Scarborough

Scarborough
UK | 2018 | 103’ | DCP | Colour | English | Group: C

Director: Barnaby Southcombe

An introduction of the film will be given by film delegation before the film screening

Two mismatched sets of lovers arrive at the British seaside town of Scarborough. The shy and beautiful Liz is much older than her 16 year-old companion, the happy-go-lucky and impulsive Daz. Sensitive artist Aiden is also older than his 16 year-old lover, the fiery and impulsive Beth. Away from the prying eyes of their hometown, the two couples laugh, quarrel, make love and enjoy their anonymity. But as both couples are forced to come to terms with the illicit nature of their love, power shifts from one to the other and joy turns to suffering as they reel from the destructive force of unbridled love.

Barnaby Southcombe began his career directing theatre with an adaptation of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal in Paris. Moving to London, he got his directing break in TV drama with teen show As If for Channel 4 followed by UK TV work such as Teachers (Channel 4), Top Buzzer (MTV) and Waterloo Road (BBC1) among others. In 2010, he set up Embargo Films and wrote and directed his first feature I, Anna (2012) which starred Charlotte Rampling, Gabriel Byrne and Hayley Atwell. The noir thriller had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival and played in official competition at the Shanghai International Film Festival.