Lost Northerner
Howard drives his partner Joseph to hospital to undergo a high risk operation and the intimacy of the car, alongside a long forgotten mix tape, sees the masculinity of their forty year relationship start to yield.
Written and directed by Thom Petty (Chaconne, Best Short Film Screenplay Amsterdam International Film Festival), TICKER focuses on a mature, gay couple living a contained life in rural Staffordshire as they face the jeopardy of ill health. It was shot on 16mm film.
TICKER has screened widely on the festival circuit, winning various nominations and awards, including Best International Short at Fastnet Film Festival.
It is currently streaming on Channel 4 OD in the UK. Watch here (opens new page).
CAST: IAN GELDER, PAUL COPLEY, LIZ FLETCHER
Produced by Margaret Milner Schmueck, Split Second Films,
Funded by the BFI with support from the National Lottery.
