ALI & AVA

By Clio BARNARD

ALTITUDE FILM SALES / ALTITUDE FILM ENTERTAINMENT - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline

Drama - Completed 2021

ALI and AVA, both lonely for different reasons, meet and sparks fly. Over a lunar month a deep connection begins to grow, despite the legacy of AVA’s past relationship, and ALI’s emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his marriage.

Festivals
& Awards

Directors' Fortnight 2021
Toronto - TIFF 2021
Special Presentations
Busan IFF 2021
World Cinema
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM, Unknown
    • Duration
    • 97 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Clio BARNARD
    • Writer(s)
    • Clio BARNARD
    • Producer(s)
    • Tracy O' RIORDAN
    • Synopsis
    • Both lonely for different reasons, ALI and AVA meet through their shared affection for SOFIA (6), the child of ALI’s Slovakian tenants, whom AVA teaches. ALI finds comfort in AVA’s warmth and kindness and AVA finds ALI’s complexity and humour irresistible. Over a lunar month, sparks fly and a deep connection begins to grow. However, the legacy of AVA’s past relationship and ALI’s emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his marriage begins to overshadow their newfound passion.

      Enveloped in music and imbued with humour, ALI AND AVA is a compelling contemporary love story written & directed by BAFTA-nominated Clio Barnard (The Arbor, The Selfish Giant, Dark River).