Georgia Oakley’s BIFA Winning, BAFTA Nominated And Critically Acclaimed Feature Film Debut BLUE JEAN Set For UK Cinema Tour
GEORGIA OAKLEY’S BAFTA-NOMINATED AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BLUE JEAN SET FOR UK CINEMA TOUR
BIFA-WINNING DEBUT SET FOR GLASGOW, MANCHESTER AND NORTH EAST PREVIEWS AHEAD OF 10 FEBRUARY RELEASE
“A SLAM DUNK MASTERPIECE.” - ★★★★★ - DAILY TELEGRAPH
“TERRIFIC… OAKLEY IS A MAJOR TALENT TO WATCH.” - ROLLING STONE UK
Georgia Oakley’s Award winning BLUE JEAN is embarking on a tour of the UK next week, ahead of its UK wide release on Friday 10 February.
The film will preview in Glasgow, Manchester, Hexham, Newcastle with special screenings in Sheffield, Nottingham, Brighton and a number of London venues. Many of the screenings will have filmmakers and cast participating in post screening Q&As.
Following on from its BIFA success having won four awards including Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance, BLUE JEAN picked up a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for Georgia Oakley (Writer/Director) and Hélène Sifre (Producer). The film won the Audience Award at the Giornate Degli Autori at the Venice Film Festival and is also nominated at the London Critics’ Circle Awards for Breakthrough Filmmaker.
Releasing in LGBTQ+ History month (February), BLUE JEAN is set in England, 1988 – Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government are about to pass a law stigmatising gays and lesbians, forcing Jean (Rosy McEwen), a PE teacher, to live a double life. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new girl at school catalyses a crisis that will challenge Jean to her core.
Filmed in the North East of England, BLUE JEAN is produced by Hélène Sifre with backing by BBC Film and the BFI (awarding National Lottery funding), in association with Great Point Media. It was developed with the support of BBC Film.
Full list of BLUE JEAN previews:
Monday February 6
Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT)
Post Film Q&A with Filmmakers
Tuesday February 7
HOME Manchester in association with Reclaim The Frame
Post Film Q&A with Filmmakers
Rio Cinema, London
Post Film Panel with Filmmakers in association with DIVA magazine
February 8
Forum Cinema Hexham
Introduction with Filmmakers
Tyneside, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Post Film Q&A with Filmmakers
February 9
Komeida, Brighton in association with Reclaim The Frame
Picturehouse Central, London
Post Film Q&A with Filmmakers
February 10
BFI Southbank, London
Post Film Q&A with Filmmakers
Barbican Cinema, London
Post Film Q&A with Filmmakers
Showroom, Sheffield in association with Reclaim The Frame
February 12
Broadway Cinema, Nottingham
Post Film Q&A with Filmmakers
Running Time: 97 minutes
Certificate: 15
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BLUE JEAN WILL BE RELEASED IN CINEMAS ACROSS THE UK & IRELAND ON FEBRUARY 10.
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Altitude Media Group is the independent UK based studio launched in 2012 by chairman Will Clarke and joint-CEO Andy Mayson. The group comprises of Altitude Film Production, Altitude Film Sales with Managing Director Mike Runagall, Altitude Film Distribution with Managing Director Lia Devlin, AltitudeFactual with Managing Director Paul Sowerbutts and Altitude Television. Since 2020, US based investment group 30WEST have held a significant minority stake in the group.
Since launching in 2013 Altitude Film Distribution have proudly supported talented filmmakers and given their films the dynamic and bold releases they deserve.
To date Altitude have championed over 170 films, ranging from the Academy and BAFTA award-winners, MOONLIGHT, ROCKS, MINARI, 20 FEET FROM STARDOM, AMY, I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO through to critically acclaimed THE FLORIDA PROJECT, DIEGO MARADONA, LADY MACBETH, BEAST, THE RIDER, LES MISÉRABLES, WHITNEY and more.
Altitude’s recent releases include BAFTA and Academy Award-nominee and Venice Golden Lion winner ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED from Academy Award-winning director Laura Poitras, KURT VONNEGUT: UNSTUCK IN TIME from acclaimed director Bob Weide, Clio Barnard’s BIFA award-winning ALI & AVA, Blerta Basholli’s triple Sundance Film Festival-winner HIVE, Palme D’Or winner TITANE from writer and director Julia Ducournau, HORRIBLE HISTORIES: THE MOVIE – ROTTEN ROMANS, Jonah Hill’s MID90S and Brian Welsh’s BEATS. In 2020 Altitude partnered with the WWF on the global event release of DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET, which became the widest ever released documentary in the UK and Ireland.
Forthcoming releases include, Georgia Oakley’s acclaimed and powerful BIFA-winning and BAFTA nominated debutBLUE JEAN, BUTCHER’S CROSSING starring Nicolas Cage and Fred Hechinger, TALK TO ME, the debut feature and Sundance horror hit from film-making duo RackaRacka, MAD ABOUT THE BOY – THE NOËL COWARD STORYfrom writer and director Barnaby Thompson, and the yet to be titled feature documentary on iconic British filmmaking duo Powell & Pressburger narrated by Martin Scorsese and directed by David Hinton.
