Project Detail

Kingdom of Us

Name: Kingdom of Us
Director: Lucy Cohen
Genre: Woman Director
Released: 2017
Duration: 109 mins

Synopsis

Walking the liminal space between perception and memory the film charts the emotional recovery of a family as they come to terms with their father's suicide that left them in financial ruin seven years ago. As they piece together fragments of a broken past, questions of memory, identity and love must be faced before the family can embrace the future.
Combining family home video archive with intimate footage captured in the West Midlands over two years, director Lucy Cohen examines how tragedy struggles towards hope.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Documentary Competition - World premiere
BAFTA Nomination 2018 - Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Details

Year: 2017
Type of project: Features
Running time: 109 mins
Director: Lucy Cohen 1st Feature
Producer: Julia Nottingham
Executive Producer: Mary Burke, Marisa Clifford, Ben Cotner, Celine Haddard, Fergus Haycock, Lisa Nishimura, Sam Sniderman, Jason Spingarn-Koff, Steve Warr
Editor: Michael Aaglund, Stephen Haren, Maya Maffioli
Screenwriter: Lucy Cohen
Director of Photography: Charlie Goodger

Genre

Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Pulse Films

17 Hanbury Street
London
E1 6QR

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Sales Company

Dogwoof Global

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19-23 Ironmonger Row
London
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