D is for Distance

In cinemas 3 April. On BFI player 11 May.

★★★★
“A deeply personal movie: painful, complex, challenging and engaging”
– Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Emma Matthews’ and Christopher Petit’s (Radio On) unique and tender new film is a meditation on cinema, the NHS and family relationships. D is for Distance tells the story of the filmmakers’ son Louis, and his debilitating epilepsy, through an extraordinary archive of personal footage and Jodhi May’s narration.

Credits

Finland 2025
88 mins
Certificate 12A
DCP available with subtitles including descriptions of non-dialogue audio (DS) / Audio Description (AD)

Dir Christopher Petit & Emma Matthews
With Louis Petit
Narrated by Jodhi May

Screenings

Q&A screenings

April

2 April
BFI Southbank, London – Q&A with Emma Matthews, Christopher Petit, and Louis Petit

6 April

Tyneside Cinema – followed by a discussion with Lily Welsh, volunteer from Epilepsy Action

Release screenings

April

3 April
BFI Southbank, London
Bertha DocHouse, Bloomsbury
Curzon Camden
ICA, London
Edinburgh Filmhouse
Showroom Workstation, Sheffield
Chapter, Cardiff

6 April
Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle

11 April
The Dukes, Lancaster

12 April
Triskel Arts Centre

19 April
Hebden Bridge Picture House

May

1 May
MK Gallery, Milton Keynes

11 May
Riverside Woodbridge

18 May

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