SPECIAL SCREENING AND Q&A "WAITING FOR ANYA" TO TAKE PLACE AT PARKWAY BEVERLEY
Tue 3rd March 2020
A special screening of Waiting for Anya will take place on Thursday 5 March, 7pm at the Parkway Beverley, which will be followed by a Q & A on the Parkway stage with some the filmmakers including:
Director - Ben Cookson
Screenplay writer - Toby Torlesse
Producer - Alan Latham
WAITING FOR ANYA
From the mind of world-renowned author Michael Morpurgo comes the cinematic adaptation of Waiting for Anya – a powerful and authentic true story of a young shepherd that had a key part to play in one of the world’s most shocking moments in history.
Based on the novel by the War Horse author, Waiting for Anya tells the story of Jo Lalande (played by Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp), a 13-year-old shepherd, his grandfather (played by Leon star Jean Reno) and a widow (played by Academy Award Winner for Prizzi’s Honor Angelica Huston), who help smuggle Jewish children across the border from occupied southern France into Spain during World War II.
Filmed in the village of Lescun and the surrounding Aspe Valley, France in which the true to life story also originated, the film boasts an all-stellar cast including; Noah Schnapp (Stranger Things), Anjelica Huston (Ever After, The Addams Family), Jean Reno (Leon, The Big Blue, Ronin), Frederick Schmidt (Mission: Impossible – Fallout), Thomas Kretschmann (The Pianist, Central Intelligence) and Nicholas Rowe (Riviera, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels).
Waiting for Anya marks Toby Torlesse’s screenwriting debut after taking on the challenge of adapting his favourite childhood novel by Morpurgo. The film is also co-written and directed by Ben Cookson (Almost Married) and produced by Phin Glynn and Alan Latham
Waiting for Anya is currently playing in select cinemas across the UK courtesy of Kaleidoscope Entertainment.
