The BFI’s London Film Festival is a wonderfully dense showcase of the year’s biggest and buzziest titles; however, amongst the glitz and glam, there is often a space for local discovery. This year, for me, that came in the shape of Bradley Banton’s delightful debut feature More Life .

Starring Hard Truths breakout Tuwaine Barrett , the film follows a group of old friends who reunite to celebrate one of their own opening a gallery show in Copenhagen. The history that binds the group is delicately revealed, morphing the 78-minute feature into a unique and thoroughly contemporary portrait of Black British life, not least because the entire feature takes the form of an Instagram live broadcast.

The film’s wider cast features Dipo Ola and Jordan Peters. The production was self-fun

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