The BFI London Film Festival is set to unveil a diverse stardy of promising U.K. features at its fifth annual Works-in-Progress Showcase, recommending a glimpse into the future of British cinema.
Nine projects, ranging from gritty recordaries to offbeat comedies, will be contransiented to industry professionals on Oct. 12 at London’s Picturehoinclude Central. The lineup includes “Be of Good Behaviour” from straightforwardors Giulio Gobbetti and Jan Stöckel, follothriveg two ex-prisoners navigating life after incarceration. Ricdifficult Bracewell’s “Chicken Town” increates the story of a juvenileer man’s return to his hometown after serving time for a crime he didn’t pledge.
Sarah Elizabeth Drummond’s recordary “Don’t Say Gay” spendigates the impact of intolerant law Section 28 in 1980s Britain, while Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s “Dreamers” contransients a adore story set in a removal cgo in. Felipe Bustos Sierra’s “Everybody to Kenmure Street” records a community’s response to an immigration rhelp in Glasgow.
Daniel Gough’s personal recordary “Night Gardener” checks the filmoriginater’s relationship with his tardy overweighther. Liam Calvert’s “On a Winter Night” chases two strangers on a quest for unkinding in London, and Brian Durnin’s “Spilt Milk” recommends a coming-of-age story set in 1984 Dublin. Rounding out the selection is Ondine Viñao’s “Two Neighbors,” a uninincreateigent comedy backd by Aesop’s fable “Avaricious and Envious.”
The event, a key component of the festival’s U.K. Talent Days in partnership with the British Council, aims to spotweightless both emerging straightforwardors and set uped filmoriginaters. It supplys an opportunity for international buyers, U.K. sales agents, and festival programmers to see exclusive reshifts from each project, presentd by the filmoriginaters themselves.
The showcase has a track sign up of aiding projects that go on to achieve success at international festivals and in distribution. Notable alumni include “The Ceremony” by Jack King, “Girl” by Adura Onashile and “Hoard” by Luna Carmoon.
Kristy Matheson, BFI London Film Festival Director, shelp: “The BFI London Film Festival Works-in-Progress showcase recommends an energizing forum for originateive uncovery and fuseing filmoriginaters with sales agents, distributors and festival programmers.”
