Out now
In Camera
UK 2023
Dir: Naqqash Khalid
Cast: Nabhaan Rizwan, Amir El-Masry, Rory Fleck Byrne
English / 96m
In cinemas from 13 September 2024
Available at home from 14 October 2024
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.
Full of pointed observations about an industry rife with prejudice and hypocrisy, In Camera deploys elements of surrealism and fantasy to trace how its young British-Asian protagonist’s sense of self is affected by the tokenism of a world he hopes to conquer. Candid and funny, with an unsettling eye for the warped and bizarre, it’s 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 supple 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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▇ Bradford Light Cinema (YIFF Presents Event x Talent Q&A) - 17 September
Bradford Pictureville - from 4 October
Bristol Watershed - from 13 September
Birmingham MAC - from 27 September
▇ Birmingham Mockingbird Cinema (BIFF Presents Event x Talent Q&A) - 16 September
Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre - from 20 September
Chichester Cinema at New Park - from 21 October
Edinburgh The Cameo - from 20 September
Glasgow GFT - from 13 September
▇ Hereford Borderlines Film Festival - 17 March
Lerwick Mareel - 27-30 October
London Act One Cinema, Acton - from 27 September
▇ London BFI Southbank (+ Q&A) - 5 September
London BFI Southbank - from 13 September
▇ London London Breeze Film Festival (Riverside Studios) - 23 October
London Curzon Bloomsbury - from 13 September
London David Lean Cinema - 12 November
London Garden Cinema, Covent Garden - from 13 September (including Q&A with director Naqqash Khalid on 19 September)
London ICA - from 13 September
▇ London In Camera x Muslim Sisterhood (closed event) - 12 September
▇ London Muslim International Film Festival - 2 June
▇ London Rich Mix Rich Mix (+ Q&A in partnership with Dailies) - 13 September
London Rio Dalston - from 13 September
London Ritzy Brixton - from 13 September
London Picturehouse Crouch End - from 13 September
London Picturehouse Ealing - from 13 September
London Picturehouse Hackney - from 20 September
London The Castle Cinema - from 13 September
Manchester HOME - from 27 September
▇ Manchester MUBI FEST - 12 & 13 July
▇ Manchester Everyman St. John's (+ Q&A in partnership with MASSIVE) - 11 September
Newcastle Tyneside Cinema - from 19 September
Oxford Ultimate Picture Palace - 4-9 October
St. Andrews Byre Theatre - from 19 September
▇ St Andrews SANDS International Film Festival - 19 April
Warwick Royal Spa Centre - from 19 October
Warwick University Student Cinema - from 3 November
“Acidly funny… A simultaneously playful and savagely pointed satire”
— Variety
“Incisively hilarious, witty, and monumental”
— rogerebert.com
“A meticulously crafted labyrinth”
— AnOther Magazine
“Inspired debut delivers a sharp skewering of the British film industry”
— Sight and Sound
“Bold and inventive”
— Little White Lies
“Sharp, visceral and blackly humorous”
— The New Arab