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McQueen
RELEASE SPRING 2018
SALES AGENT: EMBANKMENT
DIRECTOR: IAN BONHOTE
WRITER: PETER ETTEDGUI
SYNOPSIS: ALEXANDER MCQUEEN’S RAGS-TO-RICHES STORY IS A MODERN-DAY FAIRY TALE LACED WITH THE GOTHIC. MIRRORING THE SAVAGE BEAUTY, BOLDNESS AND VIVACITY OF HIS DESIGN, THIS FILM IS AN INTIMATE REVELATION OF MCQUEEN’S OWN WORLD, BOTH TORTURED AND INSPIRED, WHICH CELEBRATES A RADICAL AND MESMERISING GENIUS OF PROFOUND INFLUENCE.
The Spy Who Fell to Earth
RELEASE SPRING 2019
DIRECTOR: THOMAS MEADMORE
INTERNATIONAL SALES: KEW MEDIA
SYNOPSIS: THE MYSTERIOUS TRUE STORY OF AN ISRAELI POLITICAL SCIENTIST, DR AHRON BREGMAN, WHO UNMASKED THE 20TH CENTURY’S GREATEST SUPER SPY IN 2002, ASHRAF MARWAN, ONLY THEN TO SET IN MOTION THE VERY EVENTS THAT LED TO MARWAN’S DEATH FIVE YEARS LATER. AT ONCE A DOCUDRAMA, WHODUNNIT AND ESPIONAGE THRILLER, BASED ON THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY.
Fred
RELEASE SUMMER 2018
DIRECTOR: PAUL VAN CARTER
UK DISTRIBUTOR: LIONSGATE
SYNOPSIS: A FULL-ACCESS BIOGRAPHICAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE LIFE OF FORMER GANGSTER FREDIE FOREMAN, NOW AGED 85, AND OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE GODFATHER OF BRITISH CRIME. THIS FILM, PANNING FROM THE BLITZ TO 1960s UNDERWORLD LONDON, TO THE 1980s SHOREDITCH HEIST, GETS UNDER THE SKIN OF A VILLAIN SEEKING CATHARSIS FROM HIS SINS.
FESTIVALS:
CPH:DOX COPENHAGEN 2018
IN COMPETITION EAST END FILM FESTIVAL 2018
Breaking Habits
RELEASE FALL 2018
DIRECTOR: ROB RYAN
WRITER: ROB RYAN
SYNOPSIS: IN ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS TOWNS IN AMERICA, A COMMUNE OF NUNS RUN AN ILLEGAL CANNABIS FARM AMONGST CARTEL, NATIVE TRIBES, ADDICTS, AND THE LOCAL SHERIFF. THE SISTERS OF THE VALLEY IS RUN BY SISTER KATE – UNDER REPEATED ARMED ATTACK FROM GANGS, SHE HASN’T GIVEN UP. AS CANNABIS IS SET TO BECOME THE FIRST BILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY NOT DOMINATED BY MEN, THIS FILM LOOKS AT ONE WOMAN CAUGHT UP IN A MODERN DAY WILD WEST.
My Design Life
DISTRIBUTOR: LIONSGATE
DIRECTOR: HELENA COAN
PRESENTER: FRANK STEPHENSON
SYNOPSIS: FRANK STEPHENSON IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL CAR DESIGNERS OF OUR TIME, FORMERLY DESIGN DIRECTOR AT MCLAREN. THIS IS A FLY ON THE WALL FEATURE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HIS LIFE AND ARTISTIC PROCESS. FOLLOWING HIS JOURNEY OF DESIGNING THE NEW LONDON BLACK CAB.
The Guv'nor
RELEASED OCTOBER 2016
SALES AGENT: EMBANKMENT FILMS
UK DISTRIBUTOR: LIONSGATE
DIRECTOR: PAUL VAN CARTER
WRITER: PAUL VAN CARTER
SYNOPSIS: A BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY ABOUT STREET FIGHTER LENNY MCLEAN, PRESENTED BY HIS ONLY SON JAMIE. FROM HIS VIOLENT UPBRINGING IN 1950S EAST LONDON, LENNY ROSE TO FAME WHEN HE WON THE TITLE OF “THE GUV’NOR” FROM ROY SHAW, AND WENT ON TO STAR IN “LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS”.
