The annual BFI London Film Festival, now entering its third edition, will present nine new feature films and documentaries by UK-based filmmakers.
The show, which is part of a focus on the festival’s British Talent Days, will be an in-person event on October 8 to showcase excerpts from each project their product presents to an invited audience of international buyers and festival programmers. Projects are either in production or in post production. Clips will also be available online via a secure platform to a broader group of invited international industry professionals.
The annual Buyers & Sellers event returns as an in-person event where international sales agents can meet with UK buyers, NETWORK @ LFF will host classes and keynote events for 12 UK-based writers, directors and producers to interact with international filmmakers and industry executives at the festival.
“Connecting independent filmmakers and transferring UK image designs to commissioners, distributors and funders is vital for co-investment and distribution, as well as creative development and future collaborations,” said Tricia Tuttle, Festival Director.
Business in progress exhibition
“embers”
Director: Christian Cook; Writers: Christian Cook, Dave Flores; Producers: April Kelly, Sarah Huxley, Arthur Landon, Marnie Paxton-Harris; Cast: Ruth Bradley, Christian Cook, David Willmott, Claire Perkins, Samuel Anderson.
A sex surrogate, Amy, works to help a highly guarded psychopath overcome his intimacy issues for parole. Imprisoned for 18 years, Dan has to confront his dark past if he is to have any chance of freedom.
“girl”
Director and Writer: Adura Onashile; Producers: Rosie Crerer, Ciara Barry; Cast: Deborah Lokomoina, Danny Sabani, Lesanti Ponso, Lana Turner.
A love story between 24-year-old Grace and her 11-year-old daughter Ama, a child double that centers on Grace’s inability to leave the past behind or allow herself to become the woman who can be against the burgeoning puberty and mother’s curiosity of the world. Forced to confront the truth about her past, Grace must come to terms with her trauma and the effects it had on Amma.
“hoarding”
Director and writer Luna Carmon. Producers: Lauren Dunn, Helen Simmons, Andy Stark. Cast: Hayley Squires, Joseph Quinn, Sora Lightfoot Lyon.
The story of a mother and daughter follows them into their loving routine. After a man named Michael comes to stay, pent-up twinkling memories begin to emerge as grief never heals.
“shine on”
Director and Writer: Conor O’Hara; producers Jimmy Gamaci, Mark Foligno; Cast: George Sumner, Conrad Khan, Wilson Mpomio, Mia McKenna Bruce, Tara Fitzgerald.
The film follows a group of young men who return to their hometown in order to turn their friend Syed’s last summer into a celebration of life, love and friendship. Sid gives each person a category – love, home, friends, family, location – and asks them to find an item that connects them all to the word they have been given.
“Robin” (documentary)
Directed Producer: Urban Wallace; Co-producer: Charlie Whitehead; Executive Producers: Kat Mansoor, Orlando Von Eisendel.
A young woman, Charlie, decided to reimagine/highlight the film her sister Robin was shooting before she died in 2010 of an overdose at the age of 27. Robin was a portrait of musician Peter Doherty at the height of his fame, offered by her writer and father, director Peter Whitehead, who made a film with the Rolling Stones. Ten years after Robin’s death, Charlie discovers Robin’s impulsiveness.
“Sandcastles” (documentary)
Director: Inma de Reyes; Producers: Aimara Reques, Beth Earl, Ronny Merdinger; Cast: Porja Miranda, Eric Miranda, Mathias Miranda, Raquel Miranda.
Filmed over a period of five years, the film follows Borja, a young boy in the provincial Spanish town of Castellón. His grandfather, Patriarch Matthias, pins his unfulfilled dreams of becoming a professional bullfighter on his grandson, hoping to lift the family out of poverty. But the reality of bullfighting today is not what Grandfather remembers. However, the family believes that Borja will be the one to make it against all odds.
Scala Club Cinema (documentary)
Directors: Jane Giles and Ali Kateral; Producers: Andy Stark, Alan Mark, Jim Reed; Cast: John Waters, Adam Buxton, Stuart Lee, James O’Brien, Isaac Julian, Caroline Katz, Mary Aaron, Pippan Kidron, Princess Julia.
The riotous inner story of outrageous sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll cinema that inspired a generation during Britain’s turbulent Thatcher years. It features fresh interviews with diverse members of the audience who have become filmmakers, musicians, writers, actors, activists, and artists, along with previously unseen archive material, iconic movie trailers, animations and graphics.
“The Secret Army – The Movie You Were Never Meant To Watch” (documentary)
Director: John O’Kan; Producers: John O’Kan, Dara McIntyre.
Commissioned by BBC Storyville and BBC Northern Ireland, the feature-length documentary follows Northern Irish journalist Darragh MacIntyre as he unfolds the story of a 1972 American documentary called “The Secret Army” made with and around the IRA during the bloodiest year in all of Northern Ireland. conflict.
“silent roar”
Director and Writer: Johnny Barrington; Producer: Christopher Young; Cast: Lewis McCartney, Ella Lilly Hyland, Mark Lockyer.
Dondu is a young surfer. His father, hunter Willie, disappeared a year ago. Dondo finds a friend in the local minister, Buddy. Sass is a young firefighter, navigating through exams but looking for more meaning in life. Wondering about Dondo’s new religion, she is puzzled why he goes to church without parental pressure. Sass herself has devout parents who daily remind her to run away. They build a strong bond through emotional discord, and it is cemented in a trip to the sea – for Dondo to find Willy, and Sass to escape.
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