LYNN + LUCY (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Roxanne Scrimshaw (film debut), Nichola Burley (For Those in Peril), Kacey Ainsworth (Topsy-Turvey), Jack Shalloo (Kickoff), Christopher Patrick Nolan (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Shaq B. Grant (film debut), Samson Cox-Vinell (1917), Ashleigh Bannister (film debut), Leslie Duke (film debut), Tia Nelson (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Fyzal Boulifa (film debut), director, writer, editor; Camilla Bray (Oranges and Sunshine), producer; Taina Galis (Full Firearms), cinematographer, editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Lynn (Scrimshaw) and Lucy (Burley) are lifelong best friends, inseparable since school and now living as single mothers on an estate. However, when tragedy befalls one of them, their relationship is put to the ultimate test…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

A quiet but powerful tale of the strong nature of friendship, this is a British indie from debut director Fyzal Boulifa that doesn’t deserve to be overlooked.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 2ND JULY 2020 (AVAILABLE ON VOD)

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