team out to continue the conversation!
We’ve even got some special perks to sweeten the deal!
From postcards to signed scripts and even - our favourite - BRANDED CONDOMS, we’ve got some sweet perks to say thanks for supporting us, too.
What's The Film About?
When colourful, effeminate Elliott lures the animalistic Jack to his apartment for a late night hook up, he unearths an unexpected emotional connection.
Our Story
On the surface, gay people have never had it so good. We can get married. We’re on TV. We’re encouraged to be funnier, louder and hotter than just about everyone else.
So what have we got to be upset about?
Many gay men today live on the edge of sharp contradictions.
Progress in LGBT+ rights in the 50 years since the repeal of the Sexual Offences Act, culminating in the legalisation of gay marriage, has been remarkable and positive.
At the same time, HIV infection rates among gay men have never been so high, social media has added huge pressure to look hot, masculine and young, and chem sex addiction is on the rise.
But these contradictions are missing from films about gay men.
'My Loneliness Is Killing Me was a reaction to seeing so many films about gay and bisexual men that weren’t about gay or queer culture; it was about being part of a community and wanting to see the lives of myself and the gay and queer men I know onscreen, especially when it comes to club and hookup culture. There are so many stories to tell in this world, and so many that aren’t being told' - Michael Lee Richardson, writer
MY LONELINESS IS KILLING ME explores the complicated and sometimes harsh reality of contemporary gay life, and uses the gay male experience as a prism to examine universal themes of fear of loneliness, the need to be desired, and dissatisfaction with conformity.
Our Team
DIRECTOR Tim Courtney is the co-founder of FACTOTUM FILMS. Tim's films, music videos and art installations have exhibited across the UK, including; The National Review of Live Art, The Barbican, Glasgow Short Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival and Aesthetica International Film Festival. In 2014 Tim was nominated for a BAFTA New Talent Award for his short film SUNSETS & SILHOUETTES.
Michael Lee Richardson is a WRITER who’s work has been developed by CBBC and BBC Scotland. He’s on a roll at moment, with books coming right, left and centre, including PROUD (Stripes Publishing, 2019) and WE WERE ALWAYS HERE (404 Ink, 2019). As well as being an award-winning writer, he is a producer and community organiser who has made work for Pride House Glasgow, Luminate Scotland and LGBT History Month.
The PRODUCER team are Stuart Condy and Siobhan Fahey:
Stuart Condy is part of ARPEGGIO PICTURES, a multi award winning company with key successes: RABBIT PUNCH 2012 BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award for Best Fiction; LAST EXIT TO RICKLESBURGH, a BAFTA Scotland New Talent nominee; TAKE YOUR PARTNERS -Nominated Scottish BAFTA; WHERE WE ARE NOW Best Documentary Forbes Under 30 Summit (Boston) 2016 and Best Short Film at Scottish Queer International Film Festival (2016). NONE OF THE ABOVE (2018) premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018.
Siobhan Fahey is an emerging Impact Producer. This is her first film, and she’s very proud of it. Her Production company RIOT PRODUCTIONS works with communities that are under-represented in the arts especially: women, lesbians, people of colour, wider LGBTQ communities, working class people, and other outsiders. She aims to uncover untold stories. She loves to work with academics, artists, writers, theatre creators, filmmakers and philanthropists to use these stories to create accessible art that takes these stories to a wide audience. She has a Feature Documentary, REBEL DYKES, in development and other coals in her fire. We are hugely grateful for all the support you can offer us by creating a buzz and funding our distribution.
The film stars:
JAMIE ROBSON • LUKE ELLIOTT • GARETH MORRISSON • MARTIN BELL • SIMON DONALDSON
MY LONELINESS IS KILLING ME was made possible with funding from Creative Scotland/BFI under the prestigious Scottish Film Talent Network programme. Our Executive Producers are CAROLYNNE SINCLAIR • PAUL WELSH • HOLLY DANIEL • ROSS McKENZIE
Risks & Challenges
We want this film to prompt important conversations on what it is to be a gay man today.
We’ve made a film that we’re really proud of and we know it’s good (BAFTA Scotland winner, remember?) - the biggest risk now is that nobody gets to see it!
Submitting to festivals can be an expensive business, with costs of up to £40 for each submission.
We were really lucky to receive financial support and a budget to make the film, but now we need your help to get it seen.
None of the team has any money - unemployed or dancing from freelance gig to freelance gig - and we don’t have the cash to distribute the film ourselves.
It’s not all about money, though - we need festivals to have heard about us, and to be looking out for us, so that those precious pennies aren’t wasted.
Other Ways You Can Help
If you don't have spends, that's okay - you really can help us out by helping to build a buzz.
Post about us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, or wherever you do your social media - feel free to use one of the pictures from this page - you could post something like this:
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