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Departures

They say the best way to move forward is to go back...

6.6(8)20261h 22m1

It’s instant chemistry when Benji encounters Jake at an airport departures gate. Their on-going relationship unfolds through intimate trips to Amsterdam, revealing a complex power dynamic.

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English
  • male homosexuality
  • lgbt
  • toxic relationship
  • festival chéries chéris

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United KingdomGB

    • Premiere18Manchester Film Festival 15 Mar 2025
    • Theatrical17 Apr 2026
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereMelbourne Queer Film Festival14 Nov 2025
    • PremiereMardi Gras Film Festival23 Feb 2026
    • PremiereNew Farm Queer Film Festival2 Aug 2026
  • FranceFR

    • Premiere16Festival Chéries-Chéris16 Nov 2025
    • Theatrical29 Apr 2026
  • UkraineUA

    • PremiereSunny Bunny International LGBTQ+ Film Festival19 Apr 2026

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Departures was released on 17 April 2026.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CinemaSerf

    4/24/2026

    6/10

    Told by way of an one-sided and fairly heart-rending retrospective, this tells us the story about two gents "Benji" (Lloyd Eyre-Morgan) and "Jake" (David Tag) who have their flight cancelled and so start chatting at the airport. The former is a gay lad without two pennies to rub together and who lives with his mum. The latter is a successful, straight, personal trainer to the footballing community of England's North …

  • B

    Brent Marchant

    8/4/2026

    7/10

    The hopes most of us have for romantic comedy-dramas is that everything will ultimately work out in the end. But, in real life, relationships don’t always turn out that way. So when filmmakers try to fuse those two divergent scenarios, the results can be dismaying if not handled properly. However, when approached with a skillful touch, such stories can be surprisingly entertaining, even enlightening. So it is with th…

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