Unlawful Killing
Three years in the making, Unlawful Killing - a searing exploration into the violent death of Princess Diana and the alleged subsequent cover-up by the British Establishment - will make its Festival debut at Cannes, the world’s leading film festival.
Acclaimed British actor and filmmaker Keith Allen has today announced his plans to screen his directorial feature-documentary debut at the celebrated film market and festival.
The film premieres in what would have been Diana’s 50th birthday year and just as Prince William, Diana’s beloved first son and future King, embarks on married life under the watchful glare of the world’s media.
This potentially controversial documentary - set to screen on Friday 13th May in Cannes - mixes candid interviews with recreations of some of the key moments from the official inquest, shockingly not held until a decade after the event.
The questions the film asks, as it seeks to uncover the truth about the world’s most famous car crash, will inevitably shake the public’s perceptions of how Diana and her partner Dodi Fayed died - and where responsibility ultimately lies for this apparent Establishment cover-up perpetrated by 'Dark Forces'.
Locomotive Distribution’s Colleen Seldin will handle worldwide sales efforts for Unlawful Killing, which will commence in Cannes and will be supported by the attendance of the filmmakers.
On making today’s announcement producer/director Allen commented; "Screening this film in Cannes for the world’s media will be both exhilarating and terrifying for me. As far back as 2004, I had been intrigued by Mohammed Al Fayed’s unrelenting determination to seek answers to the questions surrounding the death of his son, Dodi and Princess Diana.
"By going ‘undercover’ at the inquest, I hoped to reconcile some of my own suspicions too- but what I experienced was horrifying. This film is, in short, the inquest of the inquest."
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