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LEAVE TO REMAIN

Things get wild at the 'VISA and immigration services' when Karim, a young Iranian father living in the UK is mistakenly threatened with deportation.

Director
Rémy Bazerque
Time
0:10:47
Country
United Kingdom
Genre
Comedy
Year
2021

Awards Nominations

Oslo Short Film Festival / Best Short Film nominee
Saint Petersburg International Film Festival / Winner Best Audience Choice Award
Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival / Best Comedy Nominee
Moscow Shorts International Film Festival / Winner Best Narrative Short Film
Lift Off Global Network / Best Screenplay Nominee
BFI London Film Festival, 2021
Flickerfest, 2021
Finalist, Short to the point, September 2021
Best Comedy Nominee, Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival, 2021
Honorable Mention, London-Worldwide Comedy Short Film Festival, 2021
Oslo Film Festival, 2021
London Lift-Off Film Festival, 2021
Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival, 2021
Festival internazionale Segni della notte, 2021
Saint-Petersburg International Film Festival, 2022
15th Berlin British Shorts Film Festival, 2022
Crystal Palace International Film Festival, 2022
Manchester Film Festival, 2022
FilmFest Bremen, 2022
Kyiv Molodist, 2022

Director

Rémy Bazerque

Rémy Bazerque is a writer-director trained at the National Film and Television School in the UK. His films have screened at international film festivals, including Flickerfest, Raindance and the London Film Festival.

His distinctive work has been funded by the BFI, Film London and Creative England. His ad Paranoid won the Firefox Flicks competition at the 65th Cannes Film Festival, and his short film Chemistry has over 600K views on YouTube.

His latest short film LEAVE TO REMAIN is a BFI funded comedy that premiered at the London Film Festival 2021, and is currently doing the festival rounds.

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Screening

Screenings venue schedule Online Screenings / Ticket Reservation
VenuesOmotesando Hills Space O2022.06.11 [Sat] 11:20 – 13:10
VenuesOnline Grand TheaterApril 28th – June 30th

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