Overview
- Paradise City Sales released a first-look photo of Bill Nighy with co-star Makram Khoury ahead of launching worldwide sales at the Cannes market.
- The film follows a widowed Irish senior in Liverpool who presses for safety upgrades to his aging building after news of a deadly London tower fire, working with his longtime neighbor.
- Iranian-British filmmaker Babak Jalali writes and directs his fifth feature with co-writer Carolina Cavalli, following festival favorite Fremont.
- The sales company handling the movie rebranded from Memento International in 2025 and also sold Fremont, signaling an ongoing partnership with Jalali.
- Backing includes BBC Film, the BFI with National Lottery funding, Liverpool Film Office’s LCR Production Fund, Calculus, Hoopsa Films, and Desmar, with U.K. distribution to be announced later.