STEVE
Section: Platform
Director: Tim Mielants
Screenwriter: Max Porter
Logline: Oscar winner Cillian Murphy anchors this gripping adaptation of a bestselling novella from 2023. Faced with ever-increasing pressures, the head of a crumbling reform school for boys navigates a pivotal, fraught day while clinging to a fading sense of hope.
Panelists: Cillian Murphy, Jay Lycurgo, Tracey Ullman, Simbi Ajikawo, Tim Mielants, Max Porter
Premiered: Friday, September 5
Key Quotes: [Steve] is one of those people who is doing his absolute best, but he is carrying an awful lot of weight, psychologically and emotionally… Someone who is trying to fix people or help people fix themselves, but he has not looked at himself. – Cillian Murphy
I loved being involved in this film, I loved the freedom and the craziness of it, and the sound of it, and the freedom [Mielants] gave us to experiment. – Tracey Ullman
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