FILM SPONSORED BY SYMONDSBURY ESTATE

EXCLUSIVE UK PREVIEW WITH INTRODUCTION BY REBECCA LENKIEWICZ.

The festival closes with an exclusive UK preview of ‘Hot Milk’ after its world premiere in the main competition at the Berlin International Film Festival. This darkly humoured adaptation of Deborah Levy’s award-winning 2016 novel is the directorial debut of last year’s From Page To Screen curator, Rebecca Lenkiewicz.

Staring Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve) and Emma Mackey (Sex Education) as a mother and daughter – Rose and Sophia – claustrophobically bound together in a quest to the small Spanish seaside town where an alternative health clinic promises miracles. Rose has mortgaged her house to pay for the healing talents of attentive Dr. Gomez (Vincent Perez) who seems more interested in probing her traumatic past than examining her erratic bouts of disability. Released from the role of carer and her university deadlines, Sofia is drawn to the sensual heat haze of the beach where mysterious Ingrid (Vicky Krieps) seduces her and promises love – but also more secrets and mind games. Sophia’s anthropology expertise can’t help her understand or resolve all the bizarre behaviour of everyone around her, and simmering resentments build to a shocking finale that will fire debates long after the end of the film.

Rebecca has previously attened the festival with her screenwriting for ‘Disobedience’ and ‘She Said’ and is delighted to now be bringing her first directing credit to FPTS:

“I’M REALLY EXCITED TO RETURN TO BRIDPORT’S FILM FESTIVAL AND ITS DYNAMIC TEAM WITH ‘HOT MILK’. THE FILMS ARE FANTASTIC AND THE SURROUNDING EVENTS ARE WONDERFUL. FILM FESTIVALS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE LIFEBLOOD OF INDEPENDENT FILM AND THIS ONE IS JUST BRILLIANT. THEN THERE’S THE SEA AND CLIFFS AND KUBRICK’S COTTAGE. FILM HEAVEN”