A film shot in Peckham is being screened at the biggest independent film festival in the United States.
Rye Lane, directed by Raine Allen-Miller will premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in January – the biggest independent film festival the United States, based in Utah.
The romantic comedy stars Vivian Oparah (Class, The Rebel) and David Jonsson (Industry, Deep State), as Yas and Dom, two twenty-somethings both reeling from bad break-ups, who connect over the course of an eventful day in south east London. The film sees them help each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restore their faith in romance.
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Rye Lane is an original screenplay from co-writers Nathan Bryon (Bloods, Apple Tree House) and Tom Melia (Bloods, Zero Chill). It is produced by Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo of Turnover Films (Top Boy, Guerrilla), and Damian Jones of DJ Films (The Lady in the Van, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie).
BBC Film helped to develop and fund the film, along with Searchlight Pictures and the BFI (with the National Lottery). Following the festival, it will be released in UK cinemas on 17 March next year.
Executive Producers are Eva Yates and Rose Garnett for BBC Films, Sophie Meyer and Kristin Irving for the BFI, and Paul Grindey and Charles Moore.
