SET THE THAMES ON FIRE

Two boys fall through the clockwork of a grotesque nightmare London. Endeavouring to survive and escape, and perhaps find hope, in this dark comedy.
 

SCREENING: Crowley Theater - SAT 7/16 - 5:00 PM

Narrative Feature
87m
UK

Ben Charles Edwards
LONDON BORN DIRECTOR BEN CHARLES EDWARDS, DESCRIBED BY THE TIMES AS ‘AN ARTISTIC WUNDERKIND’ HAS FASHIONED AN ACUTE EYE FOR MODERN SOCIETAL CYNICISMS AND SURREAL IMAGERY. 

EDWARDS HAS MOST RECENTLY COMPLETED HIS FULL-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE DEBUT. SET THE THAMES ON FIRE, PRODUCED BY BLONDE TO BLACK PICTURES. 

‘WILL NATURE MAKE A MAN OF ME YET?’ - A COMMERICAL SPOT DIRECTED BY EDWARDS WAS
RECENTLY SELECTED FOR THE PARIS FASHION FILM AWARDS AT THE POMPIDOU CENTRE, PARIS. 
IN EARLY 2013 EDWARDS DIRECTED DOTTY, SADIE FROST WON “BEST ACTRESS” AT THE HOLLYWOOD INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL FOR HER PORTRAYAL OF THE TITLE CHARACTER. THE FILM WAS ALSO SELECTED FOR A FURTHER 18 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS. 

IN EARLY 2012, BEN CREATED “SUZIE LOVITT”, A 10-MINUTE SHORT STARRING EIGHT-YEAR-OLD RUDY LAW (SON OF SADIE FROST AND JUDE LAW). “SUZIE LOVITT” HAS ONLY BEEN SCREENED ONCE FOR A PRIVATE EVENT IN LEICESTER SQUARE IN EARLY 2012. 

PREVIOUS WORK INCLUDES A SELECTION OF FILMS FOR THE BALENCIAGA COLLECTION, AND ‘GILES’ -A STUDY OF GILES DEACON FOR VOGUE ITALIA.

CREDITS

Michael Winder & Noel Fielding