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BBC Film supports invigorating and imaginative filmmaking. Firmly established at the forefront of UK film, BBC Film has an ambitious slate featuring many of the most exciting filmmakers working today. Every film is linked by a sense of urgency – these are stories for now.
BBC Film backed three titles selected for the 2022 Cannes Film Festival: Palme d’Or winner TRIANGLE OF SADNESS, the English language debut of Ruben Östlund starring Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean and Woody Harrelson; AFTERSUN the feature debut from Charlotte Wells starring Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio and Celia Rowlson-Hall, which received the French Touch Prize of the Jury in Critics’ Week; and GOD’S CREATURES directed by Saela Davis & Anna Rose Holmer starring Emily Watson and Paul Mescal, which premiered to critical acclaim in Directors’ Fortnight.
Upcoming BBC Film titles include: Frank Berry’s AISHA, starring Letitia Wright and Josh O’Connor, which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival; Joanna Hogg’s THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER starring Tilda Swinton, which premiered in Official Competition at the 2022 Venice Film Festival along with premieres in Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days) for BLUE JEAN, the debut feature from Georgia Oakley and winner of the Audience Choice Award, and THE DAMNED DON’T CRY (LES DAMNÉS NE PLEURENT PAS), the second feature from Fyzal Boulifa; THE LOST KING, directed by Stephen Frears, written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, starring Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan and Harry Lloyd, which premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film festival alongside ALLELUJAH directed by Richard Eyre with a cast led by Jennifer Saunders and Bally Gill, supported by Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, David Bradley, Russell Tovey and Julia McKenzie.
Forthcoming debut features include PRETTY RED DRESS from Dionne Edwards, which will premiere at the 2022 BFI London Film Festival, MEDUSA DELUXE from Thomas Hardiman, which premiered at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival, GIRL from Adura Onashile, HOARD from Luna Carmoon, RYE LANE from Raine Allen-Miller, TUESDAY from Daina O’Pusic, SCRAPPER from Charlotte Regan, and SWEET SUE from Leo Leigh.
Recent films supported by BBC Film include: Jane Campion’s Oscar winner for Directing and BAFTA winner for Best Film and Director THE POWER OF THE DOG starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jessie Plemons and Kirsten Dunst; the four-time BAFTA-nominated and six-time BIFA-winning AFTER LOVE, Aleem Khan’s debut film starring Joanna Scanlan, BAFTA winner for Leading Actress; Clio Barnard’s twice BAFTA-nominated ALI & AVA starring Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook; Andrea Arnold’s BAFTA-nominated documentary COW; Joanna Hogg’s THE SOUVENIR PART II starring Honor Swinton Byrne; Terence Davies’ BENEDICTION starring Jack Lowden and Peter Capaldi; and SWEETHEART, the debut feature of Marley Morrison.
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The BFI Film Fund invests National Lottery funding into developing and supporting filmmakers with
diverse, bold and distinctive projects, that have a cultural relevance or progressive ideas, and which
reflect people from different backgrounds.
BFI supported titles won prestigious awards at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, with Triangle of Sadness,
from writer/director Ruben Östlund and starring Woody Harrelson and Harris Dickinson, winning the Palme d’Or; and Aftersun, the feature debut by Scottish writer/director Charlotte Wells and starring Paul Mescal, winning the French Touch prize following its premiere in competition in Critics’; Week.
Upcoming and recently released titles include Aleem Khan’s BAFTA-winning debut feature After Love, whose star Joanna Scanlan won the Best Actress Award; Brian and Charles directed by Jim Archer and written and starring David Earl and Chris Hayward, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival; critically acclaimed ear for eye directed by debbie tucker green; striking VR animation Laika directed by Oscar®-winner Asif Kapadia; The Phantom of the Open directed by Craig Roberts, written by Simon Farnaby and starring Mark Rylance and Sally Hawkins; True Things directed by Harry Wootliff and starring Ruth Wilson, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival; interactive VR experience Goliath: Playing With
Reality directed by Barry Gene Murphy and May Abdalla and narrated by Tilda Swinton, which won the VR Expanded Grand Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival; Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava, which premiered in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes and was selected for TIFF; Joanna Hogg’sThe Souvenir: Part II, which world premiered in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in 2021; Terence Davies’ Benediction, which had its world premiere at TIFF and was selected for San Sebastian; and The Real Charlie Chaplin directed by Peter Middleton and James Spinney, which had its world premiere at Telluride. The BFI is a cultural charity, a National Lottery distributor, and the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image.
Our mission is:
To support creativity and actively seek out the next generation of UK storytellers
To grow and care for the BFI National Archive, the world's largest film and television archive
To offer the widest range of UK and international moving image culture through our
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To work with Government and industry to ensure the continued growth of the UK's screen Industries
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Founded in 2013 by Robert Halmi and Jim Reeve, Great Point Media specialises in the development, investment, distribution and sales of intellectual property in entertainment media. To date, the company has funded over 190 projects and invested in excess of £500 million in film and television productions. Television credits include Steve McQueen’s BAFTA-winning SMALL AXE series, LINE OF DUTY, MANHUNT, BREXIT: THE UNCIVIL WAR, HARLOTS, and DOC MARTIN, amongst many others. Film credits include GREENLAND, THE MAURITANIAN, THE PARTY, LADY MACBETH and THE LAST TREE.
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