Giant Films
A yellow sports car parked at night, hands reaching out from every window and from beneath it

After a violent act shatters the lives of two brothers, Olly attempts to articulate a fractured and repressed truth, whilst his older brother Liam spirals between guilt and revenge. Every Time I See A Yellow Car is a haunting meditation on sexual assault, silence, and the cyclical nature of memory.

2026 · 14 min · Short · LGBTQ+ Thriller · UK · PG13/12

Writer / Director
Matt Chandler
Produced by
Poppy O’Hagan
Starring
Ty Tennant · Sam Buchanan · Cyril Nri · Sean Murray
Executive producers
Nick Sadler, Kirsty Bell, Andrew Wood, David Siesko, Louie Cash Evans-Kelly, Lucas Wood-Oliván
Director of photography
Ola Shoyinka
Editor
André Rodrigues
Production designer
Georgia Fisher
Composer
Nico Wood-Oliván
Casting
Matt Sheppard
Olly sits opposite his therapist in a dim, amber-lit office

Synopsis

01 / Synopsis

Told in intertwining memories spanning 15 years, Olly speaks to a therapist to try and make sense of how his recent sexually violent assault has affected his relationship to his polar opposite but caring brother Liam.

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When communication between the two of them creates a divide in their already fractured relationship, they take drastic action to not only make things right, but to break the cycles of guilt, shame and trauma within their family.

Told through the pretense of the popular British ‘punch for points’ game of Yellow Car, Liam's guilt, shame and repressed understanding of his brother pushes him down a path of revenge, with the sight of every yellow car serving as a violent reminder of what justice looks like to him.

Flashbacks of their childhood years of playing the game that always ended in Liam asserting his dominance through violence suggests a generational cycle that has been perpetuated even since they were young.

As the story is pieced together, through the understanding of a repressed father, a deceased mother and an uncommunicative pair of siblings, the story builds to a violent crescendo in which Liam strikes the assailant over the head with a hammer. Olly is then revealed to not be in a therapist's office, but instead in a family holding cell, confessing to a police detective.

02 / Gallery

Two boys sitting in the back of a camper van
Still 01 · Van
Olly, wearing headphones, stares ahead on a dark street
Still 02 · Olly

03 / Awards

04 / Press

“I may never see a Yellow Car the same (ever again)”
Laron Chapman, Head of Pride Programming, deadCenter Film Festival
“An important, timely film that delves deep into themes of trauma and resilience with authenticity and care.”
Emily Power, Heritage