Andrew Haigh’s drama All of Us Strangers has landed nine London Critics’ Circle Awards nominations, ahead of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which has scored seven.
Celine Song’s Past Lives, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest garnered six noms apiece, while Greta Gerwig’s Barbie notched five. Scroll down for full list of nominations.
All of the films are in the running for the critics’ Film of the Year accolade, alongside the French courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, Todd Haynes’ May December and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.
In the acting categories, Andrew Scott, Paul Giamatti and Cillian Murphy and lead actresses Lily Gladstone, Sandra Hüller, Greta Lee and Emma Stone all feature.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on February 4 with actor-writer-comic Anna Leong Brophy reprising her role as host.
Celine Song’s Past Lives, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest garnered six noms apiece, while Greta Gerwig’s Barbie notched five. Scroll down for full list of nominations.
All of the films are in the running for the critics’ Film of the Year accolade, alongside the French courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, Todd Haynes’ May December and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.
In the acting categories, Andrew Scott, Paul Giamatti and Cillian Murphy and lead actresses Lily Gladstone, Sandra Hüller, Greta Lee and Emma Stone all feature.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on February 4 with actor-writer-comic Anna Leong Brophy reprising her role as host.
- 12/20/2023
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
The winners of the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) were announced at the annual ceremony at Old Billingsgate with BIFA patron Ray Winstone kicking off the celebration of independent film.
The award for Best British Independent Film, presented by Fiona Shaw, went to Andrew Haigh’s ‘All of Us Strangers’, a beautifully unsettling tale of a writer revisiting his past, starring Andrew Scott. Haigh, who was previously BIFA nominated for 2015’s 45 Years and 2018’s Lean on Pete, also came away with the coveted awards for Best Director sponsored by Sky Cinema and Best Screenplay sponsored by Apple Original Films.
There were two winners announced for Best Supporting Performance from a field of ten nominees and Paul Mescal took one of those trophies for his role in the film. All of Us Strangers won four awards on the night.
Best Lead Performance went to Mia McKenna-Bruce in Molly Manning Walker...
The award for Best British Independent Film, presented by Fiona Shaw, went to Andrew Haigh’s ‘All of Us Strangers’, a beautifully unsettling tale of a writer revisiting his past, starring Andrew Scott. Haigh, who was previously BIFA nominated for 2015’s 45 Years and 2018’s Lean on Pete, also came away with the coveted awards for Best Director sponsored by Sky Cinema and Best Screenplay sponsored by Apple Original Films.
There were two winners announced for Best Supporting Performance from a field of ten nominees and Paul Mescal took one of those trophies for his role in the film. All of Us Strangers won four awards on the night.
Best Lead Performance went to Mia McKenna-Bruce in Molly Manning Walker...
- 12/4/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Andrew Haigh’s touching new drama All Of Us Strangers was the big winner at the 2023 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA).
As the calendar year draws to a close, we’re also inching close toward the season that will see multiple prestigious awards bodies, in theory, hand the best films of the year a golden statuette. The season kicked off with the British Independent Film Awards, also known as BIFA 2023, which were held in London on the 3rd of December.
Lolly Adefope and Kiell Smith-Bynoe hosted the event which celebrated British cinema, especially the slightly lesser-seen films with budgets far smaller than that of Oppenheimer. There were some terrific films nominated this year, and the roster of winners was as surprising as it was satisfying.
Andrew Haigh’s All Of Us Strangers was the biggest winner of the night, taking home a total of four awards plus three previously announced ones.
As the calendar year draws to a close, we’re also inching close toward the season that will see multiple prestigious awards bodies, in theory, hand the best films of the year a golden statuette. The season kicked off with the British Independent Film Awards, also known as BIFA 2023, which were held in London on the 3rd of December.
Lolly Adefope and Kiell Smith-Bynoe hosted the event which celebrated British cinema, especially the slightly lesser-seen films with budgets far smaller than that of Oppenheimer. There were some terrific films nominated this year, and the roster of winners was as surprising as it was satisfying.
