LBFF is thrilled to be opening our five-day film festival with Naqqash Khalid’s debut feature, In Camera. The director and some of the cast members will join us on stage after for a Q&A, including Naqqash Khalid, Nabhaan Rizwan and Josie Walker.
Twenty-something Aden (Nabhaan Rizwan) dreams of becoming a successful actor, but the nightmarish grind of the audition circuit, with its callous rejections and upsetting micro-aggressions, is starting to take its toll. It doesn’t help that his junior doctor flatmate Bo (Rory Fleck Byrne) is also stressed to the point of burnout. But when self-assured fashion and lifestyle guru Conrad (Amir El-Masry) moves in, his optimism and confidence inspires Aden to take it upon himself to find a new part to play.
Candid and funny, with an unsettling eye for the warped and bizarre, In Camera is a playful, stylish satire, not just of showbiz, but also of how the myriad absurdities of modern British life have created a new generation of anxious young men. With a complex and subtle central performance from rising star Rizwan and a soundtrack by Clark, this debut film from director Naqqash Khalid heralds an exciting new voice in British cinema.
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