BFF26: California Schemin'

Australian premiere

Based on an outrageous true story, this directorial debut from acclaimed actor James McAvoy is a wild ride through ambition, identity, and the high-stakes world of musical make-believe.

In the early 2000’s, Dundee rappers Gavin Bain (Séamus McLean Ross, Blood of My Blood) and Billy Boyd (Samuel Bottomley, Anemone BFF25) were talented, hungry, but dismissed for sounding "too Scottish" to make it in hip hop. So, they hatch an audacious plan: create fake American identities, re-record their tracks with Californian accents, and hustle their way into the heart of the UK music industry as “Silibil N’ Brains”. To their shock, the plan works, and they bag a record deal, with media buzz and gigs with hip hop legends to follow. But as fame beckons and their deception deepens, the pressure mounts and cracks begin to show as their friendship is put to the test.

With bold humour, raw emotion, and a defiant spirit, California Schemin' is a love letter to outsiders and underdogs that questions the cost of the pursuit of fame.

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