April to be released by the BFI

Dea Kulumbegashvili’s highly anticipated latest film April will be released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on Friday 25 April 2025 by BFI Distribution.

Kulumbegashvili’s second feature, a singular drama unfolding in rural Georgia, premiered in competition at the 2024 Venice Film Festival where it earned the Special Jury Prize. Its UK premiere followed at the BFI London Film Festival in Official Competition, with additional screenings at Toronto, New York, San Sebastián and Sundance film festivals.

April is produced by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name, Challengers), alongside Ilan Amouyal, David Zerat, Francesco Melzi D’Eril, Archil Gelovani, Gabriele Moratti, and Alexandra Rossi. The film reunites Kulumbegashvili with key collaborators from her debut feature Beginning (2020), including award-winning actors Ia Sukhitashvili and Kakha Kintsurashvili, as well as Merab Ninidze. Renowned cinematographer Arseni Khachaturan (Bones and All) and British experimental composer Matthew Herbert (The Wonder, Starve Acre) bring their distinctive talents to the film….