SLEAZY TIGER

A new queer Scottish short film funded by Screen Scotland, Short Circuit and the BFI NETWORK with a cast including iconic Scottish actor Alan Cumming, Written and Directed by James Ley produced by HiJack Productions & Lothian Films.

Hopeless but horny romantic Alan is determined to do things differently on his date with vegan hottie Blair who he thinks might be his future husband. But when Blair gives Alan a jar of homemade kimchi, Alan gets aroused and finds himself in Horny Hell, struggling to find the line between metaphor and reality and even reckoning with his inner Alan Cumming on his quest to get back to his date.

Premiered at Palm Springs Shortsfest in June 2025 and now on it’s festival run with the next screening at EIFF in August 2025

Instagram / Updates on @SleazyTigerFilm

✍️🎬 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___
Also Also Alan — 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