Jammie, a shy and quiet guy, meets Ben on a dating app and starts to open up and release his fears and begins to live life to the fullest.
Jamie (2016)
Jamie, a quiet loner in his early twenties, is clumsily looking for his first relationship. Shy and lacking self-confidence, his past experiences with men have yielded disappointing results. One Sunday, he meets up with Ben after chatting with him on a dating app. As they spend the afternoon together, Jamie begins to wonder if he has finally met his match.
JAMIE was one of five short films selected by BFI Flare and the British Council for broadcast on BFI Player and the British Council’s Youtube channel as part of the 2017 #FiveFilms4Freedom ‘Love is a Human Right’ Campaign.
Garnering over a million views on various platforms since, JAMIE has screened at over 50 festivals worldwide and was winner of the ALTERNATIVE SPIRIT (LGBTQ+) AWARD at the 2016 Rhode Island International Film Festival. JAMIE is distributed by Peccadillo Films on their Boys On Film Label.
FESTIVALS
Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 2018. Official Selection.
Festival de Ciné de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, 2017. Official Selection.
Shanghai Queer Film Festival, Shanghai, China, 2017. Official Selection.
Weiterstadt Queer Filmfest, Weiterstadt, Germany, 2017. Official Selection.
Tallgrass Film Festival, Wichita, Kansas, USA, 2017. Official Selection.
Vilnius LGBT Festival “KREIVĖS”, Vilnus, Lithuania, 2017. Official Selection.
Festival du Cinéma de la Ville de Québec, Quebec City, Canada, 2017. Official Selection.
Shorts Mexico – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Mexico, Mexico City, 2017. Official Selection, Queer Showcase.
Concorto Film Festival, Pontenure, Piacenza, Italy, 2017. Official Selection.
Revolution Me Film Festival, New York, NY, USA, 2017. Official Selection.
Molise Cinema Festival, Molise, Italy, 2017. Official Selection.
Indy Film Fest, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 2017. Official Selection.
North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Durham, NC, USA, 2017. Official Selection.
Rio Gender & Sexuality Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2017. Official Selection.
Fastnet Film Festival, Schull, Ireland, 2017. Official Selection.
Buddha International Film Festival, Pune, Maharashtra, India, 2017. Official Selection.
Mix Festival Mexico City, 2017. Official Selection.
East End Film Festival, 2017. Official Selection.
BFI Flare London LGBT Film Festival 2017 *SELECTED FOR THE #Fivefilms4freedom CAMPAIGN*
Watersprite Film Festival, Cambridge, U.K. 2017
Roze Filmdagen Amsterdam LGBTQ Film Festival 2017
London Short Film Festival 2017 – *NOMINATED BEST STUDENT SHORT*
Sardinia Queer Short Film Festival 2016 – Sardinia Queer Award Competition
Uppsala International Film Festival 2016 – Queer Fiction Program
TWIST Seattle Queer Film Festival 2016 – Best Short Film Competition
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2016 – Best Narrative Short Competition *WINNER: ALTERNATIVE SPIRIT AWARD*
Queer Sicilia Film Fest 2016 – Queer Short Competition
Director’s Statement
‘Jamie’ is intended as a simple portrait, telling the story of an emotional awakening that takes place in ordinary circumstances, but is nonetheless life-changing and formative for its protagonist. The film reveals the private emotional struggle of its shy and introverted central character and was conceived as a quiet drama, uncovering the major conflicts in Jamie’s life as he unexpectedly discloses them to a stranger over the course of an afternoon. The dialogue was written to be intimate, personal and touching. I intended to make ‘Jamie’ a conversational film; one in which the naturalistic tone and style would imply a kind of ‘realism’ in the encounter between the two characters. I wanted to go on a journey with a character that struggles and falters in his search for love, not because of traditional external obstacles, but because of the internal ones that are working their way to the surface. ‘Jamie’ is about opening up with both another person and with oneself.
