REAL (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Aki Omoshaybi (The Riot Club), Pippa Bennett-Warner (Wakefield), Karen Bryson (The Carrier), Amy Manson (Edie), Amanda Lawrence (Suffragette), Ben Tavassoli (Overlord), Kola Bokinni (War Machine), Tori Butler-Hart (The Isle), Matthew Butler-Hart (Spring Heeled Jack), Suzette Llewellyn (Manderlay), Taye Matthew (film debut), Deano Mitchison (My Cousin Rachel), Roshawn Hewitt (film debut), Paulette Mbassa (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Aki Omoshaybi (film debut), director, writer, producer; Luis Almau (The Man with Four Legs), composer; Michael Edo Keane (Around the Sun), cinematographer; Rebecca Lloyd (My Name is Lenny), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In Portsmouth, sparks fly between well-dressed Kyle (Omoshaybi) and equally ambitious Jamie (Bennett-Warner). However, when elements from their hidden pasts begin to resurface, their relationship is threatened before it even begins…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Lead actor Aki Omoshaybi makes his filmmaking debut with a powerful and very down-to-earth romantic tale about people who feel all too, well, real.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER 2020

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