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Film about medical misogyny wins best director gong at BFI Future Film Festival

A film about medical misogyny has won the director gong at the British Film Institute’s (BFI) Future Film Festival.

Praised for its “originality”, All Up There by Scottish filmmaker Bonnie MacRae follows 20-something Eilidh as she begins to seek answers for the debilitating pain she is experiencing.

The category is one of three that was judged by BFI’s jury at the 2024 film festival, which featured speakers from across and Big Boys actor Olisa Odele.

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