RAY & LIZ
Director: Richard Billingham
Writer: Richard Billingham
Producer: Jacqui Davies
Renowned photographer Richard Billingham makes his feature-film debut with this intricate family portrait, inspired by his own memories of growing up in the West Midlands in the late 70s and early 80s, and then his father and mother in the late 90’s.
Billingham revisits the figures of his earlier photographs — his alcoholic father Ray; his mother Liz; and his younger brother Jason — with a series of family vignettes where life, lived on the margins of society and societal taboos, can spiral out of control.
Awards
Best Film, Batumi International ArtHouse Film Festival
Breakthrough Producer, British Independent Film Awards
Douglas Hickox Award, British Independent Film Awards
Best Cinematography, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Best Actress, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Best Picture not Released in 2018, International Cinephile Awards
SIGNIS Award, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Feature Narrative Winner, El Gouna Film Festival
Jury Special Prize - Best Director, Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival
Special Jury Prize Winner, Locarno International Film Festival
Grand Prix Winner, Luxembourg City Film Festival
Prix de l’experimentation – Special Mention Winner, Montreal Festival of New Cinema
Grand Jury Award, Seville European Film Festival
Golden Alexander Winner, Thessaloniki Film Festival
New Europe New Names Best Film, Vilinus International Film Festival
Nominations
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, BAFTA
Audience Award, AFI Fest
Grand Jury Prize, Angers European Film Festival
Best Production Design, British Independent Film Awards
Best Film, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Politiken’s Audience Award, CPH PIX
Best Film Award, Cyprus Film Days International Festival
European Discovery, European Film Awards
Best International First Feature, Galway Film Fleadh
Feature Competition, Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival
Emeric Pressburger Prize, Jamesson Cinefest
Best Internatoinal First Film, Jurusalem Film Festival
Jaeger – LeCoultre Best Film Award, Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival
Best Film of the Perspectives Section, Ljubljana International Film Festival
Best Film, Locarno International Film Festival
Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year, London Critics Circle Film Awards
First Feature Competition, London Film Festival
New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize, Palm Springs International Film Festival
Best Film, Seville European Film Festival
New Directors Competition, Best Film, Sao Paulo International Film Festival
Impact Award, Stockholm Film Festival