THE PRINCESS
Film - Spotlight Filmfest 2022

THE PRINCESS

Directed by Ed Perkins

Info

Director: Ed Perkins
Section: Spotlight
Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2021
Language: English
Version: Original version with German subtitles
Cast: Diana Spencer, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Harry, Prince William, Prince Charles
12+

Logline

Relying strictly on archival footage, this stirring collage allows far deeper insight than any feature film about Lady Diana.

The first motion-picture documentary about the life of the Princess of Wales gives us a completely new perspective on Lady Diana’s life, work, and tragic death. By using only contemporary archival footage, the story speaks for itself, giving us a direct, unbiased, and personal approach to one of the most photographed persons of all time.

Meet the director

THE PRINCESS

Ed Perkins

Ed Perkins is a documentary director whose films have been featured on Netflix, HBO, Sky, and others. His first feature-length documentary, GARNET’S GOLD, premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and received multiple awards. Perkins went on to make IF I DIE ON MARS and BARE KNUCKLE FIGHT CLUB. Of the latter work, “The Times” wrote, “You won’t see a better documentary this year.” BLACK SHEEP (2018) earned 13 international awards and was nominated for an Academy Award for best short documentary. TELL ME WHO I AM (2019) was nominated for the British Independent Film Award. THE PRINCESS is his third feature-length documentary.

Credits

Film Editor: Jinx Godfrey Ace, Daniel Lapira
Composer: Martin Phipps
Producer: Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn
Production Company: DFD Films Limited
Co-Producer: Vanessa Tovell
Distributor: NORDPOLARIS GbR
TV channel: HBO, Sky, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb), Bayrischer Rundfunk (BR)