The Party (2017 film)

The Party
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySally Potter
Written bySally Potter
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAleksei Rodionov
Edited by
  • Emilie Orsini
  • Anders Refn
Production
companies
  • Adventure Pictures
  • Great Point Media
Distributed byPicturehouse Entertainment
Release dates
  • 13 February 2017 (2017-02-13) (Berlin)
  • 13 October 2017 (2017-10-13) (UK)
Running time
71 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$6 million[2]

The Party is a 2017 British black comedy film written and directed by Sally Potter.[3] The film was shot in black and white and features a seven-actor ensemble of Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer, Cillian Murphy, Kristin Scott Thomas and Timothy Spall.

It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival[4] and was awarded the Guild Film Prize.[5] The film received positive reviews from critics.

67th Berlin International Film Festival, 2017, Sally Potter with the cast : Timothy Spall, Patricia Clarkson, Cillian Murphy, Sally Potter, Bruno Ganz, and Kristin Scott Thomas
  1. ^ "The Party (2017)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  2. ^ "The Party (2017)". Box Office Mojo.
  3. ^ Barraclough, Leo (15 June 2016). "Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Kristin Scott Thomas to Star in Sally Potter's 'The Party'". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Aki Kaurismäki, Oren Moverman, Agnieszka Holland, Andres Veiel, and Sally Potter – First Films for the Competition of the Berlinale 2017". Berlin International Film Festival. 15 December 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Prizes of the Independent Juries". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2018. The jury of the "Guild Film Prize" is composed of three members who run cinemas and are members of the AG Kino - Gilde e.V. (association of German Art House Cinemas). The jury awards its prize to a film screened in the Competition.