Blitz, written and directed by BAFTA and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen will be honored with a 2024 SF Honors Award at this year’s SFFILM SF Honors. The film stars Elliott Heffernan, Saoirse Ronan, and Harris Dickinson in an emotionally rich, intricately layered narrative about intersecting lives in London during World War II.

The SF Honors event will culminate in a special public screening of the film with McQueen expected to attend in person for the pre-screening award presentation and an in-depth post-screening conversation about the film.

“We are elated to present the second SF Honors Award of the season to the cinematic luminary, Steve McQueen for his most recent film Blitz,” said Jessie Fairbanks, SFFILM’s Director of Programming. “Steve’s artistry is distinguished by his ability to confront difficult subject matter with profound sensitivity and uncompromising visual style. This is stunningly evident in his powerful WWII epic and we can’t wait to welcome him back to SFFILM.”

Blitz follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a nine-year-old boy whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside. George, defiant and determined to return home to Rita 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.

Written and directed by Academy and BAFTA Award winner Sir Steve McQueen, Blitz stars newcomer Elliott Heffernan, Academy and BAFTA Award nominee Saoirse Ronan, with Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clementine, Kathy Burke, Paul Weller, Stephen Graham, Leigh Gill, Mica Ricketts, CJ Beckford, Alex Jennings, Joshua McGuire, Hayley Squires, Erin Kellyman, and Sally Messham.

Blitz is playing in select theaters and will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on November 22, 2024.