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The Wrap: December 2024
Another outstanding year of UK film, TV, animation and games! Enjoy this December's highlights!
New releases
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Charming animated duo Wallace & Gromit return for the first new instalment of the beloved franchise in sixteen years.
Doctor Who – Joy To The World (Christmas Special)
Doctor Who returns for a Christmas special, where he is tasked with saving the world from a deadly catastrophe.
The End
Acclaimed Act of Killing documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer directs, co-writes and co-produces his first feature film in this ambitious musical.
ScreenUK - BIFA 2024 Highlights
Proudly supported by ScreenUK, this year's British Independent Film Awards ceremony was an incredible event! ScreenUK was there to meet the nominees and winners, who shared their thoughts on British Independent Film and what it means to...
Sex work and the city: Mikko Mäkelä on his intimate meta-narrative Sebastian
The story of a budding author turning to sex work to research his first novel, Sebastian poses many provocative questions about the creative process and queer life in London. Director Mikko Mäkelä joined the BFI for a conversation from...
Hard Truths
British writer-director Mike Leigh is reunited with Secrets & Lies actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste in this empathetic drama about depression.
That Christmas
Simon Otto directs this festive, charming and quintessentially British animation, co-written by famed rom-com writer Richard Curtis.
Black Doves
British stars Kiera Knightley and Ben Whishaw compellingly lead this taut, gripping and thrilling spy series.
On Irish-language hip-hop drama Kneecap: “When people start having a pop at something they’ve not even seen, that’s just ignorance”
Director Rich Peppiatt joined the BFI from Sundance to discuss his new fictionalised drama about real-life hip-hop trio Kneecap.
On Location: Scotland
We asked Susanna White, the director behind the TV series, The Buccaneers, why she used such a varied mix of locations, and which were her favourites.
Santosh
Shahana Goswami, Sunita Rajwar and Nawal Shukla offer compelling performances in this gripping police procedural.
Monument Valley 3
With both brand new and enjoyably familiar elements, immerse yourself in the third instalment of this critically-acclaimed puzzle series.
2073
Documentary and drama elements are innovatively blended in this foreshadowing of the deadly global crises our present world faces.
The Return
Uberto Pasolini directs, co-writes and co-produces this captivating historical drama, based on Homer’s famous poem, The Odyssey.
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Informer
This complex thriller explores themes of identity and expectation as a British-Pakistani man finds himself working as a police informant.
The Program
Stephen Frears directs a finely-calibrated, undeniably gripping account of Lance Armstrong’s doping scandal.
The Amazing Maurice
A starry voice cast animate this adventurous Terry Pratchett adaptation, featuring talking cats and rats.
The Full Monty
Twenty five years after the Oscar-winning film, this eight-part mini-series is a welcome and warm-hearted reunion.
Rebel Dykes
Honouring the anarchic spirit of queer and feminist activism, this is a heartfelt and consciousness-raising documentary.
Starve Acre
Based on the novel by British writer Andrew Michael Hurley, this unsettling folk-horror sees a family’s life thrown into turmoil.
Yardie
Based on the 1992 novel by Victor Headley, Idris Elba’s accomplished directorial debut bursts with energy and ambition.
Rocks
Empowering BAFTA-winning drama about a young teenager forced to take care of herself.
Ron's Gone Wrong
Olivia Colman lends her vocals to this tender, tech-inspired animation.
Suffragette
Rocks director Sarah Gavron takes on the suffragette movement in this suspenseful and essential historical drama.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Emma Corrin pairs up with Jack O’Connell for a sensuous new adaptation of the classic novel.
Lady in the Van
Dame Maggie Smith is a thrifty, sharp-tongued pensioner in this quintessentially British comedy.