Twelve-year-old best friends, Ish and Maram wrestle to hold onto their friendship, in the wake of a traumatic police stop and search. As the ripples take hold, the boys try to make sense of the men they are becoming — and how ‘letting go’ can be the hardest part of growing up.
Presented in the Settimana Internazionale della Critica at the Venice Film Festival and at the BFI London Film Festival.

Ish
2025
88 min.
Fiction
United Kingdom
United Kingdom, friendship, childhood, maturing, violence, international film festivals
P&B
Imran Perretta
Imran Perretta, Enda Walsh
Jermaine Canute Edwards
Adam Biskupski
Farhan Hasnat, Yahya Kitana, Avin Shah, Sudha Bhuchar, Joy Crookes, Arman Mohammed, Is’haaq Hasan Haque
Dhiraj Mahey, Bennett McGhee
Primal Pictures, Home Team
Imran Perretta
The Festival Agency
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