Andrew Haigh’s All Of Us Strangers was the biggest winner of the night, taking home a total of four awards plus three previously announced ones.
- 12/4/2023
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Andrew Haigh‘s Oscar hopeful had a wonderful night at the British Independent Film Awards on Sunday as it took home seven gongs including Best Picture, the most of any film. Haigh won two awards — Best Director and Best Screenplay. Paul Mescal won Best Supporting Performance alongside “How to Have Sex” actor Shaun Thomas while it also won Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Music Supervision.
“Rye Lane” won a trio of prizes: Raine Allen Miller was Best Debut Director while Vivian Oparah was awarded Best Breakthrough Performance. It also won Best Original Music.
Mia McKenna-Bruce won Best Lead Performance for “How to Have Sex” in a stacked gender-neutral category that also included Jodie Comer (“The End We Start From”), Tia Nomore (“Earth Mama”), Nabhaan Rizwan (“In Camera”), Andrew Scott (“All of Us Strangers”), and Tilda Swinton (“The Eternal Daughter”). And Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay shared in Best Joint Lead Performance for “Femme.
“Rye Lane” won a trio of prizes: Raine Allen Miller was Best Debut Director while Vivian Oparah was awarded Best Breakthrough Performance. It also won Best Original Music.
Mia McKenna-Bruce won Best Lead Performance for “How to Have Sex” in a stacked gender-neutral category that also included Jodie Comer (“The End We Start From”), Tia Nomore (“Earth Mama”), Nabhaan Rizwan (“In Camera”), Andrew Scott (“All of Us Strangers”), and Tilda Swinton (“The Eternal Daughter”). And Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay shared in Best Joint Lead Performance for “Femme.
- 12/4/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Once more we celebrate another remarkable year for British talent, as the 2023 British Independent Film Awards rolled out their red carpet this evening. We were there once again on the carpet to talk with the nominees and presenters, all to champion a fierce and fulsome chorus of new cinematic voices.
A full list of winners follows the interviews. Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
The 2023 BIFAs Red Carpet Interviews
The full list of winners is below.
Best British Independent Film All Of Us Strangers – Andrew Haigh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey Femme – Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Myles Payne, Sam Ritzenberg How To Have Sex – Molly Manning Walker, Ivana MacKinnon, Emily Leo, Konstantinos Kontovrakis Rye Lane – Raine Allen-Miller, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Damian Jones Scrapper – Charlotte Regan, Theo Barrowclough Best Joint Lead Performance David Jonsson, Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane Nathan Stewart-Jarrett,...
A full list of winners follows the interviews. Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
The 2023 BIFAs Red Carpet Interviews
The full list of winners is below.
Best British Independent Film All Of Us Strangers – Andrew Haigh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey Femme – Sam H Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Myles Payne, Sam Ritzenberg How To Have Sex – Molly Manning Walker, Ivana MacKinnon, Emily Leo, Konstantinos Kontovrakis Rye Lane – Raine Allen-Miller, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Damian Jones Scrapper – Charlotte Regan, Theo Barrowclough Best Joint Lead Performance David Jonsson, Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane Nathan Stewart-Jarrett,...
- 12/3/2023
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The ceremony commences at 20:00 GMT, with ’Rye Lane’, ‘Scrapper’, ‘All Of Us Strangers’ and ‘How To Have Sex’ among the hot contenders.
The British Independent Film Awards (Bifas) will be unveiling the 2023 winners today (December 3) from a ceremony at London’s Old Billingsgate, kicking off at 20:00 GMT.
Screen will be updating this page live from the ceremony as the winners are announced, so refresh this page for the latest winners.
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Raine Allen-Miller’s south London-set romantic comedy Rye Lane leads the nominations, followed closely by Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper and Andrew Haigh...
