Ticker

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Ticker

a Split Second Films production of Thom Petty's BFI funded short film

The Story

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.

Cast & Crew

Key Cast: Paul Copley (HOWARD ), Ian Gelder (JOSEPH), Liz Fletcher (BRIDGET)

Written & Directed By: Thom Petty,  Produced By: Margaret Milner Schmueck, Casting Director: Matt Sheppard, Composer: Thom Petty,  Costume Designer: Sarah Lillie Rose, DoP: Barbara van Schaik, Editor: Trace Taylor, Hair & Make-up: Emily Burgess, Production Designer: Adam Whitehouse, Sound Designer: Andrew Layfield, Sound Recordist: Dafydd Mann,  Executive Producer: Natasha Wilson

Production Notes

A BFI NETWORK presentation of a Split Second Films Production.

Length 9 minutes 6 seconds, Genre – Drama/ LGBTQI+, TICKER was shot on S16mm on camera Aaton XTR using Kodak film stock. Aspect ratio is 2.1:1. Sound is mixed at 5.1 surround sound.

The film was shot over 3 days in locations around Whiston in the Staffordshire Moorlands, UK. Completed – March 2023

COPYRIGHT Tickershortfilm Ltd 2023

Supported by Film Hub Midlands

Screenings

PRIZES: 

  • FASTNET FF Best International Short
  • THE SHORT CINEMA Best UK Narrative Short
  • BOYNE VALLEY IFF Best International Short Film
  • MUDGEE UNCORKED INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Best International Short Film/ Festival Winner at the inaugural festival
  • MIDLANDS MOVIE AWARDS Best Performance (Ian Gelder)
  • WORCESTER FF Best Midlands Film
  • ONE FLUID NIGHT Best Director, Best Performance (Ian Gelder)
  • VISION FEAST FF Best International Actor (Ian Gelder)

​NOMINATIONS:

  • ​IRIS PRIZE Best British Short (Highly Commended), Best International Short
  • FASTNET FF Best Editing, Best Drama, Best Director
  • BRITISH SHORTS BERLIN Jury Prize Finalist
  • FILM THE HOUSE Best Short Film
  • MANSFIELD TOWN FF Best LGBTQ+ Film, Best Cinematography
  • MIDLANDS MOVIE AWARDS Best Short Film
  • VISION FEAST FF Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best UK Film

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