Current Releases
Sugarhouse
| SUGARHOUSE "a funny, furious and frightening little film with magnetic performances (from Steven Mackintosh, Ashley Walters and Andy Serkis) and a script that bristles with threat and misunderstanding. After years of trying, London film at last has its Tarantino moment " - Jason Solomons, The Observer.. NOW ON DVD |
| COCAINE COWBOYS "Scarface was a pussy compared to these guys" EMPIRE NOW ON DVD |
| THE PIED PIPER OF HUTZOVINA "there couldn't be a better ambassador for gypsy music's infectious appeal. (Eugene) Hütz draws a crowd no matter what he does" - The Times www.thepiedpiperofhutzovina.com NOW ON DVD |
| WATER LILIES Set in the competitive world of synchronised swimming, WATER LILIES is a brilliantly observed portrait of female adolescence. The film centres around three 15-year-old-girls who experience first love in very different ways. WATER LILIES is the directorial debut of twenty-seven year-old Céline Sciamma and stars newcomers Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachère, Adèle Haenel and Warren Jacquin. Premiering at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival in Un Certain Regard, Sciamma and her young cast were widely hailed as among the most talented newcomers to emerge from the festival. NOW ON DVD |
of Shame
| BUDDHA COLLAPSED OUT OF SHAME A poetic look at how violence and tragedy shape the lives and minds of children, from Iranian director Hana Makhmalbaf (daughter of Mohsen, sister of Samira and at 19 the youngest of the remarkable clan). Set in the Afghan town of Bamian, where the Taliban blew up the Buddhas in 2001, the film follows the trials of a little girl who wants to go to the school for girls across the river from her home. The everyday obstacles she faces turn this small ambition into an epic struggle, with unexpected emotional and political resonance. |
| HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a feature film documentary that follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda from the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 to the present day. Playing heavy metal in a Muslim country has always been a difficult (if not impossible) proposition but after Saddam's regime was toppled, there was a brief moment for the band in which real freedom seemed possible. That hope was quickly dashed as their country fell into a bloody insurgency. From 2003-2006, Iraq disintegrated around them while Acrassicauda struggled to stay together and stay alive, always refusing to let their heavy metal dreams die. Their story echoes the unspoken hopes of an entire generation of young Iraqis. |
French Film
| FRENCH FILM Why is it that French lovers seem to have all the answers, whilst the rest of us have only questions? Could it be that French is the true language of love? |
| FAINTHEART Vikings, slackers, geeks, and klingons. The world's first user generated movie in association with MySpace, FilmFour and Vertigo www.myspace.com/mymoviemashup2 In cinemas February 2009 |
| TORMENTED A bullied asthmatic, driven to suicide, returns from the dead to pay his teenage tormentors a final visit. A horror comedy in the vein of HEATHERS and THE FACULTY, written by Stephen Prentice and to be directed by Jon Wright. Coproduced with BBC Films and Forward Films. In Post-Production |
Who's Solly Now
| WHO'S SOLLY NOW Loving husband and father of two, Mahmud is a respected pillar of his East End Muslim community until he discovers that he's Jewish! Written by David Baddiel and starring Omid Djalili, two of the UK's premiere comic talents, this EAST IS EAST-esque story is to be directed by Josh Appignanesi and co-produced with BBC Films |
| THE RIVER A young, vulnerable woman finds herself torn between an accused serial killer and the obsessive, heartbroken father of a missing girl. A psychological thriller written by award-winning playwright Nick Stafford (WAR HORSE, the bestselling show at the National Theatre) and to be directed by Marc Evans (SNOW CAKE, MY LITTLE EYE, TRAUMA). |
| SELF STORAGE An aspiring jazz singer finds the courage to make her dreams a reality when she meets a pianist in a downtown Manhattan self storage facility. A melodramatic musical by Erin Cramer, combining the low-budget charm of this year's smash hit ONCE ($9.4M US box office) with the visual flair of THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG. |
| TRINITY In an alternative London, humans and vampires live side by side. At government level there's wary civility: the vampires have an embassy in London and are formally recognised as allies but at street level there's fear, prejudice and hostility. Whilst investigating the death of staunch anti-vampire minister Ernest Bloch, homicide detective Daniel Aston is himself murdered. Bloch was exsanguinated, the killer is more or less certain to be a vampire: there are violent protests outside the vampire embassy, assaults on vampires in reprisal and the potential for an all out war. The government needs to close the case and there is only one man who can piece together the puzzle. |