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‘Witches’, ‘Strike: An Uncivil War’ among 13 titles on Bifa Raindance Maverick longlist

The British Unbiased Movie Awards (Bifa) longlist for the Raindance Maverick award consists of documentaries Witches by Elizabeth Sankey and Strike: An Uncivil Struggle by Daniel Gordon.

The 13-strong longlist additionally consists of Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane’s non-fiction title Grand Theft Hamlet, a couple of staging of Shakespeare’s Hamlet contained in the Grand Theft Auto videogame.

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Witches examines the connection between cinematic portrayals of witches and postpartum melancholy, utilising archival movie footage alongside private testimony. Having been the only real non-fiction title within the UK’s Nice 8 showcase at Cannes this yr, the movie premiered at Tribeca in June, occurring to play Rio and London movie festivals.

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Strike: An Uncivil Struggle makes use of private testimony, hidden authorities paperwork and unseen archive to shed new gentle on the UK miners’ strike of 1984-85, with a deal with the Battle of Orgreave. It debuted at Sheffield Doc/Fest in June.

Grand Theft Hamlet has now been chosen on 4 longlists (Debut Director – Characteristic Documentary; Breakthrough Producer; Documentary; Maverick), as has Jack King’s The Ceremony, (Debut Director; Debut Screenwriter; Breakthrough Producer; Maverick) whereas Witches is on three (Breakthrough Producer; Documentary; Maverick).

Gino Evans’ dependancy drama Treading Water additionally receives its third longlisting, having beforehand been chosen for Breakthrough Efficiency for Joe Gill and Breakthrough Producer for Ben Toye.

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Neurodivergence documentary The Stimming Pool, created by a collective of neurodivergent filmmakers, additionally now has three spots, additionally in Debut Director – Characteristic Documentary and Breakthrough Producer for Chloe White.

Bifa longlists for breakthrough efficiency, new expertise filmmakers and the documentary and worldwide classes have been revealed throughout the final week.

The ultimate 5 nominations in every class might be unveiled on Thursday, November 5; with the winners introduced on the Bifa ceremony on Sunday, December 8 on the Camden Roundhouse in London.

Bifa Raindance Maverick 2024 longlist

The Ceremony, dir. Jack King

The Flight Of Bryan, dir. James Erskine

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Grand Theft Hamlet, dirs. Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane

King Child, dirs. Package Redstone, Arran Shearing

Reawakening, dir. Virginia Gilbert

Stressed, dir. Jed Hart

Satu – Yr Of The Rabbit, dir. Joshua Trigg

Silent Males, dir. Duncan Cowles

The Stimming Pool, dirs. Georgia Bradburn, Lucy Walker, Benjamin Brown, Sam Chown Ahern, Robin Elliot Knowles, Steven Eastwood

Strike: An Uncivil Struggle, dir. Daniel Gordon

Tops, dirs. Jos Bitelli, Ames Pennington

Treading Water, dir. Gino Evans

Witches, dir. Elizabeth Sankey

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