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film - 2024 - BE

sebastian

In this queer drama, we follow Max, a 25-year-old freelance writer and aspiring novelist who seems well on his way to success in London’s cultural spheres. Yet by night, he finds a different kind of exhilaration as a sex worker with the pseudonym Sebastian, meeting men via an escorting platform. Max uses his experiences as Sebastian to fuel his stories and the worthy debut novel that he has been longing to write, finally seems within reach. As Max increasingly struggles to remain in control of a delicately balanced double-life, he must reckon with whether Sebastian is merely a writer’s tool in their quest for the ultimate sense of first-hand authenticity – or whether something more is at stake.

director
Mikko Makela
script
Mikko Makela
main cast
Ruaridh Mollica, Hiftu Quasem, Jonathan Hyde, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Dylan Brady
genre
Drama, LGBTQ+
release
2024
length
110
language
English
producer
Bêtes Sauvages
co producer
Helsinki filmi (FIN), barry crerar (SCO), Lemming Film (NL)
executive producer
Lizzie Francke, Mike Goodridge
director of photography
Iikka Salminen
production designer
Guy Thompson
editor
Mikko Makela and Arttu Salmi
composer
Ilari Heinilä
worldsales
LevelK