A Year in London

A Year in London

Romance | April 14, 2026

When Olivia, an aspiring fashion designer from a small hillside town in Italy, comes to London for a Master in a prestigious Fashion Institute, her aim is to develop the skills she has picked up from her third generation tailor father. What she isn’t expecting to experience is a terrorist attack which literally throws her across the street and into the arms of…. her lecturer, Nina. Will this coup-defoudre moment tempt Nina into disregarding her number one rule when it comes to students, or has she found true love in Olivia? Olivia’s time in London becomes a life changing experience in so many more ways than she could ever have imagined. An Anglo-Italian love story set against the backdrop of contemporary London, Brexit, sexuality, identity, diversity and fashion.

A Year in London

Romance | April 14, 2026

A Year in London
When Olivia, an aspiring fashion designer from a small hillside town in Italy, comes to London for a Master in a prestigious Fashion Institute, her aim is to develop the skills she has picked up from her third generation tailor father. What she isn’t expecting to experience is a terrorist attack which literally throws her across the street and into the arms of…. her lecturer, Nina. Will this coup-defoudre moment tempt Nina into disregarding her number one rule when it comes to students, or has she found true love in Olivia? Olivia’s time in London becomes a life changing experience in so many more ways than she could ever have imagined. An Anglo-Italian love story set against the backdrop of contemporary London, Brexit, sexuality, identity, diversity and fashion.
Producers Orange Pictures, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, LonRom Film Production, Raindogs
Original title A Year in London
Directors Cristina Pagani, Giulia Pacioni, Sylvia Notermans Piattoni, Abigail Kessel, Flaminia Graziadei
Writers Laura Jane Swain, Flaminia Graziadei

Cast

Melanie Liburd

as Nina

Nina Pons

as Olivia

Matteo Bassi

as Paolo

Shaun Ramos

as Jodi

Karin Giegerich

as Giovanna

Nagaieh Dad

as Krish

Nando Irene

as Andrea

Lorna Gayle

as Shenise

Ralph Palka

as Niccolò

Harry Jardine

as Freddy Fashion

Carlotta Morelli

as Helen

Valentina Roma

as Children Olivia

Ian Chance

as Businessman

Jahrhys Greenidge

as Kieran

Simone Federico

as Dancer

Malinda Farrington

as Dancer

Luca Morciano

as Dancer

Polina Liu

as Chic Journalist

Chiara Evangelista

as Dancer

Caterina Genta

as Dancer