Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Emma Matthews' and Christopher Petit’s (Radio On) unique and tender new film is a meditation on cinema, the NHS and family relationships. D is for Distance tells the story of the filmmakers’ son Louis, and his debilitating epilepsy, through an extraordinary archive of personal footage and Jodhi May’s narration.

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