Short film All Of This Unreal Time starring Cillian Murphy is to have its London premiere at the Southbank Centre.
The arts centre, home to the Royal Festival Hall and Hayward Gallery, has announced a new raft of programming for 2024 and 2025, which includes a screening of the film and a new creative partnership with the Montreux Jazz Festival.
Oppenheimer Oscar-winner and Peaky Blinders star Murphy, 48, plays the nameless main character of the short, which was shot around London during the pandemic and takes the form of a "visual poem", according to the actor.
It will be screened at the Royal Festival Hall on 6 December and Factory International in Manchester on 7 December.
The events will be followed by a Q&A with members of the creative team and live performances of new work inspired by the film from composers Aaron and Bryce Dessner and Jon Hopkins.
Murphy said: "All Of This Unreal Time is a project I have deep affection for.
"It was made in the bleak depths of a pandemic, yet comes from a place of pure collaboration and love.
"We wanted to make a visual poem that scratches at concerns about masculinity, society and personal responsibility, all of that knotty difficult stuff, but make it with an open and a broken heart."
Take a peek at the year ahead with a host of brand new things to look forward to at the Southbank Centre just announced 👀
— Southbank Centre (@southbankcentre) September 19, 2024
Including a brand new arts festival, a landmark exhibition, a host of free events and creative partnerships and so much more! pic.twitter.com/GQh2lHIX3w
Mark Ball, artistic director of the Southbank Centre, said of the upcoming events: "The highlights we are announcing today are a testament to the Southbank Centre’s core purpose, to enable artists to create new works for audiences that are ambitious, forward looking and expressive, and to be an open, democratic space where culture grows people and its benefits are widely shared."
Source: Press Association