The British Independent Film Awards (Bifas) will be unveiling the 2023 winners today (December 3) from a ceremony at London’s Old Billingsgate, kicking off at 20:00 GMT.
Screen will be updating this page live from the ceremony as the winners are announced, so refresh this page for the latest winners.
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Raine Allen-Miller’s south London-set romantic comedy Rye Lane leads the nominations, followed closely by Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper and Andrew Haigh...
- 12/3/2023
- by Mona Tabbara¬Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Writer-director Adura Onashile draws out brilliant performances in story of a frightened parent restricting her child’s adventures into independence
This crushingly intimate drama occupies a space barely larger than a bedroom in the rundown council house where much of the story unfolds. Even on its few ventures outside, the location filming is delivered in tight closeups, the environment beyond the figures little more than colourful smeary blurs of light. You would hardly know it was shot in Glasgow.
The people at the centre of the story are young mother Grace and her pubescent daughter Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu), immigrants from a non-specified country, now living in the aforementioned council flat. We learn that Grace gave birth to Ama at 14 and seems petrified about her daughter leaving the safety of their flat; it’s implied but never stated outright that Ama may have been conceived via rape or incest. At any rate,...
This crushingly intimate drama occupies a space barely larger than a bedroom in the rundown council house where much of the story unfolds. Even on its few ventures outside, the location filming is delivered in tight closeups, the environment beyond the figures little more than colourful smeary blurs of light. You would hardly know it was shot in Glasgow.
The people at the centre of the story are young mother Grace and her pubescent daughter Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu), immigrants from a non-specified country, now living in the aforementioned council flat. We learn that Grace gave birth to Ama at 14 and seems petrified about her daughter leaving the safety of their flat; it’s implied but never stated outright that Ama may have been conceived via rape or incest. At any rate,...
- 11/22/2023
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
The British Independent Film Award nominations have been unveiled, with “Rye Lane” leading the honors.
The BIFA ceremony will take place Sunday, December 3. “Rye Lane” tops the nominations with 16 nods, followed by 14 nominations for both “All of Us Strangers” and “Scrapper.” “How to Have Sex” follows with 13 nominations, plus 11 nods for “Femme.”
In total, 26 British feature films were recognized. Hosts Susan Wokoma and Morfydd Clark announced the 2023 nominations from One Hundred Shoreditch, London on November 2. Previous BIFA nominees like Tilda Swinton, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, and Amir El-Masry are recognized this year, with Andrew Scott being the sole male nominee for Best Lead Performance.
Raine Allen-Miller’s romantic comedy “Rye Lane” is dually nominated for Best Director and the Best Debut Director (The Douglas Hickox Award), as well as Best Screenplay, Best Debut Screenwriter, and leads Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson for Best Joint Lead Performance. Oparah is additionally recognized in the Breakthrough Performance category.
The BIFA ceremony will take place Sunday, December 3. “Rye Lane” tops the nominations with 16 nods, followed by 14 nominations for both “All of Us Strangers” and “Scrapper.” “How to Have Sex” follows with 13 nominations, plus 11 nods for “Femme.”
In total, 26 British feature films were recognized. Hosts Susan Wokoma and Morfydd Clark announced the 2023 nominations from One Hundred Shoreditch, London on November 2. Previous BIFA nominees like Tilda Swinton, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, and Amir El-Masry are recognized this year, with Andrew Scott being the sole male nominee for Best Lead Performance.
Raine Allen-Miller’s romantic comedy “Rye Lane” is dually nominated for Best Director and the Best Debut Director (The Douglas Hickox Award), as well as Best Screenplay, Best Debut Screenwriter, and leads Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson for Best Joint Lead Performance. Oparah is additionally recognized in the Breakthrough Performance category.
- 11/2/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Even by its own ridiculously high standards, 2023 has been one hell of a year for British independent cinema. Whilst Hollywood has been all but shut down by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, over on this side of the pond, it feels like the candle for British indie cinema – and our collective love for those who make it possible – has never burned brighter. As such, it comes as no surprise to see today’s announcement of the nominations for the British Independent Film Awards 2023 filled with wall-to-wall bangers that represent the very best that British filmmaking has to offer.
