Kicks
Filmmaker: Directed by Lindy Heymann
UK, Cert.15 / 82 min / English
Opening Weekend Date: 4 June 2010
A markedly assured feature debut from Lindy Heymann. An intelligent and witty comment on modern celebrity culture and the darker side of obsession. The story captures the intense chemistry between two friends as well as the vulnerability and yearning of adolescent emotions.
Nicole and Jasmine, two Liverpudlian teenagers from opposite sides of the tracks who instantly bond over a mutual obsession with footballer Lee Cassidy (Jamie Doyle). Fuelled by their fantasy of meeting him, they track him down outside his team's training ground. However, when it's announced that Cassidy is to be transferred to Real Madrid, the girls take drastic action and kidnap him, hoping to persuade him to change his mind.
We caught up with Lindy Heyman and Leigh Campbell at EIFF 2009 when the film premiered - check out our video interview with them here.
Lindy Heymann - Director
Lindy Heymann directed her first documentary, 3 Hours in High Heels in Heaven, for Channel 4. She went on to direct music videos, winning a Creative Futures Award for most promising newcomer. She has directed over a hundred music videos, working with artists such as The Charlatans, Suede, Leftfield, Terry Hall, Faithless and Paul McCartney. In 2003 she co-wrote and directed a faux-documentary feature film, Showboy, in America, which was released in 2004, picking up a BIFA Award for Best Directorial Debut and Best Picture at the Milan Independent Film Festival. She recently completed Service, a 30-minute comedy drama for Channel 4.
"a tense tale...compelling"
Vogue
"engaging...witty coming-of-age tale"
Anne Smith, Empire
