Experiencing Interruptions?

Falling Backwards

Can love overcome hatred when the victim of a homophobic attack suffers PTSD?

  • Michele Lammas
    Director
  • Sebastian France
    Director
  • Emma Tully
    Writer
  • Holly Beaumont-Wilkes
    Writer
  • Michele Lammas
    Producer
  • William Moore
    Key Cast
    "Chris"
    Doctor Who, Trollied, Class, Father Brown, Casualty, The Coroner, A Casual Vacancy, The Crimson Field, Downton Abbey, Poldark, The One, The White Princess, The Spanish Princess
  • Matthew Simmonds
    Key Cast
    "Dan"
  • Luke Harris
    Key Cast
    "Eeny"
  • Alex Lake
    Key Cast
    "Meeny"
  • Missing
    Key Cast
    "Miny"
  • Michele Lammas
    Key Cast
    "Mo"
    Missing (2018), Anglo Welsh Waterways Video (2014)
  • Khan Arfaq
    Key Cast
    "Self"
  • Calum Cooper
    Key Cast
    "Self"
  • Kyriacos Zoizov
    Key Cast
    "Self"
  • Amy Howell
    Key Cast
    "Self"
  • Sebastian France
    Camera
  • Ellie Mayall
    Sound
  • Sebastian France
    Lights
  • Holly Beaumont-Wilkes
    Clapperboard
  • Cat Lammas
    SFX Assistant to William Moore
    Missing (2018)
  • Emma Tully
    Post Production Editor
    A Casual Vacancy (Extra)
  • Fitness Unlimited, Redditch
    Locations
  • The Paul Pry, Worcester
    Locations
  • Dympna Jardine
    Camera Assistant
  • Charlotte Nicol
    Health & Safety RA assistant
  • Rob Maxwell
    Editing Assistant
  • Carwen Haf Thompson-Davies
    Sound Design Assistant
  • Holly Beaumont-Wilkes
    Clapperboard Operator & First Aid
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 12 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 25, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    400 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Michele Lammas, Sebastian France

Michele Lammas has three short-film credits as an independent producer, and is a founding partner of Lammas Tully Productions, with Emma Tully. Michele has one credit as a co-director, and has four further short-films in pre-production, two of which she will be directing. She has written multiple (optioned) screenplays. Her voice acting work includes more than twenty short radio plays, and a series of self-help tapes (in the 1990s) for a studio in Birmingham, in the UK. Michele has also worked as an actress in three films. Her pen name is Emma Austin-Jones, she’s a full member of the WGGB, a member of Raindance, and WFTV, a Fellow of the RSA (FRSA). She’s now living with stage-four cancer.

Sebastian France has worked as a film co-director, cinematographer, and sound engineer for Moosecat Creative Ltd. He graduated with a degree in Film Production at the University of Worcester and is currently reading for an MA in film production at the University of Wolverhampton. In addition to the experience gained with Moosecat Creative Sebastian also has experience as a director, cinematographer, lighting gaffer, and sound engineer on multiple independent and student projects. He teaches film and TV for a performing arts academy in Worcester, UK.

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Director Statement

I chose to create a film with no dialogue in order to be inclusive, to share this story across languages, across the hearing and non-hearing communities, and to explore the emotions of the characters in an uninterrupted way. I couldn't have wished for a better team of people to work with on this film, they each gave 100% commitment to respectfully convey this story of PTSD, and of the relationship of the two men overcoming homophobic hatred with their love for and commitment to each other.
Michele Lammas