Tommies: A Queer Period Drama about Molly Houses & Public Shame

TOMMIES. In Regency-era London, five women waiting for a carriage descend into a frenzy of vicious gossip about a notorious scandal. Inspired by the Vere Street Coterie molly house raid of 1810. A BFI NETWORK and EP:IK Pictures production. Starring: Sarah Winter Claudia Jolly Marion Bailey Susie Trayling Elizabeth Roberts Written and directed by Brian and Karl Produced by Ioanna Karavela and Erik Pack Director of Photography: Brian Fawcett Production designer: Vicente Ben Hair and Makeup design: Cynthia de la Rosa Costume: Oliver Cronk Sound design: Alex Hudd Colourist: Francis Qureshi Casting director: Jeremy Zimmermann OFFICIAL SELECTION / Santa Barbara International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION / Hollyshorts Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION / Rhode Island International Film Festival NOMINATED / Iris Prize / Best International Short NOMINATED / Iris Prize / Best British WINNER / Iris Prize / Best Performance in a Female Role (Claudia Jolly) OFFICIAL SELECTION / GAZE International LGBTQ+ Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION / This is England Short Film Festival, Rouen WINNER / Framelight Short Focus / Best Film, Best Director Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival 2024 / Berghain Halle