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LEAVE TO REMAIN

by Bruce Goodison

synopsis

Leave to Remain began life at a film academy that gave unaccompanied minors who were seeking asylum in the UK the chance to train in filmmaking. Frustrated by the attempts to apply tired debates on immigration to the young people he met, director Bruce Goodison conceived of a three-year project to train a cast and crew for a film that would tell the unique stories of teenage asylum seekers who, unlike their adult counterparts, often had no choice in their unaccompanied flight to the UK. Bringing Goodison’s experience in documentary filmmaking to narrative story telling, the film details the stories of Omar, Abdul and Zizidi, characters played with great emotional intelligence by young people with similar experiences. Supported by more established actors, Goodison’s film is a dramatically absorbing and poignant contribution to contemporary discussion of immigration in the UK.

international title: Leave to Remain
original title: Leave to Remain
country: United Kingdom
year: 2013
genre: fiction
directed by: Bruce Goodison
film run: 89'
release date: FR 9/03/2016
screenplay: Charlotte Colbert, Bruce Goodison
cast: Jake Davies, Alex Harvey, Toby Jones, Zarrien Masieh, Simon Meacock, Yasmin Mwanza
cinematography by: Felix Wiedemann
art director: Elliot Scott
costumes designer: Emma Fryer
producer: Kate Cook
co-producer: James Levison
distributor: Chapeau Melon Distribution

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