

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
Five friends. Five lives. Countless hopes.
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.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- drug dealer
- friendship
- husband wife relationship
- based on novel or book
- capitalism
- assault
- working class
- public housing
- childhood friends
- gentrification
- woman director
- millennial
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Behind the camera
Director
Writers
Music
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United Kingdom, United States of America
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United StatesUS
- PremiereHamptons International Film Festival3 Oct 2026
- PremiereChicago International Film Festival17 Oct 2026
- PremierePhiladelphia Film Festival19 Oct 2026
- PremiereAFI Fest21 Oct 2026
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival16 Oct 2026
- PremiereCambridge Film Festival22 Oct 2026
- PremiereCINECITY Brighton Film Festival6 Nov 2026
- PremiereCheltenham Film Festival8 Nov 2026
- PremiereCornwall Film Festival16 Nov 2026
- Theatrical154 Dec 2026
AustraliaAU
- PremiereSydney Film Festival6 Jun 2026
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival7 Aug 2026
- PremiereAdelaide Film Festival18 Oct 2026
CanadaCA
- PremiereVancouver International Film Festival2 Oct 2026
BrazilBR
- PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival17 Oct 2026
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Directors' Fortnight20 May 2026
- PremiereJean Carmet Film Festival12 Oct 2026
- PremiereFestival du Film de Sarlat3 Nov 2026
- PremiereArras Film Festival11 Nov 2026
- Theatrical16 Dec 2026
GermanyDE
- PremiereMunich International Film Festival30 Jun 2026
- PremiereLiteratur Film Festival19 Sept 2026
- PremiereMannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival12 Nov 2026
IrelandIE
- PremiereCork International Film Festival14 Nov 2026
- Theatrical15A4 Dec 2026
ItalyIT
- PremiereRome Film Festival14 Oct 2026
KazakhstanKZ
- PremiereQyzqaras Film Festival25 Aug 2026
LithuaniaLT
- PremiereLokys, liūtas ir šakelė1 Oct 2026
NorwayNO
- PremiereBergen International Film Festival15 Oct 2026
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I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning was released on 4 December 2026.
Audience reviews
1- B6/10
Brent Marchant
10/22/2026
For many of us (especially those under 30), the expectation of being able to afford a reasonably comfortable life is slipping away, ironically, and all too regrettably, becoming little more than a dream in a very real sense. It’s a change that seems to be occurring worldwide, too, as economic disparity continues to take root around the globe. And one locale in which that trend has been occurring is Birmingham, the se…
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