Elliot Page on acting, producing, identity and representation in film | BFI Flare 2024 Screen Talk

Actor, producer and writer Elliot Page visits BFI Southbank to talk about his career as part of BFI Flare 2024.
Elliot Page made his screen debut in Pit Pony (1997), followed by his feature film debut in Marion Bridge (2002). But it was with his standout performance in the provocative thriller Hard Candy (2005), playing a teen who entraps a suspected sexual predator, that he scored his first international breakthrough. Page’s magnetic central performance in Juno (2007) was not only regarded as one of the best of the year, but it also earned him an Independent Spirit Award, and he was nominated for a BAFTA, Academy Award®, and Golden Globe Award.
Additional success came in his performance in Drew Barrymore’s roller derby comedy Whip It (2009) and his role as an aspiring dream architect in Christopher Nolan’s Inception (2010). Subsequent performances in such films as Freeheld (2015), Tallulah (2016) and My Days of Mercy (2017) garnered Page further acclaim. He hosted the documentary series Gaycation (2016-2017), earning two Primetime Emmy® Award nominations.
Since 2019, Page has starred as a series regular in the globally successful Netflix series The Umbrella Academy, which is gearing up for its fourth and final season. Page directed the documentary There’s Something in the Water (2019), and with his production company PAGEBOY Productions, he develops and produces entertaining, original, and socially responsible stories.
This event is supported by the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom
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