I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

2026109 minEnglish

Directed by

Clio Barnard

Logline

Five friends. Five lives. Countless hopes.

Synopsis

Childhood friends Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli, and Conor played together, skipped school together, and dreamt of the lives they would have one day. Now they’re thirty, and the future they imagined is slipping quietly out of reach.

Festivals

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Munich International Film Festival 2026

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TAURON New Horizons International Film Festival 2026

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Melbourne International Film Festival 2026

Cast and Crew

Cast: Anthony Boyle, Lola Petticrew, Joe Cole, Daryl McCormack, Jay Lycurgo, Millie Brady, Lucie Shorthouse, James Eeles, Ryan Walker-Edwards, Sam Brasenell

Writers: Enda Walsh (Writer), Keiran Goddard (Novel)

Production Designer: Jane Levick

Editor: Maya Maffioli

Sound Designer: Paul Davies

Composer: Harry Escott

Costume Designer: Matthew Price

Direction team: Tony Aherne (First Assistant Director)

Producers: Tracy O'Riordan, Clio Barnard, Enda Walsh

Production: Moonspun Films, BBC Film, BFI, TPC

Drama

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