
"Meat Raffle is full of surprises and the excellent cast are beautifully photographed by Stuart Armstrong."
"the film offered crucial access to film industry opportunities in an area ordinarily deprived of them."
"I wanted to make the antithesis of a film about a teenager coming out in a big city and instead to capture the queer world I grew up in, which I've never really seen reflected on screen,"
"I hope the film finds its heart in exactly the same place"
Meat Raffle is a 1990s-set black comedy about a closeted father, Rich, who fears he has turned his son Jackson gay. The story takes place during a Cumbrian pub's Christmas turkey draw and mixes bubbling tension, physical comedy, and a heartwarming confrontation, including a flying turkey and a bathroom sex moment. Michael Hodgson stars as Rich and Will Latimer debuts as Jackson. Stuart Armstrong wrote and directed with a focus on queer experiences outside major cities and on toxic masculinity. The film was shot in Carlisle with a local crew, received praise from Ian McKellen, and earned an Iris Prize nomination.
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