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- 11/2/2023
- by Jordan King
- Empire - Movies
Raine Allen-Miller’s debut feature Rye Lane leads this year’s British Independent Film Award nominations with 16 nods, including Best Director and Best British Independent Film.
Allen-Miller’s Peckham-set feature also has nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Debut Screenwriter for writing duo Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia, as well as a nod for Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo for Breakthrough Producer. The film’s leads Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson scored a Best Joint Lead Performance nomination. Oparah is also nominated in Breakthrough Performance.
Rye Lane is trailed by Scrapper and All Of Us Strangers, which both clocked 14 nominations. Scrapper received four nominations for debut feature filmmaker Charlotte Regan, including Best Director and Best Screenplay. All Of Us Strangers clocked Best Director. In the performance categories, Andrew Scott picked up a Best Lead Performance nomination, and Jamie Bell, Claire Foy, and Paul Mescal grabbed a Best Supporting Performance nod each. Seven...
Allen-Miller’s Peckham-set feature also has nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Debut Screenwriter for writing duo Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia, as well as a nod for Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo for Breakthrough Producer. The film’s leads Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson scored a Best Joint Lead Performance nomination. Oparah is also nominated in Breakthrough Performance.
Rye Lane is trailed by Scrapper and All Of Us Strangers, which both clocked 14 nominations. Scrapper received four nominations for debut feature filmmaker Charlotte Regan, including Best Director and Best Screenplay. All Of Us Strangers clocked Best Director. In the performance categories, Andrew Scott picked up a Best Lead Performance nomination, and Jamie Bell, Claire Foy, and Paul Mescal grabbed a Best Supporting Performance nod each. Seven...
- 11/2/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Movistar Plus+ Shooting Comedy ‘Muertos S.L.’
Cameras are rolling on Muertos S.L., an eight-part Spanish sitcom for Movistar Plus+ set in a family-owned funeral home. Laura and Alberto Caballero are directing the series, which is a Movistar Plus+ production in collaboration with Contubernio Sl. Carlos Areces leads the cast, which also includes Ascen López, Salva Reina, Aitziber Garmendia and Adriana Torrebejano among others. Plot reads: “When Gonzalo Torregrosa, owner and founder of Torregrosa Funeral Home, passes away, Dámaso Carrillo, his right-hand man in the company, doesn’t hesitate that the best for the business is taking the reins himself. However, against all odds, Nieves, the septuagenarian widow, decides to take the lead in the family business, with the assistance of her inept yet enthusiastic son-in-law, Chemi, a Marketing expert, and in defiance of her daughters’ plans to close the Funeral Home and start a gym.
Cameras are rolling on Muertos S.L., an eight-part Spanish sitcom for Movistar Plus+ set in a family-owned funeral home. Laura and Alberto Caballero are directing the series, which is a Movistar Plus+ production in collaboration with Contubernio Sl. Carlos Areces leads the cast, which also includes Ascen López, Salva Reina, Aitziber Garmendia and Adriana Torrebejano among others. Plot reads: “When Gonzalo Torregrosa, owner and founder of Torregrosa Funeral Home, passes away, Dámaso Carrillo, his right-hand man in the company, doesn’t hesitate that the best for the business is taking the reins himself. However, against all odds, Nieves, the septuagenarian widow, decides to take the lead in the family business, with the assistance of her inept yet enthusiastic son-in-law, Chemi, a Marketing expert, and in defiance of her daughters’ plans to close the Funeral Home and start a gym.
- 10/24/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Bifa sets partnership with talent support organisation We Are Bridge.
The final longlist for the 2023 British Independent Film Awards (Bifa) has been unveiled, with actors from Rye Lane and Scrapper among those longlisted for the breakthrough performance award.
