30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: International Competition of Feature Films in the Youth Category

A Brixton Tale (2020) 15

United Kingdom | 2020 | 77 min.

Shy Benji is from the Somerleyton Estate in Brixton, a suburb of London. He spends his days protecting his best friend Archie and getting him out of trouble, mostly with drugs. Leah is a young white youtuber from a rich neighborhood and is obsessed with street art. Although Benji and Leah are from different worlds, one day their paths join after Leah chooses Benji as the subject of her new film. Leah is obsessed with capturing the immediate reality of Benji's difficult life. Due to their film practice, they get more and more ruthless and their romance begins to fall apart. The boundaries between image and reality are blurred, between cooperation and abuse, everything is out of control.

CountryUnited Kingdom
Year2020
Duration77 min
Rating15
LanguageEnglish
SubtitleCzech
Directed by Darragh Carey, Bertrand Desrochers
Screenplay Rupert Baynham, Darragh Carey
Director of Photography Kristof Brandl
Music Peter Venne
Contact Reprobate Film LTD

Biography

Darragh Carey An Irish screenwriter and director. He graduated from Dublin City University, DIT, and The London Film School. He worked in advertising and focused mainly on ads, for which he won many awards. He directed several short films. ​ Bertrand Desrochers A Canadian screenwriter and director from Quebec. He graduated from the London Film School. He has worked with Time Out London and indigenous communities in Canada. He's shot video clips and series for the web.

Media, Romance, Youth, Controversial, Internet, Psychology

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