LFF 2026: 'BLACK CHURCH BAY' UK PREMIERE TODAY, WITH PRODUCTION + COSTUME DESIGN BY ECHO'S PAIX ROBINSON, BFDG!

BLACK CHURCH BAY has its UK Premiere at the BFI London Film Festival tonight, featuring Production Design and Costume Design by echo’s Paix Robinson, BFDG.

Starring Joe Locke (HEARTSTOPPER) and Tom Cullen, this gripping mystery-drama is set in a sleepy Welsh fishing village, where Barry (Tom Cullen)'s life starts to unravel after an intimate encounter.

BLACK CHURCH BAY was written and directed by Rhys Marc Jones, and produced by The Bureau and Ossian International alongside BBC Film, Ffilm Cymru Wales, and Screen Scotland.

BLACK CHURCH BAY screens as part of LFF’s Thrill programme. It recently screened at Busan International Film Festival following its premiere at Zurich.

‘BLACK CHURCH BAY’: WORLD PREMIERE AT ZURICH TODAY, WITH PRODUCTION + COSTUME DESIGN BY ECHO’S PAIX ROBINSON!

BLACK CHURCH BAY will have its world premiere at Zurich Film Festival today, featuring echo’s Paix Robinson’s work as both Production Designer and Costume Designer.

Feature debut of writer-director Rhys Marc Jones, and starring Tom Cullen and Joe Locke, BLACK CHURCH BAY is a mystery-thriller, following a man whose world unravels after an intimate encounter, exploring the lengths someone will go to in order to hide their true self.

Produced by The Bureau Films and Ossian International, alongside BBC Film, Ffilm Cymru and Screen Scotland.

‘BLACK CHURCH BAY’ HAS FINISHED SHOOTING IN WALES!

With Production Design and Costume Design by echo’s multi-talented Paix Robinson, BFDG, Rhys Marc Jones’s first feature length film, stars Joe Locke, Rakie Ayola and Celyn Jones.

This gripping thriller follows a deputy headteacher forced to cover up his affair with a sixth-form student after the boy suddenly disappears. We can’t wait to see how the story unfolds!

Production financiers are BBC Film, Ffilm Cymru Wales awarding National Lottery Funding and Screen Scotland, as well as private financiers, LA-based Manzini Films, UK-based Rhyza and Kamila Serkebaeva, plus Brazil-based Daniel Staut.