Leave the Body

Matt Chandler | 2023 | 24m

SYNOPSIS
When Joe, a socially anxious delivery driver, arrives uninvited at a party, he gets more than he bargained for, opening him up to a world where pain meets pleasure.

AWARDS WON
National Youth Film Awards ‘BEST FILM’


OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Leave the Body is starting its Film Festival cycle in May 2023.

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Leave the Body is starting its Film Festival cycle in May 2023.

CAST
JOE - Christian Leith 
ALBUS - Callum Knight
FERGUS - Liam Dooley
MAGGIE - Alice Eleanor Matthews 
FREYA - Molly Lamb 
CRYSTAL - Lauren Ensor 
CARA - Louise Brooks
VOICE ACTOR - Melvyn Rawlinson


CREW
Writer & Director - Matt Chandler
Assistant Writer/Producer - Louie Cash Kelly
Associate Producers - Studio Odessy, Wolf Balance & Andrres Ortiz Pimilla
Executive Producers - LAM Productions, Clash Entertainment Ltd & Red Hat Produdctions
Production Manager - Hannah Kerai
Director of Photography - Jameson White
Production Coordinator - Lucy Vikki Pardo
1st Assistant Director - Kevin Rechlink 
2nd Assistant Director - Ryan Rutherford
1st AD 2nd Unit - Delia Stan
Script editor - Cathy Wippell 
Script Supervisor - Jude Bourne, Sandra Diane Ward
Costume - Jacqui  Kristina Thesnaar 
Gaffer: - Michael Spry 
1st AC - Joao Amante 
2nd unit 1st AC - Charles Solly
Sound Recordist - James Solly, Matt
Make-up Artists - Charlotte Woods, Leon Clements Beall, Eve Pashley, Emily Elizabeth Lamb, Eleanor Harrop & Katherine Clodagh Doyle
Key Grip - Christopher Buckenham
Construction - Jordan Peel, Sven Gillet & Robert Padavona 
Prop Design - Daniel Littler & Guliver Evans Kelly
Location Manager - Alonso Lopez Mendoza & Katy Darling
Production Assistants - Rob Tams Sky Cheema, Andre Taylor, Cameron Law, Archie Burnett, Aamir Nawab, Gene Gallagher, Ruth Skirrow & Audrey Monteith
Behind the Scenes Photography - Abraham Dein


POST-PRODUCTION
Film Editor - Owen Ruthven & Matt Chandler
VFX Coordinator - Ed Daniels 
Original Soundtrack - Tristan Bechet  MALETKA Louie Cash Kelly Noon Garden REIMOND Gabriel Dubin