“It’s absolutely clear, there is a real appetite for British independent cinema in France,” said artistic director Dominque Green.Sasha Polak’s Silver Haze scooped the top prize at this month’s Dinard Film Festival, the French seaside festival that spotlights UK and Irish cinema for French audiences, that ran from September 27 to October 1.Berlinale Panorama title Silver Haze won the Golden Hitchcock for best film.
Polak’s feature reunites the Dutch filmmaker with UK actor Vicky Knight, after working together on Dirty God in 2019.
It is loosely based on Knight’s own experience as a child, in which she survived an arson attack.
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