Amazing Men

A series of three short films from Manchester-based performance makers, Eggs Collective. 

Amazing Men is a documentary series featuring Richard, Milky and Djan: three bastions of masculinity, lost in time. Born and raised in the murky and misleading worlds of advertising, pop videos and Hollywood films, here they explain their approaches to life and women as they steer a course through this era of seismic shifts in gender politics. 

Amazing Men is created, written and performed by Eggs Collective and commissioned by The Space. It is based on source material from Eggs Collective’s stage show Late Night Love, commissioned by HOME.

The films will screen as shorts ahead of new releases in the cinema as follows:

Richard
Released online Thu 19 Sep
Screening with Honeyland on Fri 20 Sep – Thu 26 Sep

Milky
Released online Thu 26 Sep
Screening with The Farewell on Fri 27 Sep – Thu 3 Oct

Djan
Released online Thu 3 Oct
Screening with film to be announced on Fri 4 Oct – Thu 10 Oct

  • Films released online on Thursdays throughout Orbit Festival via Twitter & Facebook
  • Screened in cinemas as shorts on selected films

In this season

Amazing Men: Milky

Milky is a self-appointed guardian of the art of romance. He likes planning big surprises for women he has never met.

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Amazing Men: Djan

Djan (the 'j' is silent) is a man of few words and fewer thoughts. Part three of Amazing Men, a series of three documentary shorts…

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