5 March 2019
THE LONGEST FLIGHT
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On the eve of the the BFI London Film Festival, renowned director Edgar Wright awarded the third annual IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award in association with the BFI to Richard Billingham writer and director of Ray & Liz.
Already a Turner winning artist for his photography, Ray & Liz, Richard’s first feature film is based on Richard’s memories, focussing on his parents Ray and Liz, their relationship, and its impact on Richard and his younger brother Jason. At times shocking and laced with an unsettling humour, the film unfolds as three episodes which give a powerful evocation of the experience of growing up in a Black Country council flat, shot on location in the Midlands where he grew up.
At £50,000 the bursary is the most significant of its kind in the UK film industry, expressly designed to support the future careers of exceptional British film talent who have a film in Official Selection at the BFI London Film Festival.
The UK premiere of Ray & Liz takes place at the festival on Wednesday 17 October.
The Bursary Award was presented by leading British director, Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Baby Driver) at a star studded gala dinner at London’s Electric Light Station. Guests enjoyed the sounds of Izzy Bizu, and luminaries from the worlds of film, music and fashion including Rosamund Pike, Natalie Dormer and Ruth Wilson joined forces to celebrate this unique bursary. and the the opening of the BFI London Film Festival.
