Red Herring
In the midst of shocking family revelations, a young filmmaker is diagnosed with terminal cancer. What follows is an intimate and darkly humorous journey of a family’s attempt to make sense of their upended past and disrupted future.
Kit Vincent
Kit Vincent is an award winning filmmaker based in London and the South West. He is a Film Independent Fellow and JFI Fellow. His films have been supported by BFI Doc Society, Sundance Documentary Film Program, The Whickers, France TV, Jewish Story Partners and Jewish Film Institute. His debut feature Red Herring (2023) is a documentary that walks the line between humour and grief in an exploration of the nuances of living with a terminal illness. It premiered at True/False 2023, screened at Thessaloniki Film Festival where it won the 'Human Values' award.(https://www.cinephil.com/films-111/red-herring).
Kit holds a first class degree in Anthropology and Visual Practice from Goldsmiths University of London and has spoken on many industry panels, most recently for Docsociety and FWD docs with James LeBrecht and Lyndsey Dryden about disability inclusive filmmaking.
Previously, Kit worked making films and music videos and on Channel 4's flagship documentary series 24 Hours in A&E.
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