Lloyd Eyre-Morgan and Neil Ely’s Departures is about to send the BFI Flare audience on a trip of a lifetime. We caught up with Eyre-Morgan to chat about the film.
“I think we should skip to the fucking end.”
This is the starting point of Lloyd Eyre-Morgan and Neil Ely’s Departures. The film, which is getting its world premiere at BFI Flare, starts with the end of a relationship. Benji (played by Eyre-Morgan) and David Tag’s Jake are breaking up, quite nastily too, but things weren’t always like this. Once upon a time, the pair were sharing passionate getaways in Amsterdam but even the most toxic relationships often begin in a haze of love and affection. And great sex, of which there is plenty of in Departures.
There’s a lot to relate to in Departures, which is “inspired by all the dickheads that fucked us...
“I think we should skip to the fucking end.”
This is the starting point of Lloyd Eyre-Morgan and Neil Ely’s Departures. The film, which is getting its world premiere at BFI Flare, starts with the end of a relationship. Benji (played by Eyre-Morgan) and David Tag’s Jake are breaking up, quite nastily too, but things weren’t always like this. Once upon a time, the pair were sharing passionate getaways in Amsterdam but even the most toxic relationships often begin in a haze of love and affection. And great sex, of which there is plenty of in Departures.
There’s a lot to relate to in Departures, which is “inspired by all the dickheads that fucked us...
- 3/21/2025
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Lloyd Eyre-Morgan and Neil Ely’s UK queer comedy Departures has been picked up for sales by nascent UK outfit Rapt Films, ahead of its world premiere at BFI Flare: London Lgbtqia+ Film Festival.
Departures draws on the filmmakers own experiences, and follows the relationship between two men who meet at an airport gate and begin monthly incognito trips to Amsterdam together. Over time the need to keep their intimacy a secret causes strain, and the relationship becomes increasingly toxic.
It marks the first feature produced by Punk Spirit Films, a collective of working-class LGBT+ filmmakers based in Manchester. Co-directors...
Departures draws on the filmmakers own experiences, and follows the relationship between two men who meet at an airport gate and begin monthly incognito trips to Amsterdam together. Over time the need to keep their intimacy a secret causes strain, and the relationship becomes increasingly toxic.
It marks the first feature produced by Punk Spirit Films, a collective of working-class LGBT+ filmmakers based in Manchester. Co-directors...
- 3/20/2025
- ScreenDaily
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