Synopsis
Colin Burstead has hired a heritage mansion for a New Year’s Eve party for his extended family and various hangers-on. Little tensions and dramas are overshadowed by the return of Colin’s black sheep brother David to the family fold after an absence of five years, along with his German girlfriend Hannah.
Filmmaker
Ben Wheatley
(United Kingdom, 1972): English director of feature films, TV comedy shows, adverts and idents, animated shorts and internet ads. Sightseers premiered in Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012.
Filmography: Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018), Free Fire (2016, D’A 2017), High-Rise (2015, D’A 2017), A Field in England (2013), Turistas (2012), Kill List (2011), Down Terrace (2009)
