Aleem Khan’s After Love dominated the 2021 British Independent Film Awards, winning six prizes in total including Best British Independent Film. Khan also took home both Best Director and the Dougl…
, winning six prizes in total including Best British Independent Film.
Set in the port town of Dover, the film follows Mary Hussain who suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais. Ahmed, who received a standing ovation, teared up on the night, admitting that he approached the donor with a mix of “celebration and suspicion”. Theactor said he decided to accept the award as “encouragement of what’s to come”. He thanked a roll call of Brit directors including Michael Winterbottom, and Chris Morris for proving that “geniuses are not arseholes, they’re really fun to be with.” He reserved the highest praise for his family, whom he said taught him the “value of storytelling”.
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