SINK (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Martin Herdman (Revolver), Ian Hogg (The Pleasure Principle), Marlene Sidaway (Beautiful Thing), Tracey Wilkinson (Titanic Town), Josh Herdman (Thunderpants), Mark Gillis (Parting Shots), Sadie Shimmin (film debut), Robert Calvert (film debut), Bradley Hall (Spider), Ken Shorter (Scrubbers), Anne Bird (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Mark Gillis (film debut), director, writer, producer; Mallik Gris (film debut), composer; Simon Archer (Another Life), cinematographer; Jonathan Beer (film debut), Chris Blunden (Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie), Mark Game (Sapphic Traffic), Agnieszka Liggett (Still), Miguel E. Rebagliato (film debut) and Carl Rohumaa (film debut), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Micky Mason (Herdman) is a working-class manual labourer who, after being made redundant at his current job, finds himself in a series of menial zero-hours roles. He soon takes a course of action that is wildly against his character, but is also the only way to keep his family afloat…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

A small but powerful film about the struggling working class that Ken Loach would be proud of, Sink is a stark directorial debut from Mark Gillis which also has the involvement of Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance on board as an associate producer.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 12TH OCTOBER 2018

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