This one is a little while off but we can bring you the teaser trailer for After Love, a new British film to be released by the BFI later this year. The film is the debut feature by writer and director Aleem Khan, and features a compelling lead performance by British film, TV and stage actor Joanna Scanlan (Getting On, No Offence, Notes on a Scandal, Pin Cushion), alongside French actor Nathalie Richard (Never Let Me Go, Hidden, Jeune et Jolie) and newcomer Talid Ariss in his first major English language role. The film will be released in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 7 May 2021.
In AFTER LOVE, Mary Hussain (Joanna Scanlan), who converted to Islam when she married and is now in her early 60s, lives quietly with her husband Ahmed. Following his unexpected death, she suddenly finds herself a widow. A day after the burial, she discovers that Ahmed had a secret life just twenty-one miles away from their Dover home, across the Channel in Calais. The shocking discovery compels her to go there to find out more, and as she grapples with her shattered sense of identity, her search for understanding has surprising consequences.
After Love had its world premiere screening to much acclaim at the 2020 BFI London Film Festival. Aleem Khan was shortlisted for the IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award in association with the BFI which was presented during the festival. The film was awarded the Cannes 2020 Critics’ Week label, followed by selection for Telluride 2020, TIFF Industry Selects and Rome Film Festival Official Selection.
The teaser trailer is below. The film will release on screens on 7th May.
