SYNOPSIS

On the outskirts of Birmingham and the margins of society the Billingham family perform extreme rituals and break social taboos as they muddle through a life decided by factors beyond their control. At times shocking and laced with an unsettling humour, three episodes unfold as a powerful evocation of experience of growing up in a Black Country council flat.

Original title: Ray & Liz English title: Ray & Liz Country: UK Language: English Production year: 2018 Length: 107' Aspect ratio: 4:3

CAST

Ella Smith, Justin Salinger, Patrick Romer, Deirdre Kelly, Tony Way, Sam Gittins, Joshua Millard-Lloyd

CREW

Director: Richard Billingham  Screenwriter: Richard Billingham  DOP: Daniel Landin Editor: Tracy Granger Producer: Jacqui Davies Production Company: Primitive Film World sales: Luxbox

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

 Locarno Film Festival
International Competition : Special Mention Jury Prize

Toronto International Film Festival - Wavelenghts

Sevilla Film Festival
International Competition : Grand Jury Award

Thessaloniki Film Festival
International Competition : Golden Alexander for Best Film

FICUNAM Film Festival - International Competition

Vilnius Film Festival
European Debut Competition : Best Film

Luxembourg Film Festival
International Competition : Grand Jury Award for Best Film

Viennale

Festival du nouveau Cinéma de Montreal
Les Nouveaux Alchimistes : Special Mention Jury Prize

Leffest - Lisboa & Sintra Film Festival
International Competition : Special Jury Award for Best Director

El Gouna Film Festival
International Competition : Silver Award for Narrative Film

Batumi Film Festival
International Competition - Best Film & Best Actress Award to Ella Smith

Subversive Film Festival
International Competition - Best Film

New-York Film Festival - Main Slate

BFI London Film Festival - First Features Competition

Angers Premiers Plans - International Competition

Bergamo Film Meeting - International Competition

AFI Fest

CPH:PIX Film Festival

Stockholm International Film Festival - Impact Competition

Mostra Internacional de Sao Paulo - New Directors Competition

Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival

CineJameson Miskolc Film Festival

Singapore International Film Festival

Hong-Kong Film Festival

Richard Billingham

Photographer/Director

In 1997 he was the first recipient of the Deutsche Borse Photography Prize and the following year BBC2 broadcast his film Fishtank, (47mins) produced by Artangel and filmmaker Adam Curtis. He exhibited at the Venice Biennale 2001 and was nominated for the Turner Prize, also in 2001. He has made work about his immediate family, about animals in zoos around the world and about the British landscape. Recently he has written and directed his first feature film for cinema called ‘Ray & Liz’, shot on location in the Midlands where he grew up. His work is held in many collections including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum, New York, V & A and Tate Galleries, London. 

FILMOGRAPHY

2018, Ray & Liz

2016, Ray (part 1 of 3-part feature film)

1999, Playstation (short documentary video)

1999, Ray in Bed (short documentary video)

1998, Tony Smoking Backwards (short documentary video)

1998, Liz Smoking (short documentary video)

1998, Fishtank (documentary video)