In From The Side
classified 15Please note: This was screened in Sept 2022
Fresh from sold out screenings at this year's BFI Flare, writer-director Matt Carter’s debut feature explores life on and off the pitch at a gay rugby club in South London.
Mark (Alexander Lincoln), a new and inexperienced rugby club member, finds himself drawn to Warren (Alexander King), a seasoned, if a little bit cocky, first team player. When a series of happenstances at an away fixture lead to a drunken romantic and sexual encounter, Mark and Warren unwittingly embark on an affair they struggle to hide from their respective partners and teammates.
As the secret begins to unravel, team spirit, loyalties and camaraderie are tested in Carter’s sensitive story about forbidden love and finding your tribe.