• Opening Film
• World Competition
• Marathi Competition
• Student Competition
• Tribal Competition
• Global Cinema
• Country Focus
• Bafta Shorts
• Theme Movies
• Retrospective
• International Retro
• Indian Cinema
• MIFF Films
• Tribute

Leonora Carrington

Original name: Leonora Carrington
English name: The Lost Surrealist
Year: 2017
Run time: 60 mins
Language: English
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Teresa Griffiths
Producer: Rachel Hooper
Cast: Teresa Griffiths , Leonora Carrington , Gabriel Weisz Carrington
Screenplay: Teresa Griffiths
Cinematographer: Neil Harvey
Editor: Adam Finch
Sound Designer: Andy Cowton
Music Composer: Andy Cowton
Production Company: Erica Starling Productions
Festivals: Sheffield International Documentary Festival) (premiere)

Selected Filmography:

• The Lost Surrealist
• Jackson Pollock: Love and Death on Long Island
• The Hidden Heart: A Life of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears .

Director’s Biography:

Teresa Griffiths is a director and producer, known for Histoires de l'âged'orislamique (2013), The Lost Surrealist (2017) and TV Heroes (1993).

Synopsis:

A journey into the darkly strange and cinematic world of British surrealist Leonora Carrington.British artist Leonora Carrington was a key part of the surrealist movement during its heyday in Paris and yet, until recently, remained a virtual unknown in the country of her birth. This film explores her dramatic evolution from British debutante to artist in exile, living out her days in Mexico City.