FESTIVALS:
NOMINATED FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY, EAST END FILM FESTIVAL 2016
NOMINATED BEST ACTION, NATIONAL FILM AWARDS 2017
Iconoclast
RELEASE SPRING 2018
SALES AGENT: GOLDCREST
US DISTRIBUTOR: SABOTEUR MEDIA
DIRECTOR: KING ADZ
WRITER: KING ADZ
SYNOPSIS: THE LIFE STORY OF THE WORLD’S MOST NOTORIOUS ART SMUGGLER, MICHEL VAN RIJN, THE PRIME SUSPECT IN THE ISABELLA GARDNER HEIST – WHO IN THE COURSE OF THE FILM SHOCKINGLY CONFESSES TO BEING A MOSSAD ASSASSIN THROUGHOUT THE 1970S.
FESTIVALS:
PREMIERED IN COMPETITION AT DOC:NYC 2017,
IRVINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018,
CENTRAL ALBERTA FILM FESTIVAL 2018
Surrender: The Art of Jan Fabre
DIRECTOR: PHIL GRIFFIN
WRITER: PHIL GRIFFIN
SALES AGENT: TBA
JAN FABRE IS A BELGIAN ARTIST WHOSE WORK IS NEVER FAR FROM CONTROVERSY. SURRENDER FOCUSES ON HIS INTENSE PREPARATIONS FOR ONE OF THE MOST RADICAL THEATRE PROJECTS OF ALL TIME: MOUNT OLYMPUS, A 24 HOUR PERFORMANCE WITH 27 ACTORS ON STAGE.
PREMIERED IN SPECIAL PRESENTATION AT ROMAEUROPA 2017
Theo & Oskar’s House
DIRECTOR: NICK TAUSSIG
RELEASE DATE: TBC
IN 2014, THEO (6) AND OSKAR (4) WERE DIAGNOSED WITH DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY - A DEVASTATING FATAL MUSCLE WASTING DISEASE THAT WILL FORCE THEM OFF THEIR FEET AND INTO WHEELCHAIRS, AND LIKELY KILL THEM BEFORE THEY BECOME MEN. THIS FILM TELLS THE STORY OF HOW THEIR PARENTS, NICK AND KLARA, RESPONDED TO THIS TRAGEDY, AND SET ABOUT CREATING A MAGICAL HOUSE FOR THEO AND OSKAR IN THE HEART OF BOX HILL, A HOME THAT WILL NURTURE THEIR HEARTS AND SPIRITS IN SPITE OF THEIR LIFE-LIMITING DISEASE.
Gascoigne
RELEASED JUNE 2015
SALES AGENT: BBC WORLDWIDE
UK DISTRIBUTOR: EONE
DIRECTOR: JANE PRESTON
SYNOPSIS: WITH AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PAUL “GAZZA” GASCOIGNE, THIS FILM CHARTS HIS RISE TO STARDOM AND BECOMING BRITAIN’S HIGHEST PAID AND MOST LOVED FOOTBALLER, THE WORLD CUP, INJURIES, AND HIS FALL FROM GRACE DUE TO ALCOHOLISM.
FESTIVALS:
FOOTBALL FILM FESTIVAL SYDNEY 2015,
FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL DERRY 2015,
TOTAL FOOTBALL FESTIVAL HOLLAND 2015,
INPUT FESTIVAL AMSTERDAM 2015,
OFFSIDE FILM FESTIVAL BARCELONA 2016,
FOCAL INTERNATIONAL AWARDS 2016,
BERLIN 11MM FILM FESTIVAL 2016,
THINKING FILM FESTIVAL BILBAO 2016,
HINCHE FILM FESTIVAL MEXICO, 2016,
11MM GOES BRUSSELS, 2016,
FLUTLICHT FUSSBALL FESTIVAL BASEL, 2017,
OFFSIDE FILM FESTIVAL ITALY, 2018
The Challenge
RELEASED JUNE 2016
SALES AGENT: ZODIAK RIGHTS
UK DISTRIBUTOR: DISCOVERY CHANNEL
DIRECTOR: PETER WILLIAMS MBE
WRITER: PETER WILLIAMS MBE
SYNOPSIS: WHEN HIS SON WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE DISEASE ALEX SMITH COMPLETED A TRIATHLON TAKING HIM OVER 15 HOURS – CARRYING HIS SON THE ENTIRE WAY.
FESTIVALS:
WINNER BEST DOCUMENTARY MILAN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2016,
IN COMPETITION SANTA BARBARA FILM FESTIVAL 2016,
WINNER IMPACT DOC AWARDS 2016
