As the summer months are here, the film calendar is gearing up for Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF). This year’s programme features BFI NETWORK alumni landing at the festival with some striking debut feature films, and two BFI NETWORK funded short films also screening in the festival programme.
Following a standout premiere at Sundance, Brides will be having its UK premiere during EIFF. The film is the debut feature of director Nadia Fall and screenwriter Suhayla El-Bushra.
The film was co-produced by Alice Lusher, an alumnus of both the BFI NETWORK funded Insight producer programme and BFI NETWORK@LFF in 2019. The Insight producer programme was designed to actively support producers make that challenging leap up to feature film.
Thea Gajic’s debut feature Surviving Earth gained BFI NETWORK Early Development support in 2018. The film will be having its UK premiere at EIFF, following a successful run at SXSW earlier this year…