New LGBT film Chatlines brings queer time travel love story to UK cinemas
New British LGBT film Chatlines stars Nico Mirallegro and Lloyd Eyre-Morgan in a queer time travel story heading to UK cinemas in 2027.
A new British LGBT film is putting an unusual twist on the love story, connecting two men separated not by distance, but by more than two decades.
Chatlines comes from Manchester filmmakers Lloyd Eyre-Morgan and Neil Ely and stars Nico Mirallegro alongside Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, with Siobhan Finneran, Laura Aikman and Faye McKeever also among the cast.
The story begins in 2027, when terminally ill Jordan logs into a webcam chatroom and meets Danny. There is an immediate problem with their connection, however, because Danny insists that he is living in 2005.
What initially appears impossible develops into something much more personal as the pair begin talking about their lives, fears and the limited time they believe they have left. The film combines LGBT romance with science fiction, while also exploring loneliness, grief and the unexpected connections people can make online.
Nico Mirallegro plays Danny, while Lloyd Eyre-Morgan takes the role of Jordan. Mirallegro will already be familiar to many British TV viewers from roles across shows including Hollyoaks, My Mad Fat Diary and Our Girl.
Chatlines has also kept its roots firmly in the North West. The film was made in Manchester and is the latest project from Eyre-Morgan and Ely following Departures, which reached UK cinemas earlier in 2026.
The film has now received another major showcase after being chosen as the closing narrative film at the 2026 SCENE Manchester LGBTQ+ Film and TV Festival. It screened at HOME Manchester on 27 August, followed by an event with the filmmaking team.
SCENE described the film as blending mystery, heartbreak and queer love, while its festival programme highlighted the ambitious combination of chatroom culture, science fiction, time travel, romance and comedy running through the story.
For a British LGBT film made outside the traditional major studio system, its journey is particularly interesting. Chatlines is moving from Manchester filmmaking into festival screenings and ultimately towards a wider cinema audience, showing how independent LGBTQ+ stories can continue finding space on the big screen.
There is also something immediately intriguing about its central idea. Online relationships are normally built around people being physically separated, but Chatlines pushes that concept much further by asking what happens when two people form a connection while apparently existing in completely different periods of time.
UK audiences will get the opportunity to discover exactly where that relationship leads when Chatlines heads to cinemas in 2027, with full release details still to be announced.
Chatlines is expected to arrive in UK cinemas in 2027, with further release details still to come.
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