Project Detail

The Kitchen

Synopsis

London, 2040 - rising house prices, computerized labour and eradication of the Welfare State has turned the city into a billionaire's playground, pushing the lower classes to provincial empty slum-like high rises like The Kitchen. Ex-Smash-and-Grabber Izi is desperate to go straight but when his young son contracts a devastating illness, he is forced to take part in a heist that will change the lives of everyone in The Kitchen forever.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Closing Night Gala - World premiere

Details

Year: 2023
Type of project: Features
Running time: 98 min
Director: Kibwe Tavares, Daniel Kaluuya
Producer: Daniel Emmerson, Daniel Kaluuya, Conor McCaughan
Co-Producer: Theo Barrowclough, Angus Lamont
Executive Producer: Michael Fassbender, David Kimbangi, Ollie Madden
Editor: Maya Maffioli, Christian Sandino-Taylor
Screenwriter: Daniel Kaluuya, Joe Murtagh
Production Designer: Nathan Parker
Principal cast: Kane Robinson, Jedaiah Bannerman, Hope Ikpoku Jr, Teija Kabs, Demmy Ladipo

Genre

Black Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, US co-production

59% (US), DMC Film (UK), Factory Fifteen (UK), Film4 (UK)

DMC Film

120 London Road
London
SE1 6LF

Factory Fifteen

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