LEAVE TO REMAIN

By Bruce GOODISON

BURDIGALA PRODUCTION - as SALES TV, France

Drama - Completed 2013

Inspired by true events, Leave to Remain is a coming of age film like no other, revealing the world of teenage refugees behind the headlines.

Festivals
& Awards

BFI London FF 2013
Canberra Int'l Film Festival 2014
Lucas Int'l Children's Film Festival 2014
Zlin Film Festival 2014
Best Debut Feature Film
Ale Kino Film Festival 2014
BUFF Film Festival 2014
Best Youth Film
Bergamo Film Meeting 2014
2nd Place
Bushwick Film Festival 2014
    • Year of production
    • 2013
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Bruce GOODISON
    • Writer(s)
    • Charlotte COLBERT, Bruce GOODISON
    • Producer(s)
    • Kate COOK (Indefinite Films), James LEVISON (Indefinite Films)
    • Synopsis
    • Toby Jones (The Hunger Games, Frost/Nixon, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) stars as a British teacher looking after a group of teenage asylum seekers. Among them is Omar, waiting for the most important decision in his life: can he stay in the UK, or must he return to Afghanistan and, perhaps, his death? When the arrival of a boy from his village threatens to tip the balance against him, Omar must make the right choice: between telling the authorities a good story and telling the unbelievable truth.