I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
7.2
“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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Anthony Boyle
Patrick
Known for
Masters of the Air
Tetris
Lola Petticrew
Shiv
Known for
Furious
Say Nothing
Joe Cole
Rian
Known for
Peaky Blinders
Gangs of London
Daryl McCormack
Conor
Known for
Peaky Blinders
Bad Sisters
Jay Lycurgo
Oli
Known for
Titans
The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself
Millie Brady
Emma
Known for
The Last Kingdom
The Queen's Gambit
Lucie Shorthouse
Sophie
Known for
We Are Lady Parts
The Long Shadow
James Eeles
Marcus
Known for
Masters of the Air
My Lady Jane
Ryan Walker-Edwards
Si
Known for
Femme
Sam Brasenell
Kate
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Clio Barnard Director · Enda Walsh Screenplay Keiran Goddard Author
United States release October 3, 2026 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States · Production BBC Film, BFI
Production
Moonspun Films
Production
BBC Film
Production
BFI
Production
TPC
Production
United Kingdom · United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 20, 2026
Premiere · Cannes Directors' Fortnight
United States · October 3, 2026
Premiere · Hamptons International Film Festival
United Kingdom · December 4, 2026
Theatrical
United States
October 17, 2026 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
October 19, 2026 · Premiere · Philadelphia Film Festival
October 21, 2026 · Premiere · AFI Fest
Australia
June 6, 2026 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
August 7, 2026 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
October 18, 2026 · Premiere · Adelaide Film Festival
Brazil
October 17, 2026 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
Canada
October 2, 2026 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival
France
October 12, 2026 · Premiere · Jean Carmet Film Festival
November 3, 2026 · Premiere · Festival du Film de Sarlat
November 11, 2026 · Premiere · Arras Film Festival
December 16, 2026 · Theatrical
Germany
June 30, 2026 · Premiere · Munich International Film Festival
September 19, 2026 · Premiere · Literatur Film Festival
November 12, 2026 · Premiere · Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival
Ireland
November 14, 2026 · Premiere · Cork International Film Festival
December 4, 2026 · Theatrical
Italy
October 14, 2026 · Premiere · Rome Film Festival
Kazakhstan
August 25, 2026 · Premiere · Qyzqaras Film Festival
Lithuania
October 1, 2026 · Premiere · Lokys, liūtas ir šakelė
Norway
October 15, 2026 · Premiere · Bergen International Film Festival
Poland
July 27, 2026 · Premiere · TAURON New Horizons International Film Festival
August 4, 2026 · Premiere · BNP Paribas Two Riversides Film and Art Festival
October 11, 2026 · Premiere · Warsaw International Film Festival
October 17, 2026 · Premiere · All About Freedom Festival
December 11, 2026 · Theatrical
Romania
September 20, 2026 · Premiere · Bucharest International Film Festival
Slovenia
November 11, 2026 · Premiere · Ljubljana International Film Festival
Spain
January 8, 2027 · Theatrical
Thailand
September 17, 2026 · Premiere · Bangkok International Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 16, 2026 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
October 22, 2026 · Premiere · Cambridge Film Festival
November 6, 2026 · Premiere · CINECITY Brighton Film Festival
November 8, 2026 · Premiere · Cheltenham Film Festival
November 16, 2026 · Premiere · Cornwall Film Festival
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