“I’m honoured to be a guest of the Kingston Film Festival, and to accept the Festival’s Independent Spirit Award. The festival’s achievements are impressive, not least in their support of independent cinema and of young filmmakers in London. And I very much look forward to sharing my work with their enthusiastic audience.” Mike Leigh
Few filmmakers have shaped British cinema with as much emotional authenticity and depiction of everyday life as Mike Leigh.
His multi-award-winning films, like the seminal 1996 Secrets and Lies, Mr Turner (2014), and Vera Drake (2004) are embedded in our national consciousness, living on in our thinking and as resonant as ever.
Hosted by Adrian Wootton, Chief Executive of Film London and the British Film Commission, reflecting on over 60 years of filmmaking, it promises a warm, revealing celebration of his extraordinary career and creative legacy
We expect this event to be very popular, so you are advised to book early