Fifteen actors are on the list, including David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah, co-leads in Raine Allen-Miller’s romantic comedy Rye Lane; and Lola Campbell and Alin Uzun from Charlotte Regan’s Sundance drama Scrapper.
Scroll down for the full Breakthrough Performance longlist
Also listed are Mia McKenna Bruce for her lead role in Molly Manning Walker’s clubbing holiday drama How To Have Sex; and Keenan Munn-Francis,...
The final longlist for the 2023 British Independent Film Awards (Bifa) has been unveiled, with actors from Rye Lane and Scrapper among those longlisted for the breakthrough performance award.
Fifteen actors are on the list, including David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah, co-leads in Raine Allen-Miller’s romantic comedy Rye Lane; and Lola Campbell and Alin Uzun from Charlotte Regan’s Sundance drama Scrapper.
Scroll down for the full Breakthrough Performance longlist
Also listed are Mia McKenna Bruce for her lead role in Molly Manning Walker’s clubbing holiday drama How To Have Sex; and Keenan Munn-Francis,...
- 10/24/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Adura Onashile on the use of colour in Girl: 'The characters’ world, when it works, is a palace, its imagination, its freedom, until it stops being and I really wanted that to come across. The way to do that was with colour' Glasgow Film Festival will open on March 2 with Adura Onashile’s debut feature Girl, which charts a turning point in the relationship between a refugee mother (Déborah Lukumuena) and daughter (Le’Shantey Bonsu) who have built a new, self-contained life for themselves in Glasgow. We caught up with Onashile ahead of the film’s premiere in Sundance. In the first part of our chat, we talked about the genesis of the film and working with her cast. In the second section, Onashile talked about the look of the film, including the influence of video artist Kahlil Joseph - known for directing Beyonce’s videos including Love Drought and Sorry...
- 2/28/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Film is directorial debut of Screen Star of Tomorrow Adura Onashile.
Studio Soho has acquired UK distribution rights to Girl, Adura Onashile’s debut feature which premiered at Sundance Film Festival last month.
The distributor signed the deal with New Europe Film Sales on the ground this weekend at the European Film Market; it will release the film in cinemas later this year.
Having been a 2022 BFI London Film Festival works-in-progress selection, Girl launched in Sundance’s World Dramatic Competition. It will open Glasgow Film Festival next week on Wednesday, March 1.
The film follows an 11-year-old girl and her mother...
Studio Soho has acquired UK distribution rights to Girl, Adura Onashile’s debut feature which premiered at Sundance Film Festival last month.
The distributor signed the deal with New Europe Film Sales on the ground this weekend at the European Film Market; it will release the film in cinemas later this year.
Having been a 2022 BFI London Film Festival works-in-progress selection, Girl launched in Sundance’s World Dramatic Competition. It will open Glasgow Film Festival next week on Wednesday, March 1.
The film follows an 11-year-old girl and her mother...
