About Sarah

Director: Elisa Miller

Year: 2014

A lyrical account of artist Sarah Lucas' life over the course of a year. During this time, film-maker Elisa Miller enjoyed unparalleled access to the artist. Spanning the period from Lucas' trip to Mexico in spring 2012 to the Venice Biennial 2013, the film also traces her daily movements at home in Suffolk and London, and her encounters with many of the figures who have become central to her life and work. The film charts a prolific and pivotal chapter in Lucas' career.

Director: Theo Rollason

Year: 2026

Spring 1991: queer life is under renewed attack in Britain, and filmmaker Derek Jarman is adapting Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II into a radical protest film. Drawing on extraordinary never-before-seen footage shot by Seamus McGarvey on Jarman’s set, QUEER EDWARD 11 is about the refusal to separate art from life, politics from pleasure. Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2026 Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2026

Director: Wallace Minchong Li

Year: 2026

European archival footage from the 1950s documents the life of indigenous, nomadic Sahrawi children and youth in Western Sahara / Morocco. Seventy years later, local young people from Laayoune (El Aaiún) revisit locations that may have appeared in the footage. From ocean to desert to oasis, under trembling starlight, they share their thoughts on life, dreams, and utopia as they search for an uncertain upstream. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2026