About
Ben Lyons is a writer / director from Lancashire and a recent graduate of MA Filmmaking at London Film School. He studied English Literature at the University of Sheffield for his undergraduate degree and has been telling stories his entire life. As a child he would draw storyboards for episodes of his favourite cartoons and as he grew his storytelling would evolve into fine art, poetry, and prose.
Ben was surrounded by cameras his whole life, with his Nana and Grandad running a photography business, and now seeks to take his love of narrative to the moving picture.
Ben Lyons
Course:
MA Filmmaking
Course number:
203
Graduation year:
2024
Nationality:
United Kingdom
Graduation film
The Penitential Act
Following his release from prison, John finds himself abandoned by his family and homeless. He is drawn to his childhood church and to its priest who preaches fire and brimstone from the pulpit: Father Upton. John pursues the divine punishment which the priest seemingly offers and attempts to provoke Upton into giving him what he wants through a most heinous act. The two men strive to remain in the respective prisons that they have made for themselves, but their interactions open the doors to possible freedom.
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