Sales production holding in the United Kingdom, Alief, has embarked on the world’s world sales rights of “Low Rider”, the second narrative functionality of the director of “Stud Life” Campbell X. The news became before the world first of the film in competition at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, where he will be confronted for £ 50,000 (£ 67,000) Sean Connery for the excellence of the film.
Featuring Emma McDonald (“Moonhaven” “The Serpent Queen”) and Thishiwe Ziqubu (“Hard to Get”), the film follows Quinn, a British woman who makes herself impulsively in South Africa in search of her distant father. Along the way, she joined forces with the charismatic Harley (Ziqubu), and the two ventured into the rugged Cape Town, navigating in the field and the fields of emotional mines.
“” Low Rider “is a fun walk. A story of self -discovery, resilience and unexpected roads that lead us home,” said Alief, Brett Walker. “Anchored by the attractive performance of the charismatic head Emma McDonald, we are delighted to represent the film and work with a really big team of filmmakers.”
Miguel Govea, a partner at Alief, added: “” Low Rider “is the one to meet in Edinburgh.”
Written by Stephen Strachan and directed by Campbell X, the film marks a return to the long story for the filmmaker based in London, whose first “Stud Life” touched the rope for British queer cinema. Produced by Rebecca Long (“The Falling”) and Stella Nwimo (“Nuclear”, “Gangs of London”) for Boudica Entertainment, the film was supported by the BFI (assigning national lottery funding), Head Gear and Lipsync films. The late Norman Merry and Peter Hampden, Kristin Irving, Phil Hunt and Compton Ross serve as executive producers.
“Playing Quinn was the craziest ride,” said main actress McDonald. “I read the script for the first time and in a week, I was on a plane for South Africa ready to start shooting. We turned everything in three exciting weeks in a misty but beautiful blur.”
McDonald added: “The actors and the team were among the most generous, the most open and the most talented people with whom I had the chance to work, and the places were breathtaking. He forged in me a true love of narration and cinema and I hope that the film will find its tribe.”
Shot on site through Cape and Western Cape, production embraces a robust and sun -bathed aesthetic. “In” Low Rider “, my goal was to take the audience during a riding walk around the Western Cape … without a seat belt,” said the filmmaker.
“It is a film that has elements of danger and desire, and it pushes the genre of the film on the road by focusing two black protagonists – something that we always see.”
The story of Quinn takes the adventure of nightlife, rural mysticism and heavy personal stories.
The long and nwimo of Bredica describe the project in the press pack as reflecting the path of its protagonist: “Sometimes tumultuous, adventurous, joyful and surprising, our film explores the universal themes of identity, belonging, empowerment and personal growth.”
Low Rider is part of an international program of competition in Eiff which offers 10 world leaders, each in the running for the Connery Prize voted to the public.
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With the kind authorization of Alief
