Here for Life

Andrea Luka Zimmerman / Adrian Jackson

A feature documentary that hovers between fiction and fact, attention and act.

Released via MODERN FILMS

Ten Londoners and a dog. An uncommon story on common ground. Here for Life is a feature film marking the culmination of a long collaboration between filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman and theatre-maker Adrian Jackson, a group of Londoners, and a dog.

It was previewed outdoors 11–20 June 2019 at Nomadic Community Gardens where much of the footage was shot; it was awarded a Special Mention from the Concorso Cineasti del presente jury during its premiere at the Locarno Film festival, Switzerland 15 August 2019.

Prior to its UK and Ireland general release, 22 November 2019, it was shortlisted for the Raindance Discovery Award at the annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)

 

 “Not to be missed” Time Out

“The film challenges us to become spectators and to engage with and interrogate the stories we are told” – Sight and Sound

“A remarkably nimble meditation on performance and vulnerability” Little White Lies

 

Reclaim the Frame: Andrea Luka Zimmerman in conversation with Lemn Sissay

 

“Haven’t seen anything like it. The underworld. The world. The space that none of us see but that is ever there. With us. Beside us. In us even. IN us all even.” –  Lemn Sissay

 

As part of Birds’ Eye View’s Reclaim the Frame series,  filmmaker Andrea Luka Zimmerman is joined by author Lemn Sissay to discuss her film HERE FOR LIFE on Zoom. Following this discussion, the audience will be invited to participate in a group conversation about this film.

 

If you would like to participate in this event, please watch HERE FOR LIFE in advance. It is available HERE to stream or buy online.