Running time: 15min
Country/region: UK
Director: Jake Graf
Producer: Jake Graf
Writer: Jake Graf
Production Company: Up + Up Productions
Sound Recorder: Cristian Majer
Sound Editor: John York
Cinematographer: Lorenzo Levrini
Editor: Giorgio Gallis
Showing as part of Jake Graf Double Bill with short film Headspace.
Synopsis: rowing up in 1950s England in an intolerant and uninformed world, young Chris Winters struggles to fit into the gender roles dictated by wider society. A more than tough childhood left behind, Chris meets dream woman Julie, and life lightens a little, but the growing feeling that theirs is a life half lived haunts Chris. Endlessly imagining what might have been, Chris is finally struck by the realisation that for some decisions there is no right answer, and that it’s those that truly define us.
‘Dusk’ is the new short drama written and directed by Jake Graf (XWHY/Brace/Chance/Spectrum/Dawn) with a stunning cast including Duncan James, (Chicago, Legally Blonde, Hollyoaks), Victoria Emslie, (The Danish Girl, Downton Abbey, The Theory Of Everything, and US model and actor Elliott Sailors(Spectrum), and crew including award winning cinematographer Lorenzo Levrini and award winning composer Justine Barker. It is the second in a trilogy following on from the internationally acclaimed ‘Dawn’.
Awards:
Best Short Film – Out & Loud Pune International Queer Film Festival (India, 2017)
Best Short Film – Out Shine Film Festival, Miami (USA, 2017)
Best International Short Film – Film Out, San Diego (USA, 2017)
Best LGBT Short – SENE Film Music Art Festival (USA, 2017)
Audience Award – SENE Film Music Art Festival (USA, 2017)
