'FRANK' tells the story of a man caught up in a world he doesn't fit in to.

Living a lonely existence in a run down boarding house in the North East of England, Frank finds his own idiosyncratic ways to cope with everyday life. But in his search for friendship he only finds ridicule and rejection.

However, when Frank meets Sasha, a young girl living in his boarding house, he starts up a tender friendship with her. Ultimately Sasha becomes the map reader of Frank's emotionally splintering life.

Frank finds solace in the dystopian wastelands and beaches surrounding his home. One day Frank discovers Fidel there. He takes him home and eagerly tries to befriend him. Unfortunately Fidel reveals himself to be an unpleasant houseguest.

In search of respite from the increasingly troublesome Fidel, Frank returns to his seaside sanctuary. Here he encounters Polly, a jilted and morbidly depressed young bride with whom he becomes besotted in an instant.

Frank renews his efforts to build a happy and loving home for them both, but as his new-found friends develop an intimate bond of their own, he is left as an outsider in his own home and his life begins to spiral out of control once again.

RICHARD HESLOP - Director

A visionary director whose work is haunting, exciting and visually compelling, Richard Heslop is a British director with a body of work that covers not only film but television, commercials and music videos often shooting and editing his own work. The world’s leading film festivals have selected his film work.

Heslop first came into the film spotlight with his melancholic, graduation film from Central St Martins, THE CHILD AND THE SAW which went on to win first prize at the Huesca Film festival in Spain, received a Special Mention at Toronto and was screened in the Berlin Panorama and the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

One of his first shorts, PROCAR, made in collaboration with Daniel Landin and Herbert Verhey, was shown at the Berlin Film Festival and released as part of a compilation of British short films called FAT OF THE LAND which also included an early Tilda Swinton short The Sluggard by Joy Perino. Richard later worked with the legendary British filmmaker Derek Jarman as cameraman on the acclaimed features THE GARDEN and THE LAST OF ENGLAND.

The talented director went on to win prestigious awards at several major film festivals including Cannes where he won the Canal+ Award for Best Short Film in the Critics’ Week at Cannes for his short FLOATING. His short film I WAS BORN TO LOVE YOU which he directed for the BFI and Hot Property as one of nine films accompanying tracks from Queen’s uplifting final album, MADE IN HEAVEN, was originally shown at the 1996 Cannes film Festival and was invited to open the Venice Film Festival as well as many other festivals throughout the world.

As well as his films, Heslop is also known for the videos he has produced for artists including Queen, The Smiths, The Cure, New Order, Happy Mondays to name just a few, as well as programs on Channel 4 and the BBC.
Richard has also created photomontages that have exhibited in The London Gallery, working with one of the UK’s most well renowned contemporary artists, Grayson Perry.

It was Richard’s video work that led him to Partizan where he continued producing commercials and videos before moving on to shoot his first feature film FRANK that was recently completed.