Beautiful Thing 30th Anniversary

Reclaim The Frame Presents: Beautiful Thing.

A tender story of first love, belonging and growing up, Beautiful Thing follows neighbours Jamie and Ste as their friendship deepens into romance over the course of one long, hot summer.

Alongside them are Jamie's mum Sandra and friend Leah, two women with humour, struggles and stories of their own.

Directed by Hettie Macdonald and adapted for the screen by Jonathan Harvey from his acclaimed play, Beautiful Thing transforms the familiar landscape of a council housing estate into a world alive with warmth, wit and bold primary colours, casting everyday life in a new light.

Thirty years on, it's a joy to discover, or rediscover, this much-loved but underseen film, with the music of Mama Cass beating at its heart.

Presented by Reclaim The Frame.

Reclaim The Frame's anniversary celebration of Beautiful Thing forms part of the Film Audience Network's Rip It Up season, with support from the BFI, awarding National Lottery funding, and from Film4.

Melanie Iredale, Executive Director of Reclaim The Frame, said:

"What I love about Beautiful Thing is that it sees beauty everywhere. It takes an ordinary housing estate and fills it with colour, warmth and life. Jamie and Ste's love story has endured for thirty years, but it's also a film about community, where every character, especially Sandra and Leah, is given the space to be fully themselves.

We're incredibly proud to have partnered with BFI Film Audience Network and Film4 to bring Beautiful Thing back to audiences in cinemas across the UK. Thanks to that collaboration, people will have the chance to discover it for the first time or rediscover it together on the big screen.”