The crafts team behind the terrifying scenes in Paul Greengrass’s disaster movie The Lost Bus , inspired by the 2018 Camp Fire, one of the deadliest wildfires to ever hit California, touched down at Contenders London on Saturday.

At the heart of the film is the real-life story of school-bus driver Kevin McKay and school teacher Mary Ludwig who rescued 22 children that day.

Editor William Goldenberg revealed the film had taken on extra resonance while he was working on post-production in London in January 2025, as his home in L.A. was evacuated due to the deadly Pacific Palisades fire.

“I came out of the mixing stage, and it was one of the huge fire scenes, and it’s so real and so overwhelming,” he recalled.

“I had to step off the dubbing stage and take a moment for myself, becaus

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