News
Michaela Coel leads cast of London-set musical Been So Long
21 March 2017Based on the critically acclaimed stage musical by Ché Walker and Arthur Darvill that premiered at The Young Vic, the feature will be directed by Tinge Krishnan (Junkhearts), who was awarded a BAFTA for her short film Shadowscan.
Production starts on Jim Hosking’s An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn
9 February 2017Aubrey Plaza (Parks And Recreation, Safety Not Guaranteed), Emile Hirsch (Lone Survivor, Milk, Into The Wild), Jemaine Clement (What We Do In The Shadows), Matt Berry (Moon), and Craig Robinson (Morris From America, This Is The End, Pineapple Express) head the cast in the film
Production starts on Fighting With My Family
7 February 2017The film is inspired by the Channel 4 British documentary The Wrestlers: Fighting With My Family and tells the story of reformed gangster and former wrestler Ricky, his wife Julia, daughter Saraya and son Zak who make a living performing in tiny venues across the country.
Barry Keoghan, Jared Abrahamson, Blake Jenner, Ann Dowd, and Udo Kier join cast of American Animals
6 February 2017The heist film is written and will be directed by Bart Layton. Co-financed and developed by Film4 and AI Film, the film, which is based on a true story, is a Raw production, produced by Katherine Butler, Dimitri Doganis, Derrin Schlesinger and Mary Jane Skalski.
MK2 and Protagonist Pictures join forces for Pawel Pawlikowski’s Film4-backed feature Cold War
5 February 2017Pawlikowski’s most recent film Ida was a global success, packing out arthouses and winning the Oscar and BAFTA for best foreign language film as well as three European Film Awards including best European film, director and screenplay.
Film4-Backed Films Receive Eight Nominations At The London Critics’ Circle Film Awards
21 December 2016There were two awards for Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise: British/Irish Film of the Year and Technical Achievement (Mark Tildesley – Production Design).