James Ley

🌴🐯📣 Thrilled to announce the SLEAZY TIGER WORLD PREMIERE at PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SHORTFEST @psfilmfest , playing in the GAYLA! collection on 26th June 2025 📣🐯🌴 Thank you ShortFest team for programming SLEAZY TIGER! @screenscots @shortcircscot @bfinetwork Writer & Director James Ley @instayamas Producers Jack Cowhig @hijackprod & Laura McBride @lothianfilms Alan - Jay Newton @jaynewton Barman/Host - Santino Smith @piacentini94 Blair - Jack Douglas @jackdouglasuk Also Alan - Kyle Gardiner @kylegardiner___ And Alan Cumming @alancummingreally DOP - Leon Brehony Editor - Jack Goessens Production Designer - Richard Evans Costume by - Vivienne Low Hair & Makeup by - Hazel Smith 1st AD - Rory Power-Gibb Sound design by David McKeitch Casting by - Anna Dawson Craig Ellery, Craig Manson, Matt McBrier, Ignacio Dia Fernandez, Leuan Ledger-McQuade, Ross O’Mahony, Charlie Hodgson, Annabel Cooper, Lewis Hou, Ewan MacDonald Script Supervisor - Yvonne Carroll 3rd AD - Heath Virgoe 1st AC - Andrew Binns 2nd AC - Emma Dempsey Steadicam - Adam Opie Art Director - Nazia Mohammad Art Dept Asst- Gail Bowman Kirsty McCabe Aaron Close Maryna Pshenychnykova Fiona Buckle Costume Asst - Isabella Stimmel Makeup Asst - Samantha Jack Sound Recordist - David McKeitch Sound Recordist - Paul Travers Gaffer - Fiann Macleod Spark - Niamh Gilhooly Spark - Amy Urqhat Spark - Graham Kocjan Grip - Graham Pittaro Grip Assistant - Richi Holt Jnr. Production Coordinator - Kirsty McLean Runner - Thomas Skinner Runner Scott Richmond Runner Ieuan Ledger Intimacy Coordinator - Abby Wallace Fight Coordinator - Spike Nesbit DI Producer - Jack Lang DI Colourist - Thomas Cairns DI Asst - Danny Sharp Post Sound Mixer - David McKeitch Original Composer - Danny Krass “October” Music by - Sara Rae Stills Photographer - Andrew Parry Stills Photographe - Thomas Skinner Camera Equipment - No Drama Lighting Kit - Lighttrack Grip Equipment - Camera Crane Scotland Radios - GDS Radios Transport Vehicles - Arnold Clark ADR/VFX - Dangerous Studios ADR Sound Recordist - Jane Armstrong ADR Studio Manager/VFX - Andrew Downie ADR Production Asst - Alicja Jankowska

✨ Meet the 2025 Kevin Elyot Award winners! ✨ ✏️Roxana Vilk: British Iranian writer, musician & performer from Bristol ✏️James Ley: Scottish playwright & screenwriter from Glasgow For the first time in its nine-year history, the award has two winners – reflecting the exceptionally high standard of applicants this year. We can’t wait to see the incredible work they’ll create! 📖 Read the full story here (link in bio): /news/2025/august/kevin-elyot-2025.html [Image credit: Cairo Sealey; Tommy Ga-Ken-Wan] #KevinElyot #KevinElyotAward #UKPlaywrights #Theatre

Official Selection @melbqueerfilmfest !! 📣 AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE 📣 !! We are so thrilled our Australian Premiere will be at the PHENOMENAL Melbourne Queer Film Festival in the ‘Be My Boyfriend Strand’! 20 November 2025 | 8:30pm THANK YOU to the @melbqueerfilmfest for programming SLEAZY TIGER, supported by @screenscots @shortcircscot @bfinetwork Writer/Director James Ley @instayamas Producers Jack Cowhig @hijackprod & Laura McBride @lothianfilms Alan - Jay Newton @jaynewton (WINNER Best Performance in a male role IRIS 2025) Barman/Host - Santino Smith @piacentini94 Blair - Jack Douglas @jackdouglasuk Also Alan - Kyle Gardiner @kylegardiner___ And Alan Cumming @alancummingreally DOP - Leon Brehony @leonbrehony Editor - Jack Goessens @jackgoessens Production Designer - Richard Evans @studio_evans Costume by - Vivienne Low @vivienneviolet Hair & Makeup by - Hazel Smith @hazeldsmith123 1st AD - Rory Power-Gibb @rorypowergibb Sound design by David McKeitch @peacheymckeitch Casting by - Anna Dawson @annadawsoncasting Full cast and crew on profile. Links to tickets for screenings in bio…

When Blair gives hopeless romantic Alan a jar of homemade kimchi on their first date, Alan swoons so hard that he ends up in Horny Hell. To find his way back to the date, Alan needs to do a lot of weird stuff, including a spicy a favor for @alancummingreally - watch it all happen in this incredibly funny and unexpectedly sweet #vimeostaffpick at link in bio.

📣We are THRILLED that SLEAZY TIGER is in the OFFICIAL SELECTION and screening IN COMPETITION at the PHENOMENAL @glasgowshort woohoo!!! We can’t wait to share the film with the BEST audience in the GREATEST city in Europe! 19 March | 6pm | @glasgowfilmtheatre THANK YOU to the @glasgowshort for programming SLEAZY TIGER, supported by @screenscots @shortcircscot @bfinetwork Writer/Director James Ley @instayamas Producers Jack Cowhig @hijackprod & Laura McBride @lothianfilms Alan - Jay Newton @jaynewton (WINNER Best Performance in a male role IRIS 2025) Barman/Host - Santino Smith @piacentini94 Blair - Jack Douglas @jackdouglasuk Also Alan - Kyle Gardiner @kylegardiner___ And Alan Cumming @alancummingreally DOP - Leon Brehony @leonbrehony Editor - Jack Goessens @jackgoessens Production Designer - Richard Evans @studio_evans Costume by - Vivienne Low @vivienneviolet Hair & Makeup by - Hazel Smith @hazeldsmith123 1st AD - Rory Power-Gibb @rorypowergibb Sound design by David McKeitch @peacheymckeitch Casting by - Anna Dawson @annadawsoncasting Full cast and crew on profile. Links to tickets for screenings in bio…

Sleazy Tiger took home the Special Jury Award at @flickerfestofficial in Bondi and we’re beyond grateful 🐯⚡️ Queer chaos forever. Full love to the team below ⬇️💥 ✍️🎬 Writer / Director James Ley @instayamas 🎥 Producers Jack Cowhig @hijackprod Laura McBride @lothianfilms 🐯 THE ALANS: Alan — Jay Newton @jaynewton 🏆 (WINNER Best Performance in a Male Role, IRIS 2025) Also Alan — Kyle Gardiner @kylegardiner___ Alan Cumming — THE ICON Alan Cumming @alancummingreally 🍸 Barman / Host Santino Smith @piacentini94 🖤 Blair Jack Douglas @jackdouglasuk 🎥 DOP Leon Brehony @leonbrehony ✂️ Editor Jack Goessens @jackgoessens 🛋️ Production Design Richard Evans @studio_evans 👗 Costume Vivienne Low @vivienneviolet 💄 Hair & Makeup Hazel Smith @hazeldsmith123 📋 1st AD Rory Power-Gibb @rorypowergibb 🎧 Sound Design David McKeitch @peacheymckeitch 🎭 Casting Anna Dawson @annadawsoncasting Huge love to our Scotland-based dream team and every collaborator who made this loud little film possible 💥 Endless thanks to @bfi_network (BFI Travel Fund), @screenscots , and the absolute legends at @flickerfestofficial for backing queer chaos 🐯🌈 WE LOVE YOU ALL. See you in the dark 💋 #SleazyTigerFilm #Flickerfest #RainbowShorts #SpecialJuryAward #QueerCinema

Becoming one with the Loch. Focussing on a haggis panini afterwards.

