The Party’s Just Beginning has been confirmed for UK release in December, with Karen Gillan both starring and directing. As well as appearing in Jumanji: The Next Level, Karen Gillan has another project in cinemas this coming December – and it just happens to be her directorial debut. She takes the lead role in – ... Karen Gillan’s directorial debut heading to cinemas in December
The Party’s Just Beginning has been confirmed for UK release in December, with Karen Gillan both starring and directing.
As well as appearing in Jumanji: The Next Level, Karen Gillan has another project in cinemas this coming December – and it just happens to be her directorial debut.
She takes the lead role in – and directs – The Party’s Just Beginning, that played on the festival circuit following its premiere last year. The movie co-stars Lee Pace, Matthew Beard and Paul Higgins, and it’s a coming of age story that’s now been picked up for UK release by Blue Finch Film Releasing.
It’ll be releasing the movie in UK cinemas on December 1st, ahead of a video on demand release on December 11th.
Ahead of that, here’s a trailer for the movie, and the synopsis for it is underneath this…
And here’s that synopsis…
In the bleak Scottish winter, witty and sarcastic Liusaidh (Karen Gillan) is spiralling into a reckless, drunken, mid-twenties crisis. Filling her days and nights with casual joyless sex, junk food and a belief in ‘the power of positive drinking’ she’s plagued by visions of her best friend Alistair (Matthew Beard) throwing himself from a bridge. With bittersweet memories of the time spent with her friend, Liusaidh struggles to connect with anyone until a chance encounter with a stranger from out of town (Lee Pace).
Tackling a range of mental health and gender issues with a jet-black streak of Scottish humour, Karen Gillan crafts a bold, challenging and finely observed comedy-drama in this must-see debut work.
More on the film in due course.
