Emiliana Torrini’s acting debut from directors Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard is making its debut at the London Film Festival next month.
Music! Letters! Nick Cave! If those words in any order appeal to you, then you’ll be thrilled to hear that The Extraordinary Miss Flower – which we’ve been looking at with intrigue for some time – is getting its world premiere in competition at the London Film Festival in October, and there’s a funky trailer to prove it.
The film’s got a pretty interesting story behind it, too. Taking the form of a series of performances by Emiliana Torrini and her band, the project was inspired when the musician, producer Zoe Flower and her husband, Simon, found a case of treasured letters, telexes and photographs in Flower’s mother’s possessions.
These letters became a creative springboard for a series of songs from Torrini, which in turn formed the heart of the film, alongside readings of letters from such famous folk as Nick Cave, Richard Ayoade and Alice Lowe.
Check out the The Extraordinary Miss Flower trailer below:
The Extraordinary Miss Flower is one of four UK productions to feature in competition at the festival, alongside Bring Them Down, Four Mothers and On Becoming A Guinea Fowl.
Directors Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard said: “It’s rare for a project that’s creatively urgent and personally driven to receive recognition like this. In these challenging times for UK independent film, we urgently need beacons of light. So thank you London Film Festival — we’re thrilled silly that the world premiere of The Extraordinary Miss Flower will be in competition at LFF — in our home town, and the place Miss Flower called home.”
More on the film – and hopefully a wide UK release date – when we have it.
The Extraordinary Miss Flower has its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on 19th October at the BFI Southbank. Tickets go on sale from 17th September.