- 2/21/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
In Girl, the feature debut from writer-director Adura Onashile, 11-year-old Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu) begins to pull away from the co-dependent relationship fostered by her loving 24-year-old mother Grace (Déborah Lukumuena). This instantly drives a wedge between them, one that will only pull them further apart if Grace doesn’t come to terms with a traumatizing incident that occurred before her daughter’s birth. Dp Tasha Back discusses the important of color in the film and how she achieved the film’s distinctly un-drab look. See all responses to our annual Sundance cinematographer interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the […]
The post “The Opposite To Many Depictions of Glasgow”: Dp Tasha Back on Girl first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “The Opposite To Many Depictions of Glasgow”: Dp Tasha Back on Girl first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/28/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In Girl, the feature debut from writer-director Adura Onashile, 11-year-old Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu) begins to pull away from the co-dependent relationship fostered by her loving 24-year-old mother Grace (Déborah Lukumuena). This instantly drives a wedge between them, one that will only pull them further apart if Grace doesn’t come to terms with a traumatizing incident that occurred before her daughter’s birth. Dp Tasha Back discusses the important of color in the film and how she achieved the film’s distinctly un-drab look. See all responses to our annual Sundance cinematographer interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the […]
The post “The Opposite To Many Depictions of Glasgow”: Dp Tasha Back on Girl first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “The Opposite To Many Depictions of Glasgow”: Dp Tasha Back on Girl first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/28/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
It’s five years since Theresa May, then the United Kingdom’s first prime minister of the Brexit era, coined the term “citizen of nowhere” to denigrate residents of the country who identified themselves more globally. Those three words swiftly became a media catchphrase to encapsulate the Conservative government’s apparent hostility toward immigrants; liberal-minded multinationals adopted the term as a badge of pride. Yet for the disenfranchised émigré who can’t go home again, but hasn’t found home in the U.K. either, it’s not such an easy label to claim: Transplanted to working-class Glasgow from West Africa, shorn of any sense of belonging anywhere, the wary, vulnerable mother and daughter at the heart of Adura Onashile’s tender character study “Girl” respond by making their world as small as possible — barely stretching beyond the front door of their shabby council apartment.
The gradual, pained steps they...
The gradual, pained steps they...
- 1/28/2023
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Precocious 11-year-old Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu) and her 24-year-old mother Grace (Déborah Lukumuena) have an intense (if somewhat co-dependent) bond in Girl, the feature debut from writer-director Adura Onashile. Living in a sprawling Glasgow apartment complex, Grace constantly fears that Ama is in danger when she leaves her home alone to work the night shift as a janitor. Perhaps this has to do with Grace’s own traumatic past—a facet of her life she will need to unpack and being to heal from if she wishes to foster a healthy relationship with her daughter, who is on the precipice of puberty and […]
The post “Curiosity and Fear Are Strange Companions”: Editor Stella Heath Keir on Girl first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “Curiosity and Fear Are Strange Companions”: Editor Stella Heath Keir on Girl first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/27/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Precocious 11-year-old Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu) and her 24-year-old mother Grace (Déborah Lukumuena) have an intense (if somewhat co-dependent) bond in Girl, the feature debut from writer-director Adura Onashile. Living in a sprawling Glasgow apartment complex, Grace constantly fears that Ama is in danger when she leaves her home alone to work the night shift as a janitor. Perhaps this has to do with Grace’s own traumatic past—a facet of her life she will need to unpack and being to heal from if she wishes to foster a healthy relationship with her daughter, who is on the precipice of puberty and […]
The post “Curiosity and Fear Are Strange Companions”: Editor Stella Heath Keir on Girl first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “Curiosity and Fear Are Strange Companions”: Editor Stella Heath Keir on Girl first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/27/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Ama (Le'Shantey Bonsu) and Grace (Déborah Lukumuena) in Girl. Adura Onashile: 'What was really important for me to try to express was how great beauty can sit next to trauma and how the two can coexist' Photo: Courtesy of Barry Crerar Glasgow-based actor/writer/director Adura Onashile will see her lyrical feature debut about a mum and daughter’s relationship open Glasgow Film Festival next month, after its premiere at Sundance this week. Girl tells the story of the relationship between single mum Grace and her 11-year-old daughter Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu) as it starts to subtly shift as the youngster nears puberty. Despite dealing with trauma and being set in a working class milieu, Onashile avoids the usual gritty harshness associated with that in favour of a warmer, more poetic approach. In the first part of a two-part interview with the filmmaker - with the second part to...
- 1/26/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
There’s a constant sense of closeness in Girl. There’s the conspiratorial closeness of a story shared so many times between mum and daughter that either can take over its narration. Then there’s the warm closeness of skin on skin in a moment of silence or the unexpected closeness offered by a new friend. But closeness in Adura Onashile’s debut feature also reveals its darker side - the threat offered by the closeness of people who are prejudiced against you in a Glasgow high-rise or the way past trauma can breath down the neck of the present.
