CURRENT PROJECTS Updated 06 August 2021 For more information on any of the projects listed below, please contact the Premier film team as follows: • Email: [email protected] • Visit our website: https://www.premiercomms.com/specialisms/film/public-relations UK DISTRIBUTION NIGHT OF THE KINGS UK release date: 23 July 2021 (in cinemas) Directed by: Philippe Lacôte Starring: Koné Bakary, Barbe Noire, Steve Tientcheu, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Issaka Sawadogo, Digbeu Jean Cyrille Lass, Abdoul Karim Konaté, Anzian Marcel Laetitia Ky, Denis Lavant Running time: 93 mins Certificate: 12A UK release: 23 July 2021 Premier contacts: Annabel Hutton, Simon Bell, Josh Glenn When a young man (first-timer Koné Bakary) is sent to an infamous prison, located in the middle of the Ivorian forest and ruled by its inmates, he is chosen by the boss 'Blackbeard' (Steve Tientcheu, BAFTA and Academy-Award nominated LES MISÉRABLES) to take part in a storytelling ritual just as a violent battle for control bubbles to the surface. After discovering the grim fate that awaits him at the end of the night, Roman begins to narrate the mystical life of a legendary outlaw to make his story last until dawn and give himself any chance of survival. JOLT UK release date: 23 July 2021 (Amazon Prime Video) Directed by: Tanya Wexler Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Bobby Cannavale, Jai Courtney, Laverne Cox, David Bradley, Ori Pfeffer, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci Running time: 91 mins Certificate: TBC UK release: Amazon Studios Premier contacts: Matty O’Riordan, Monique Reid, Brodie Walker, Priyanka Gundecha Lindy is a beautiful, sardonically-funny woman with a painful secret: Due to a lifelong, rare neurological disorder, she experiences sporadic rage-filled, murderous impulses that can only be stopped when she shocks herself with a special electrode device. Unable to find love and connection in a world that fears her bizarre condition, she finally trusts a man long enough to fall in love, only to find him murdered the next day. Heartbroken and enraged, she embarks on a revenge- filled mission to find his killer, while also being pursued by the police as the crime’s prime suspect. MINAMATA UK release date: 13 August 2021 (in cinemas and on digital platforms) Directed by: Andrew Levitas Starring: Johnny Depp, Minami, Akiko Iwase, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ryô Kase, Jun Kunimura, Bill Nighy, Katherine Jenkins Running time: 115 mins Certificate: 15 UK release: Vertigo Premier contacts: Annabel Hutton, Rupert Goodwin, Chris Hagen, Josh Glenn [email protected] 2-4 Bucknall Street, London WC2H 8LA T: +44 (0)20 7292 8330 F: +44 (0)20 7734 2024 E: (firstname).(lastname)@premiercomms.com W: www.premiercomms.com Premier Public Relations Ltd. Registered office: 2-4 Bucknall Street, London WC2H 8LA Company no: 01707417 VAT no: GB 906 3090 44 New York, 1971. Following his celebrated days as one of the most revered photojournalists of World War II, W. Eugene Smith (Johnny Depp) has become a recluse, disconnected from society and his career. But a secret commission from Life magazine editor Robert Hayes (Bill Nighy) sends him to the Japanese coastal city of Minamata, which has been ravaged by mercury poisoning; the result of decades of gross industrial negligence by the country’s Chisso Corporation. There, Smith immerses himself in the community, documenting their efforts to live with Minamata Disease and their passionate campaign to achieve recognition from Chisso and the Japanese government. Armed with only his trusted camera, Smith’s images from the toxic village give the disaster a heartbreaking human dimension, and his initial assignment turns into a life-changing experience. CENSOR UK release date: 20 August 2021 (in cinemas) Directed by: Prano Bailey-Bond Starring: Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin Running time: 84 mins Certificate: TBC UK release: Vertigo Premier contacts: Chris Hagen, Jamie Rushden Britain, 1985. When film censor Enid discovers an eerie horror that speaks directly to her sister’s mysterious disappearance, she resolves to unravel the puzzle behind the film and its enigmatic director – a quest that will blur the lines between fiction and reality in terrifying ways. Steeped in glorious 1980s aesthetics, CENSOR is a bloody love letter to the VHS ‘video nasty’ horror classics of the past. WILDFIRE UK release date: 3 September 2021 (in cinemas) Directed by: Cathy Brady Starring: Nika McGuigan, Nora-Jane Noone, Martin McCan, Kate Dickie Running time: 85 mins Certificate: 15 UK release: Modern Premier contact: Charlotte Moore Born within a year of each other, LAUREN (Nora-Jane Noone) and KELLY (Nika McGuigan) are ‘Irish twins’. You’d never see one without the other, but over the years the mystery of their mother’s death tore them apart. Kelly, keen to escape their insular town, drifted away and disappeared a year ago. Kelly’s unexpected return sees a surge of every raw emotion between the sisters. But as they begin to relive memories of