As anyone who’s ever been on Grindr will know, ‘dating’ apps can be a complicated world, where for everyone looking for ‘no-strings fun’, there’s another who’s already decided you’re their soulmate before you’ve even met face-to-face. Then there are the people who organise dates but never show up, the guys who even on their first message seem to think you should be grateful they would deign to speak to you, and of course the married guys who are on the downlow.
The short film LoveSwiped takes a looking at the complications of dating apps, with a man who’s just broken up with his boyfriend trying to get back into the game. The 10-minute film takes us through 10 dates with guys he meets via a dating app, where he quickly discovers that not every person you meet is going to be a good – or even passable – match.
Director Carl Loughlin recently told Attitude, “I am a young gay man, who has recently got messily divorced, after 6 years in a civil partnership and 10 years together.”
“In my hunt for new love I have discovered the lonely world of gay dating is a horrific place, and while I was bored in work I started recording my dates and writing my disastrous dates out as film scenes. Before I knew it I had written a 10 minute short film, that I called LoveSwiped. It was filmed by Dreamscope TV in Media City, Manchester.”
So yep, it’s all based on the truth! Take a look at the film below.
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