There’s also a closer than average distance in age between single mum Grace (Déborah Lukumuena), who is in her twenties, and her 11-year-old daughter Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu), for reasons which will be revealed through the course of the film. She could be Ama’s older sister and the pair operate like a unit,...
There’s also a closer than average distance in age between single mum Grace (Déborah Lukumuena), who is in her twenties, and her 11-year-old daughter Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu), for reasons which will be revealed through the course of the film. She could be Ama’s older sister and the pair operate like a unit,...
- 1/26/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Premiering in the World Dramatic Competition, Adura Onashile’s debut feature Girl takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, but, given its themes of identity and belonging, this tender story of a refugee mother and daughter might as well be happening anywhere. Though the production values are exceptional for a low-budget British movie, there is also the sense that, by leaning into her restrictions, Onashile has found an interesting way to tell her story, taking us into the claustrophobic, fishbowl lives of these two loners so that it is the outside world that seems strange and ‘other’ to us whenever we are faced with it.
The mother, Grace (Déborah Lukumuena), is in her mid-’20s, and she is devoted to her 11-year-old daughter Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu). Their backstory is never fully explained, just that the two only have each other and don’t wish for anything else other than some sort of...
The mother, Grace (Déborah Lukumuena), is in her mid-’20s, and she is devoted to her 11-year-old daughter Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu). Their backstory is never fully explained, just that the two only have each other and don’t wish for anything else other than some sort of...
- 1/23/2023
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Images of hands, eyes, embraces, and bonding between mother and daughter. These opening shots express the intensity of the love between mother Grace (Déborah Lukumuena) and 11-year-old daughter Ama (Le'Shantey Bonsu), who live in a Glasgow high-rise. There's no doubt these two care deeply for each other and would do anything to keep each other happy. If only things were that simple.
"Girl" is a delicate and poignant film. In a striking moment, Ama's peaceful serenity is interrupted by opening the window as the sounds of the city pour in. Ama crawls out the window to observe neighbors in the opposite high-rise. There's a sense she's longing for what the other people have -- Ama seems frustrated. Soon enough we realize why: Grace is extraordinarily protective of Ama, so much so that she's furious Ama started shouting about a fire in the other building. She's saved lives, but it means people have noticed Ama,...
"Girl" is a delicate and poignant film. In a striking moment, Ama's peaceful serenity is interrupted by opening the window as the sounds of the city pour in. Ama crawls out the window to observe neighbors in the opposite high-rise. There's a sense she's longing for what the other people have -- Ama seems frustrated. Soon enough we realize why: Grace is extraordinarily protective of Ama, so much so that she's furious Ama started shouting about a fire in the other building. She's saved lives, but it means people have noticed Ama,...
- 1/23/2023
- by Barry Levitt
- Slash Film
Déborah Lukumuena and Le'Shantey Bonsu in Girl Photo: Courtesy of Gff After a two-year hiatus in terms of a physical event, Sundance returns to an in-person festival this year, kicking off this evening in Park City, Utah. This year’s showcase will operate as a hybrid event, with many of the films also available to stream online via its platform. The festival is certainly returning as an ‘event’ to a changed landscape, as streamers like Netflix increasingly focused on production and tightening the budgets rather than big spending.
Whether this will mean less news about late-night bidding wars remains to be seen but, of course, those heading to the ice cold mountain in Utah won’t care about that. It’s easy to forget, from afar - and especially after the pandemic stymied so many - that festivals are living, breathing creatures, each distinct and with their own energy.
Personally,...
Whether this will mean less news about late-night bidding wars remains to be seen but, of course, those heading to the ice cold mountain in Utah won’t care about that. It’s easy to forget, from afar - and especially after the pandemic stymied so many - that festivals are living, breathing creatures, each distinct and with their own energy.
Personally,...
