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Celebrity cook documentary Feast aliases Famine, going down nan scenes of London edifice Angelina and its quest to triumph a coveted Michelin Star, has been announced among nan first activity of characteristic titles selected for SXSW London.
It is among a trio of world premieres unveiled for nan SXSW London Screen Festival, alongside Jason James’s crime-comedy characteristic All Night Wrong, starring Maria Bakalova and Zach Cherry, and Alex Kahuam’s supernatural scary The Remedy will besides debut astatine nan festival.
The surface programme is 1 prong of nan UK SXSW spin-off which will unfold successful and astir nan city’s Shoreditch vicinity from June 1 to 6.
Another 14 titles which person received buzzy world debuts complete nan past six to 8 months, will make their UK premiere.
These titles see Hijra, from ground-breaking Saudi head Shahad Ameen; TIFF selections Amoeba by Tan Siyou and Maddie by John Early arsenic good arsenic AI documentary Intelligence Rising from Oscar and BAFTA winning filmmaker Elena Andreicheva. (Scroll down for afloat list)
“SXSW London Screen Festival is not designed to beryllium conscionable different movie festival. What we’re building present is simply a span betwixt world talent and nan UK, betwixt movie and nan wider imaginative industries, and points of relationship betwixt film, music, creation and technology,” said Anna Bogutskaya, Head of Screen astatine SXSW London.
“London is simply a world city, and cinema is an world language. What we’re looking for — and what we are excited to bring to London audiences this summertime — is that energy of discovering thing genuinely groundbreaking from places they weren’t looking in.”
In different news related to nan characteristic movie program, Irish actress-producer-director Sharon Hogan and screenwriter and shaper Russell T Davies person been unveiled arsenic keynote speakers, joining Neon founding caput Tom Quinn, who was announced past week.
Feature Film Titles
World Premieres
- Feast Or Famine (Dir: Adrian Choa & Michael Boccalini) (UK) Documentary
- The Remedy (Dir: Alex Kahuam) (US) Film
- All Night Wrong (Dir: Jason James) (Canada) Film
UK Premieres
- Amoeba (Dir: Tan Siyou) (Singapore, The Netherlands, France, Spain, South Korea) Film
- Becoming (Dir: Zhannat Alshanova) (Kazakhstan, France, The Netherlands, Lithuania, Sweden) Film
- On The Road (Dir: David Pablos) (Mexico) Film
- Father (Dir: Tereza Nvotová) (Slovakia) Film
- Hijra (Dir: Shahad Ameen) (Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, UK) Film
- It Would Be Night In Caracas (Dir: Mariana Rondón, Marité Ugás) (Mexico) Film
- Maddie’s Secret (Dir: John Early) (US) Film
- Remake (Dir: Ross McElwee) (US) Documentary
- Sicko (Dir: Aitore Zholdaskali) (Kazakhstan) Film
- Whistle (Dir: Christopher Nelius) (Australia) Documentary
- The Whisper (Dir: Gustavo Hernández Ibáñez) (Uruguay, Argentina)
- La Carn (Dir: Joan Porcel) (Spain) Film
- Barrio Triste (Dir: Stillz) (Columbia, US) Film
- Intelligence Rising (Dir: Elena Andreicheva) (UK) Documentary
