A chance to see Helen McCrory shine in post-911 romance/thriller FLYING BLIND

THE PASSIONATE LOVE STORY OF A WOMAN AND A YOUNGER MUSLIM MAN, IN A WORLD WHERE SECURITY IS PARAMOUNT AND NOTHING IS QUITE WHAT IT SEEMS

Frankie is part of the war-machine, a successful aerospace engineer designing drones for the military. Then she meets Kahil, a French-Algerian student. They embark on a passionate affair and for the first time in her life Frankie utterly, thrillingly, loses control. One morning at work, she’s detained by the security services and told that Kahil may not be quite what he seems. She finds that she has crossed a line into a nightmare world of suspicion and accusation. Realising how little she knows of this man, Frankie determines to find out the truth, only to discover to her cost that betrayal always comes from those closest to us.

Flying Blind is the first feature film by young Polish director Katarzyna Klimkiewicz, whose short film, Hanoi-Warsaw, won the 2010 European Film Award for Best Short. A multinational cast includes Helen McCrory (Hugo, Skyfall, Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince), French-Algerian Najib Oudghiri (Rendition, The Wedding Song), Kenneth Cranham (Hot Fuzz, Valkyrie) and Tristan Gemmell (Casualty). The screenplay credit is shared by Naomi Wallace (Lawn Dogs, The War Boys), Bruce McLeod (The War Boys), and Bristol-based writer Caroline Harrington. Behind the camera is Polish Director of Photography Andrzej Wojciechowski, Klimkiewicz’s long time collaborator, and DoP on Hanoi-Warsaw.

FLYING BLIND will tour through key cities in the UK throughout April including London, Bristol, Cardiff, York, Cambridge, Oxford, Nottingham, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester and Brighton.  Each event will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and/or cast TBC.

Regional Q&A tour dates:
Thursday 11^th April – Barbican, London (Additional screenings 12^th – 18^th April)

Saturday 13^th April -Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff

Sunday 14^th April – Watershed, Bristol (Additional screenings 12^th – 18^th April)

Tuesday 16^th April - Greenwich Picturehouse

Wednesday 17^th April - York Picturehouse

Saturday 20^th April - Cambridge Picturehouse

Tuesday 23^rd April - Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford

Thursday 25^th April – Nottingham Broadway (Additional screenings 26^th April – 2^nd May)

Friday 26^th April – Sheffield Showroom

Saturday 27^th April – Edinburgh Filmhouse

Sunday 28^th April – Glasgow Film Theatre

Tuesday 30^th April – Manchester Cornerhouse

Thursday 2^nd May – Brighton Komedia

Saturday 11^th May - Derby Quad

Tuesday 14^th May - Curzon, Soho

Also screening at…..

Booth Books, Hay on Wye (Friday 12^th - Sunday 14^th April)

Watermans, Brentford (Friday 19^th April - Thursday 25^th April)

Abbeygate Picturehouse, Bury St Edmunds (Sunday 28^th April)

Ipswich Film Theatre, Ipswich (Friday 10^th May - Sunday 13^th May)

HebdenBridge Picturehouse, West Yorks (Wednesday 15^th May & Thursday 16^th May)

PlymouthArts Centre (Friday 31^st May - Thursday 6^th June)

For a full list of tour dates and tickets go to http://www.flyingblindfilm.co.uk