AKA (film)
# AKA (film)

AKA is a 2002 drama film, the first by director and writer Duncan Roy. The film is set in the late 1970s in Britain and deals with the story of Dean, an 18-year-old boy who assumes another identity in order to enter high society. Dean then meets David, an older gay man who desires him and Benjamin, a young Texan hustler. It is largely an autobiographical account of Duncan Roy's early life.

The screen consists of a row of three frames, showing three perspectives.

## Cast

* Matthew Leitch as Dean Page
* Diana Quick as Lady Gryffoyn
* George Asprey as David Lord Glendening
* Lindsey Coulson as Georgie
* Blake Ritson as Alexander Gryffoyn
* Peter Youngblood Hills as Benjamin
* Geoff Bell as Brian Page
* Hannah Yelland as Camille Sturton
* Daniel Lee as Jamie Page
* Bill Nighy as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
* David Kendall as Lee Page
* Fenella Woolgar as Sarah
* Sean Gilder as Tim Lyttleton
* Robin Soans as Neil Frost
* Stephen Boxer as Dermot

## Reception

The film has been nominated for several awards, especially in the gay community.

* 2002 — Nominated for the British Independent Film Awards.
* 2002 — Won the Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.
* 2002 — Won the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
* 2002 — Won L.A. Outfest.
* 2002 — Won the Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.
* 2003 — Nominated for the BAFTA Awards.
* 2003 — Nominated for the Emden International Film Festival.
* 2004 — Won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.
