DARK NIGHT (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Anna Rose Hopkins (Shame), Robert Jumper (film debut), Karina Macias (film debut), Eddie Cacciola (film debut), Rosie Rodriguez (film debut), Aaron Purvis (film debut), Conor A. Murphy (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Tim Sutton (Memphis), director, writer; Alexandra Byer (Stand Clear of the Closing Doors), producer; Maica Armata (film debut), composer; Hélène Louvart (The Wonders), cinematographer; Jeanne Applegate (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Six strangers, with hardly anything in common, find their lives intersecting at a suburban cinema, which ends up being the location of a horrific massacre…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Making a movie inspired by the tragic Aurora cinema shootings in 2012 may be somewhat of a risky move, but indie filmmaker Tim Sutton may have just found a way to handle this delicate material with grace and humility.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 18TH AUGUST 2017

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