Big news for Australia 🇦🇺 Sleazy Tiger is heading down under and screening at Flickerfest and Mardi Gras Film Festival over the next few weeks. We thought this deserved cake. Yes, that’s a butt on it. 📅 @flickerfest — Friday, January 30, 2026, 6:30 PM 📍 Rainbow Shorts at Bondi Pavillion 📅 Mardi Gras Film Festival @queerscreen — Monday, February 23, 2026, 6:00 PM 📍 Event Cinemas George St with @departuresfilmuk Come to the screenings and catch the following team members who'll be down under representing the film 📽️Producer @jackthewanderer 🎨Production Designer @studio_evans 🎶Composer @ Danny Krass See you soon, Australia 🐯🇦🇺🍰 🎟 Tickets available via the link in our bio! #SleazyTiger #ButtOnCake #CakeAndChaos #Flickerfest2026 #MardiGrasFilmFestival #DownUnderAndDirty #RainbowShorts #CinemaWithSprinkles #AussieScreenings #BunsOfGlory #FilmAndFrosting #ButtsInBondi #BFITravelFund

Why submit to Iris? Well here's what one of our 15 Best British shortlist directors of 2025 had to say - James Ley from @sleazytigerfilm Read the full interview about James' Iris Experience on our website, and submissions for 2026 are open now! /blog/why-submit-to-iris-james-ley-on-sleazy-tiger-and-the-iris-experience/

It’s exactly 5 YEARS since we started the Early Morning Writers Pomodoros. Meeting every weekday at 7-840am and every Saturday/Sunday at 8am-940am we’ve had about 50 writers through the door who have written parts of or full novels, plays, screenplays, poetry etc during sessions that are now out in the wild. Free and no commitment. People like it for chat, bants, accountability motivation and body doubling. If you’re a writer in one of these forms and fancy coming or coming back dm me for the link to join us.

Jay Newton, actor, and James Ley, writer & director of “Sleazy Tiger” 🐯 #edinburgh #esff #filmmaking #alancumming #shortfilm #edinburghshorts #esff2025 #shortfilmmaking #filmfestivals

📣 Estonian, Spanish and Australian premieres this November 📣 We are FLIPPING EXCITED to announce that Sleazy Tiger is screening at POFF Shorts @poffshorts @tallinnblacknightsff in Estonia AND we’re thrilled to be in the Official International Short Film Section @queercinemadff in Madrid! woohoo! And cheeky reminder we’re serving our Australian premiere too! @tallinnblacknightsff screening in Alternatives, Late Night Love on 13,15 & 19 November 2025 @queercinemadff screening on 14 November at 20:30 @melbqueerfilmfest on 20 November at 20:30 THANK YOU to the @tallinnblacknightsff and @queercinemadff for programming SLEAZY TIGER, supported by @screenscots @shortcircscot @bfinetwork Writer/Director James Ley @instayamas Producers Jack Cowhig @hijackprod & Laura McBride @lothianfilms Alan - Jay Newton @jaynewton (WINNER Best Performance in a male role IRIS 2025) Barman/Host - Santino Smith @piacentini94 Blair - Jack Douglas @jackdouglasuk Also Alan - Kyle Gardiner @kylegardiner___ And Alan Cumming @alancummingreally DOP - Leon Brehony @leonbrehony Editor - Jack Goessens @jackgoessens Production Designer - Richard Evans @studio_evans Costume by - Vivienne Low @vivienneviolet Hair & Makeup by - Hazel Smith @hazeldsmith123 1st AD - Rory Power-Gibb @rorypowergibb Sound design by David McKeitch @peacheymckeitch Casting by - Anna Dawson @annadawsoncasting Full cast and crew on profile. Links to tickets for screenings in bio…