Ish - Extended Q&A

Writer-director Imran Peretta talks to Nia Childs about his Luton-set debut feature Ish.

A coming-of-age story that explores childhood friendship formed under the scrutiny of police surveillance, Ish won the Breakthrough award at BIFA in 2025. Imran talks about the unspoken bonds between teenage friends, the importance of knowing the setting of your film intimately and how his own experiences with authority changed following 9/11.