their mother, the sister’s become inseparable. Their bond stronger than ever and Kelly’s desire for the truth is dangerously reignited. As the truth about their mother begins to surface, Kelly’s mood darkens. But Lauren is blinded; around Kelly she feels alive again. The town is starting to notice; rumours about the girls’ strange behaviour spread like wildfire. Lauren must decide to confront their mother’s past with Kelly or risk losing her for good. The sisters must escape and face the truth or be consumed by the town and its lies. HERSELF UK release date: 10 September 2021 (in cinemas) Directed by: Phyllida Lloyd Starring: Clare Dunne, Conleth Hill, Cathy Belton Running time: 97 minutes Certificate: 15 UK release: Picturehouse, Element Premier contacts: Charlotte Moore, Josh Glenn HERSELF follows the story of Sandra (Clare Dunne), who on the surface of it, is a young Mum struggling to provide her two young daughters with a warm, safe, happy home to grow up in. Beneath the surface, Sandra has a steely determination to change their lives for the better and when it becomes clear that there are no other options left to her, she decides to build it herself from scratch, drawing together a community of friends to support her. 2 of 10 ROSE PLAYS JULIE UK release date: 17 September 2021 Directed by: Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor Starring: Ann Skelly, Orla Brady, Aidan Gillen Running time: 100 mins Certificate: TBC UK release: New Wave Films Premier contacts: Nicki Foster, Simon Bell, Mia Shaw As an only child, Rose has enjoyed a loving relationship with her adoptive parents. However, for as long as she can remember she has wanted to know who her biological parents are and the facts of her true identity. After years trying to trace her birth mother, Rose now has a name and a number. When she contacts her birth mother, it quickly becomes clear that her birth mother has no wish to have any contact. Rose is shattered. As a renewed and deepened sense of rejection compels her, she travels from Dublin to London in an effort to confront her birth mother, Ellen. Ellen is deeply disturbed when Rose turns up unannounced, but eventually feels forced to reveal a secret she has kept hidden for over 20 years. This shocking revelation forces Rose to accept the violent nature of how she came into existence and she sets out to confront her biological father, Peter. What Rose cannot possibly foresee is that she is on a collision course that will prove both violent and unsettling - dark forces gather and threaten to destroy her already fragile sense of her own identity. CINDERELLA UK premiere date: September 2021 TBC Directed by: Kay Cannon Starring: Camila Cabello, Idina Menzel, Nicholas Galitzine, Billy Porter, Minnie Driver, James Corden, Romesh Ranganathan Running time: TBC Certificate: TBC UK release: Amazon Studios Premier contacts: Oliver Lavery, Faduma Mohammed, Brodie Walker Cinderella is a musically-driven bold new take on the traditional story you grew up with. Our heroine (Cabello) is an ambitious young woman, whose dreams are bigger than the world will allow, but with the help of her Fab G (Billy Porter), she is able to persevere and make her dreams come true. MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY UK release date: 1 October 2021 (in cinemas and on Amazon Prime Video) Directed by: Julie Cohen, Betsy West Starring: N/A Running time: 91 minutes Certificate: TBC UK release: Amazon Studios Premier contacts: Nicki Foster, Simon Bell, Mia Shaw Fifteen years before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat, a full decade before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned separate-but-equal legislation, Pauli Murray was already knee-deep fighting for social justice. A pioneering attorney, activist, priest and dedicated memoirist, Murray shaped landmark litigation— and consciousness— around race and gender equity. As an African American youth raised in the segregated South— who was also wrestling with broader notions of gender identity—Pauli understood, intrinsically, what it was to exist beyond previously accepted categories and cultural norms. Both Pauli’s personal path and tireless advocacy foreshadowed some of the most politically consequential issues of our time. Told largely in Pauli’s own words, My Name is Pauli Murray is a candid recounting of that unique and extraordinary journey. THE FRENCH DISPATCH 3 of 10 UK release date: 22 October 2021 (in cinemas) Directed by: Wes Anderson Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Frances Mcdormand, Jeffrey Wright, Adrien Brody, Timothée Chalamet, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Mathieu Amalric, Lyna Khoudri, Stephen Park, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray Running time: 103 mins Certificate: TBC UK release: Searchlight Pictures Premier contacts: Nicki Foster, Simon Bell, Mia Shaw THE FRENCH DISPATCH is a love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th- century French city and brings to life a collection of stories published in “The French Dispatch” magazine.