The trailer for the upcoming drama Homeless Ashes, a film by Marc Zammit has debuted online courtesy of Aptitude Films.
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The film follows the story of young Frankie, who runs away from an abusive home only to grow-up trying to survive on the streets. The film was aided by a remarkable £100,000 crowd-funding campaign and is a culmination of 4 years work and research.
Official synopsis: Frankie (Hector Bateman-Harden) is a young boy who stands up to his fear and runs away from an abusive home only to grow-up trying to survive on the streets. After fleeing from his parents Stuart (Dean Maskell) and Abbie (Angela Dixon), he falls-in with junkies including Viv (Kirsty J. Curtis) and Ryan (Lee Hunter), makes honest friends in Gavin (Jason Flemyng) and Chico (Lew Temple), meets others including veteran Al (Ritchi Edwards) and immigrant Eva (Madalina Bellariu Ion) and is reunited with childhood friend Nicole (Jamey May). But living on the streets takes it toll and not everyone survives the experience.
On the film, aided by that impressive crowd-funding campaign, Zammit commented,
“I am so proud of all the cast and crew and backers who have done such epic work for this film by going above and beyond.”
“Each person living homeless has a story and deserves to be heard. They are homeless but not invisible and I believe this film will connect with audiences worldwide. I met many homeless people, living on the streets of London whilst researching for this film and I dedicate it to them.”
Homeless Ashes is currently being submitted to international film festivals. Watch the trailer below.
