Saoirse Ronan Premieres ‘Blitz’ at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival

Saoirse Ronan attended the World Premiere of her new film, Blitz this past Wednesday, October 9 in London. The film premiere at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival Opening Night Gala at the Royal Festival Hall.

Ronan was joined at the premiere by director, writer and producer Sir Steve McQueen Elliott Heffernan, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clementine, Paul Weller, Stephen Graham, Leigh Gill, Mica Ricketts, CJ Beckford, Alex Jennings, Joshua McGuire, Erin Kellyman, and Sally Messham, along with producers Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anita Overland, Yariv Milchan, and Michael Schaefer.

“Blitz follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside. George, defiant and determined to return home to his mom and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, embarks on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril, while a distraught Rita searches for her missing son.”

The film will debut in select theaters on November 1, 2024 before premiering globally on Apple TV+ November 22, 2024.

Photos by Dave Benett