88 mins, 2014
Produced by Rockhopper Media
(60 min cutdown broadcast Link TV 2016-2018)
OFFICIAL SELECTION LONDON INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, 2014
"I remember what it's like to start a fight with someone just because. To stand there screaming the f-word because you get off on the drama. To dare someone to hit you in the parking lot. This is a movie about female toughness... a side of girlhood - and maybe a class-specific side - that isn't represented often or in such a sympathetic way"
- BITCH FLICKS
DRUNKEN BUTTERFLIES blends authentic documentary material with dramatic improvisations by its young cast to explore the rules and rites of teenage life - for young women in particular - in the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It's a film about moving through ever-shifting worlds, at a time of life when our identities themselves are up for grabs - who do you think you are?
STARRING
Leanne Rutter, Amanda Sarah Hodgson, Katie Quinn, Lucy-Jayne Kelly, Kate Knight, Michael Grist, Dean Bone & Tracy Bell.
WITH
Iain MacDonald, Lois-Amber Toole, Rachel Spencer, Kellie Scott, Jade Straughan, Jennifer Phelan, Ashleigh Rowe, Harriet Ghost, Mitch Donaldson, Elisabeth Oswell, D'Angelo Lacy, and like a hundred other people.
MUSIC BY
Shape Worship, Jason LaRay Keener, Peter Wilson
MAKE UP DESIGNER
Beth Brown
COSTUME DESIGNER
Emily Stuart
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Judy Moore
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Hestia Peppe
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Emily-Jane Robinson
STORY BY
Garry Sykes & The Cast
WRITTEN BY
The Cast
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Richard Wilson, Anya Sitaram
EDITED, PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY
Garry Sykes
SPECIAL FEATURES:
DRUNKEN BUTTERFLIES at the BBC
