When famous author Elena Wdig commits suicide, her twin daughters, librarians Nan and Ana, are lost without her. Elena’s final words suggest that her biographer, Eben, murdered her.
During one night shift, the twins set off on a quest to avenge their mother’s death at the National Library of Wales, but are disrupted by night porter Dan, who is unwillingly caught up in the saga.
Directed by award-winning director Euros Lyn, and based on Fflur Dafydd’s bestselling novel, this offbeat thriller explores the secrets and lies at the heart of storytelling, and asks who has the right to tell the story...
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 - World premiere
Djata is a carefree 12-year-old growing up in the dystopian Homeland. When he finds out that his father Peter has been imprisoned by the authorities and he and his mother are labeled traitors, Djata vows he will not rest until he sees his father again.
Based on György Dragomán's multiple award winning novel that has been published in 28 languages.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 - World premiere
"In every generation, a torch passes from father to son. And that timeless dynamic is the beating heart of 'Tommy's Honour'.
The intimate, powerfully moving tale of Tom Morris and his son Tommy, the real-life nineteenth century founders of the modern game of golf. Set in St. Andrews, Scotland, during the hidebound Victorian era, the story opens in 1866 as 15-year-old Tommy Morris (Jack Lowden) heads to the links with his father Tom Morris (Peter Mullan).
In this era golf was markedly different from today’s game, unruly crowds drinking and fighting, on course betting and an undercurrent of class tension- personified in this story by the aristocratic Boothby (Sam Neill).
Already a legend, Tom Morris has secured his place in the history of the ancient game. Tommy, blessed with talent and fuelled by ambition, chafes at his father’s commands as he hurtles toward adulthood. He will soon outshine him.
Father and son clash over the unwritten rules of social class, culminating in Tommy’s marriage to a woman of lower standing with a shameful secret in her past. Tommy’s beloved wife Meg (Ophelia Lovibond) becomes the most important thing in his life. Leading to a tragic climax where Tom makes a fatal misjudgement stripping Tommy of everything he holds dear.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 - World premiere
When fifteen-year-old Shay hears the music of The Clash for the first time, it’s a revelation, opening up a new world of social consciousness and anti-establishment defiance beyond anything he’s known in his dead-end London suburb. Drawn into the heart of the city’s burgeoning punk scene, he forges two relationships that will change his life, falling in love with rebellious cool girl Vivian and finding an unexpected connection with none other than The Clash’s electrifying frontman, Joe Strummer.
Propelled by a blistering soundtrack that bounces from The Clash to The Ramones to Buzzcocks, this film captures the sound and spirit of a scene that shook the world.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Sonic Strand
Inspired by the streets of contemporary London. The wife of an ex-Rugby superstar, a small time drug dealer, a rich playboy and a cab driver all all live within a hundred London streets. Their lives cross, intersect and entwine.
Sensitive wallflower Cara exists in her humdrum life until the appearance of charismatic Jay unlocks powerful desires within her. When Jay's beautiful French lover arrives, Cara's journey to self-discovery takes a dark and unexpected turn, with tragic consequences.
A witty take on the contingencies of the conditions in which to best read Marx.
Filmed over 6 days, the time-lapse technique compresses a classic text (Karl Marx's 'Das Kapital') into a 9 minute experience, raising questions as to how film might transcend verbal language. The picture is offset by David Cunningham’s score which is composed solely from the two words of the book’s title.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Experimenta Strand
A gang of daring young go-getters from the wrong side of the tracks, battle against oppression, greed and adversity whilst aspiring to pursue their dreams.
An American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, though he winds up on the run from his employers across Munich's high-speed Autobahn.
An intense, dramatic and sometimes humorous journey into madness, based on the tragic true story of a quinessentially English amateur sailor who takes part in a non-stop round the world race in 1968.
Romeo, a disgruntled, shamed scientist in hiding, has set out to find a cure for a deadly virus that ravages his world and taken his wife, turning her into a crazed creature. He sets out determined to prove the world of his value and to save his one true love.
While outside the town celebrates, inside a normally busy shopping centre closes down for the night. But the arrival of a strange old woman, leaving markings on the floor, and a young girl bearing a striking resemblance to a missing girl, are about to mark the start of a night of horror for all who remain inside.
