Short film shot during pandemic starring Cillian Murphy to have London premiere
Cillian Murphy at the Bafta Film Awards 2024 (Ian West/PA)
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.
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 December 6 and Factory International in Manchester on December 7.
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.”
A trailer for his next project, Small Things Like These, was released this week. The adaptation of Claire Keegan’s book is the very first film he will both produce and star in.
Murphy has also signed on to come back as gangster Tommy Shelby for the upcoming Peaky Blinders movie, which will also star Barry Keoghan.
