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Majid Majidi’s critically acclaimed, heartfelt heist film has its UK premiere at LIFF 2020 after screening in competition at Venice. A gang of street boys, led by 12-year-old Ali, work hard to survive and support their families by doing odd jobs and committing petty crime. One day a local criminal recruits them to find buried treasure hidden below the Sun school for street children. To reach the treasure, the boys must first enrol at the school where they learn some big life lessons.

'Majid Majidi has made some of the most visually stunning and emotionally stirring films in world cinema about the plight of under-privileged, exploited and abused young people, and Sun Children is one of his very best.' - Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter

'Majid Majidi’s cast of young toughs digging for treasure under a school deliver a heart-rending story with unexpected depth of emotion' - The Guardian