EXCLUSIVE: Conic has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to Felipe Bustos Sierra’s documentary Everybody To Kenmure Street, which was selected yesterday for its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival.
Conic will release the film in UK-Ireland cinemas in spring 2026.
The film traces the story of one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of UK civil resistance in recent times, when, in May 2021, hundreds of residents on the Southside of Glasgow took to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbours.
Bustos Sierra uses crowd-sourced footage from the day of the action, along with archive film and set-designed scenes.
It will screen on the first day of Sundance in January, as part of the World Cinema Documentary Competition.
Screen Rising Star Scotland Ciara Barry produces for Glasgow-based barry Crerar, in association with Bustos Sierra’s Debasers Filums.
Emma Thompson is an executive producer along with Mark Thomas for Screen Scotland. The film was backed by Screen Scotland, as well as Scottish trade unions and a Kickstarter campaign.
“Like the day it documents, this film has been a baton relay race made of many fragments reflecting the unhappy times we live in and the resilient stance of the many who rise to make a change,” said Bustos Sierra. “I am grateful for our all contributors and crew whose patience, dedication and talent have allowed us to bring this film to the screen, and excited to share it with audiences very soon.”
Barry described Everybody To Kenmure Street as “a hopeful film that celebrates the power of community. In an increasingly divided world where many feel disenfranchised, it allows us to believe in our collective agency to enact change.
“This film is deeply personal to us, as residents of the Glasgow community where the film is set, and participants of the protest on the day, we are excited to share this film with international audiences and are proud to celebrate its message”.
“Everybody to Kenmure Street beautifully and powerfully demonstrates the innate and deep decency of our people whilst also highlighting the institutional mannerisms and structures that are the opposite of this,” said Thompson. “It’s a documentary about what we as society often do not see, but what we can do when we do see it.”
Everybody To Kenmure Street is Bustos Sierra’s second feature, after Nae Pasaran, which won the best feature award at the Scottish Baftas in 2018.
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