Paint Drying


Paint Drying is a 2016 British feature film directed and produced by Charlie Lyne. The film is about paint on a wall drying, lasting for 10 hours and 7 minutes. The film was created by Charlie Lyne in order to force the British Board of Film Classification to have to watch all 10 hours to give the film an age rating classification, as a protest against censorship and the prohibitive cost to independent filmmakers which the BBFC classification requirement imposes.

Overview

The BBFC charged a flat £101.50 fee per film, plus a £7.09 per minute fee, to classify a film. Hence the more money committed to the project, the longer the submitted film could be. Charlie Lyne started a Kickstarter page in order to raise money to make the film as long as possible. He had filmed 14 hours of paint drying on a wall in advance, in case he raised enough money to show all the footage. Lyne raised more than £5,936 from 686 backers. The film was released on 26 January 2016 with the runtime of 10 hours and 7 minutes. The BBFC gave the film a U rating.