John Maclean‘s survival thriller Twister that includes Tim Roth, Sluggish Horses’ Jack Lowden and Japanese star Kōki will shut this yr’s Sands Movie Pageant.
Set within the rugged panorama of 1790’s Britain, the movie follows Twister (Kōki,) who finds herself caught in a deadly scenario when she and her father’s travelling puppet present crosses paths with a ruthless legal gang led by Sugarman (Roth) and his formidable son Little Sugar (Lowden).
In an try to create a brand new life, Twister seizes the chance to steal the gold from the gang’s most up-to-date heist; what follows is an exhilarating story of adrenaline-fueled motion as Twister fights to flee a violent demise. Lionsgate UK will launch the movie on Might 23.
“It’s an incredible pleasure to play Sands Movie Pageant in St Andrews Fife, the closest I’ll get to a house sport as I went to highschool in St Andrews and sneaked into the Scholar Union disco each Friday evening,” Maclean mentioned in an announcement. “It’s so improbable that North East Fife has a movie competition. The world was all the time such an outsider artistic hub of artwork music and movie after I was rising up. Songs in the important thing of Fife.”
The movie is produced by Leonora Darby, James Harris, and Mark Lane for Tea Store Productions, and relies on a narrative by Maclean and Kate Leys. Govt producers embrace Ashland Hill’s Joe Simpson, Simon Williams, Andy Wang and Matthew Chausse with financing from Display Scotland and Ashland Hill. HanWay Movies negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers, with Shooman representing IFC Movies and Shudder.
This yr, Sands runs from April twenty fifth to twenty seventh. The competition opens with a screening of the indie British comedy The Ballad of Wallis Island starring Carey Mulligan and Sian Clifford (Fleabag).
The comedy arrives at Sands after its debut at this yr’s Sundance Movie Pageant. The movie follows a lottery winner who pays his favourite people duo to reunite and carry out a live performance on his distant island. Focus will launch the pic on March 28.
Elsewhere, the competition will display the Oscar-winning documentary No Different Land, which tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a Palestinian filmmaker and an Israeli journalist, and Two Strangers Attempting Not To Kill Every Different, a buzzy doc a few married couple as they mirror on their lives collectively and navigate ageing and the adjustments it brings. The movie’s co-director and producer, Manon Ouimet, will attend the fest and participate in a post-screening Q&A.
