2025 Best British

Lisbon

A broke queer man, Jason, attends a hook up with an older man on the promise of cash, but finds himself pulled into a twisted request that forces him to confront deep questions of life, death, and the price of human connection in unexpected, darkly humorous ways. Starring John Cameron Mitchell and Matthew Jacobs Morgan.

DIRECTOR:

Matthew Jacobs Morgan (He/Him/His)

PRODUCER:

Matthew Jacobs Morgan

WRITER:

Matthew Jacobs Morgan

RELEASE YEAR:

2025

UK, 13 mins

Mae Jason, dyn cwiar, heb yr un geiniog, yn mynychu digwyddiad gyda dyn hŷn ar addewid o arian parod, ond mae’n cael ei hun yn cael ei dynnu i mewn i gais troellog sy’n ei orfodi i wynebu cwestiynau dwfn bywyd, marwolaeth, a phris cysylltiad dynol mewn ffyrdd annisgwyl, tywyll a doniol. Yn serennu John Cameron Mitchell a Matthew Jacobs Morgan.

Matthew Jacobs Morgan is a London-based writer-director and Deadline Rising TV Scribe. He’s currently a staff writer on Dope Girls (BBC) and developing Shadow Bay with Killer Films. Recent credits include The Rig (Amazon), Pompeii (Film4), and HBO’s John Constantine. He’s also developing projects with AMC, Amazon, and the BBC.

Mae Matthew Jacobs Morgan yn awdur-gyfarwyddwr ac yn ‘Deadline Rising TV Scribe’ sy’n byw yn Llundain. Ar hyn o bryd mae’n awdur staff ar Dope Girls (BBC) ac yn datblygu Shadow Bay gyda Killer Films. Mae ei waith diweddar yn cynnwys The Rig (Amazon), Pompeii (Film4), a John Constantine ar HBO. Mae hefyd yn datblygu prosiectau gydag AMC, Amazon, a’r BBC.

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