- 1/19/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Déborah Lukumuena and Le'Shantey Bonsu in Girl Photo: Courtesy of Gff Adura Onashile’s Girl will open this year's Glasgow Film Festival, which runs from March 1 to 12.
The film, which was shot in the city, stars French actor Déborah Lukumuena as Grace, a mum who starts a new life in Scotland with her daughter Ama (Le'Shantey Bonsu). Traumatised by her past, Grace just wants to keep her daughter safe from harm. Ama is told to trust nobody. When Ama makes friends with a classmate, it only adds to Grace’s anxiety and fear that their special bond is under threat.
Festival co-director Allison Gardner said: “I am delighted and honoured that we will open Glasgow Film Festival with Adura Onashile’s Girl, a powerful and poignant feature debut set in Glasgow.”
Tickets for the festival will go on sale on January 16....
The film, which was shot in the city, stars French actor Déborah Lukumuena as Grace, a mum who starts a new life in Scotland with her daughter Ama (Le'Shantey Bonsu). Traumatised by her past, Grace just wants to keep her daughter safe from harm. Ama is told to trust nobody. When Ama makes friends with a classmate, it only adds to Grace’s anxiety and fear that their special bond is under threat.
Festival co-director Allison Gardner said: “I am delighted and honoured that we will open Glasgow Film Festival with Adura Onashile’s Girl, a powerful and poignant feature debut set in Glasgow.”
Tickets for the festival will go on sale on January 16....
- 1/5/2023
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The industry programme runs from March 6-9, with the festival taking place from March 1-12.
Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) will open its 2023 edition with Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 Adura Onashile’s debut feature, the Glasgow-shot Girl, following its world premiere at Sundance.
The feature follows a woman named Grace (Divines star Déborah Lukumuena in her first English-language role) and her 11-year-old daughter Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu) as they try to build a new life in Glasgow after a traumatic past. Telling Ama to trust nobody, Grace is alarmed when Ama makes friends with a classmate.
Girl is produced by Ciara Barry...
Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) will open its 2023 edition with Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 Adura Onashile’s debut feature, the Glasgow-shot Girl, following its world premiere at Sundance.
The feature follows a woman named Grace (Divines star Déborah Lukumuena in her first English-language role) and her 11-year-old daughter Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu) as they try to build a new life in Glasgow after a traumatic past. Telling Ama to trust nobody, Grace is alarmed when Ama makes friends with a classmate.
Girl is produced by Ciara Barry...
- 1/5/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales has acquired world sales rights for Adura Onashile’s feature debut Girl, starring rising French actress Déborah Lukumuena and big screen debutant Le’Shantey Bonsu.
The buzzy title, which was unveiled at the 2022 BFI London Film Festival’s Works in Progress showcase, was announced today as having been selected for the World Dramatic Competition of Sundance’s upcoming edition, running January 19-29, 2023
The Scotland-set drama tells the story of eleven-year-old Ama and her mother, Grace, who take solace in the gentle but isolated world they obsessively create.
But Ama’s thirst for life and her need to grow and develop challenge the rules of their insular world and gradually force Grace to reckon with a past she struggles to forget.
Established Glasgow-based theatre actress and director Onashile (Expensive Shit) wrote the screenplay and directs.
It marks the first English-language role for Lukumuena, who broke out...
The buzzy title, which was unveiled at the 2022 BFI London Film Festival’s Works in Progress showcase, was announced today as having been selected for the World Dramatic Competition of Sundance’s upcoming edition, running January 19-29, 2023
The Scotland-set drama tells the story of eleven-year-old Ama and her mother, Grace, who take solace in the gentle but isolated world they obsessively create.
But Ama’s thirst for life and her need to grow and develop challenge the rules of their insular world and gradually force Grace to reckon with a past she struggles to forget.
Established Glasgow-based theatre actress and director Onashile (Expensive Shit) wrote the screenplay and directs.
It marks the first English-language role for Lukumuena, who broke out...
- 12/7/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
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