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 Matthew’s 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

To be confirmed