Steve McQueen's Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan, is a different kind of British war movie that's powerful and emotional in equal measure.

Saoirse Ronan discussed the relevance of Steve McQueen’s WWII drama “Blitz” amid escalating global conflict during the film’s press conference at the BFI London Film Festival, saying that it was her first time not being able to “escape” from a project.

Saoirse Ronan, young co-star Elliot Heffernan, Stephen Graham, and Benjamin Clementine, the stars of Steve McQueen's new film Blitz, along with the writer and director, met the press in London Wednesday mid-day for a press conference ahead of the drama's evening world premiere that will open the 68th edition of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF).