EXCLUSIVE: Hugh Bonneville (Notting Hill) and Heidi Kadlecová have signed on as Executive Producers on the feature documentary Everybody to Kenmure Street ahead of its UK and Irish release on March 13.
The film debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance, before playing the Glasgow Film Festival. Everybody to Kenmure Street also won the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) Human Rights Film Award at the Dublin International Film Festival following its Irish premiere.
Everybody to Kenmure Street charts the events of the spontaneous community protest on Glasgow’s Kenmure Street, when hundreds united to stop the deportation of their neighbours. The protest drew international attention and became a landmark moment in grassroots civic action. The film is the second feature by Felipe Bustos Sierra and includes reenactments with contributors such as Emma Thompson, also an Executive Producer on the film, and Kate Dickie.
“I’m delighted to be supporting this powerful, uplifting story,” Bonneville said in a statement.
Everybody to Kenmure Street was largely funded by Screen Scotland and cash from a Kickstarter campaign, alongside support from Scottish trade unions. The Party Film Sales is handling international sales and last week announced Icarus Films as the North American distributor. A U.S. festival tour is ongoing. Conic is distributing in the UK.
Other Executive Producers on the film alongside Thompson and Bonneville are Mark Thomas for Screen Scotland, Rosie Crerar and Natalie Usher for barry crerar, and Aristotle Andrulakis.
Producer Ciara Barry of barry crerar added: “It’s been wonderful to see audiences responding to this important and galvanising film on the big screen, and we’re excited for the wider release.”
Check out the film’s trailer below.
