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Creation Stories

Music producer and Creation Records co-founder Alan McGee, boisterous with a penchant for hard living, was instrumental in creating the Britpop soundtrack of the 90’s by launching era-defining bands including Oasis, Primal Scream and My Bloody Valentine. Framed by McGee’s drug-fueled mid-90’s trip to Los Angeles where he sits poolside and reminisces with a reporter (Suki Waterhouse) about his past, Creation Stories charts McGee’s rollercoaster ride from working-class Glasgow schoolkid with an ear for music and an entrepreneurial streak to becoming one of the biggest and most influential music moguls in Britain.

Director : Nick Moran (Telstar: The Joe Meek Story)
Writers : Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting) Dean Cavanagh (Kubricks)
Producers : Burning Wheel Productions
Cast : Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting), Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter), Suki Waterhouse (Assassination Nation), Thomas Turgoose (This is England), Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels)

Genre : Rock and Roll Biopic

Year : 2019

Robert the Bruce

Genre : Action Drama

Off the Rails

Now in their 50’s, four friends recreate an inter-rail journey across Europe, but this time 18-year-old Maddie is taking her mother’s place, fulfilling her dying wish. With lost passports, train strikes and romantic entanglements thrown in their way, they must put old feuds aside to complete the journey within five days and remind themselves that they are still at their peak.

Director : Jules Williamson
Writer : Jordan Waller
Producers : Bill Kenwright (Burden), Arabella Page Croft (Sunshine on Leith), Sarah Sulick (The Republic of Love)
Cast : Kelly Preston (Gotti), Jenny Seagrove (Another Mother’s Son), Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones’s Baby), Franco Nero (Django), Ben Miller (Johnny English), Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips (Fortitude), Dame Judi Dench (Skyfall)

Genre : Comedy Drama

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The Laureate

Set in the mid-1920s, celebrated poet and writer Robert Graves returns from war traumatised and creatively struggling. It takes young poet Laura Riding to re-ignite Robert’s passion, and with the blessing of his wife, Nancy, his muse becomes his lover. With the three of them sharing a life, soon, Laura’s attention turns to Nancy, and a complicated relationship that scandalised society threatens to risk everything they have.

Director : William Nunez
Writer : William Nunez
Producers : Guy de Beaujeu (Journey’s End) Christian Parton
Cast : Tom Hughes (Red Joan), Dianna Agron (Glee), Laura Haddock (Transformers: The Last Knight), Patricia Hodge (A Very English Scandal), Julian Glover (The Crown)

Genre : Romantic Drama

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Never Grow Old

When a ruthless gang of outlaws terrorise a sleepy frontier town, the local undertaker Patrick (Emile Hirsh) faces a profound moral dilemma. He plays a dangerous game providing for his family as he profits in the wake of the violence sweeping the once peaceful God-fearing community. As the death toll rises and without religion or the law to turn to, will Patrick find a way to defeat the outlaws as they turn their brutal attention on his pregnant wife and children?

Director : Ivan Kavanagh
Writer : Ivan Kavanagh
Producers : Ripple World Pictures
Cast : Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Lone Survivor), John Cusack (2012, Being John Malkovic)

Genre : Western

Year : 2019

Zoo

Genre : Family Adventure

Year : 2018

Journey’s End

Set over 4 days in March 1918 in the trenches on the front line, a small group of soldiers as they wait to be bombarded by enemy artillery and certain death. The story charts the tension and claustrophobia of the officers’ dug-out as new recruit, 18 year old Lieutenant Raleigh joins the Company commanded by 20 year old Captain Stanhope, his former childhood friend and hero, who has changed almost beyond recognition.

Director : Saul Dibb (The Duchess, Suite Française)
Writer : Simon Reade (Private Peaceful)
Producers : Guy de Beaujeu (Private Peaceful),
Simon Reade
Cast : Sam Claflin (Me Before You, Hunger Games),
Paul Bettany (Captain American: Civil War, Margin Call), Asa Butterfield (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Perculiar Children, Hugo), Toby Jones (Anthropoid, Hunger Games)

Genre : Drama

Year : 2018

Crooked House

Genre : Murder Mystery

Year : 2017

Pork Pie

A trio of young misfits in pursuit of lost love race the length of the country in a stolen Mini Cooper S. Avoiding the law and with nothing to lose, they become folk heroes and most wanted criminals as they find themselves caught in the crosshairs of a media frenzy and an escalating police operation.

Director : Matt Murphy
Writer : Matt Murphy
Cast : Dean O’Gorman (The Hobbit trilogy, Trumbo) James Rolleston (Boy, The Dark Horse) Ashleigh Cummings (Hound of Love, Gallipoli)

Genre : Comedy

Year : 2017

Into the Rainbow

When teenagers Rachel (Willow Shields) and Grace (Jacqueline Joe) travel inside a super-powered rainbow to China, they disturb nature’s balance. Using Rachel’s connection to the energy of the rainbow and with help from their new friend Xiao Cheng (Leo Wu), they must race against time to save the Earth.

Directors : Norman Stone, Gary Wing-Lun Mak
Writers : Ashley Sidaway, Robert Sidaway, Lindsay Edmonds
Producers : Richard Fletcher, Iain Brown
Cast : Willow Shields – The Hunger Games, Leo Wu – Nirvana In Fire, Joe Chen – Our Times

Genre : Fantasy Adventure

Year : 2017

Endless Night

Josephine (Binoche) travels to the hostile icy landscape of the remote North in search of her explorer husband. As winter descends and determined not to turn back she finds companionship with an Inuit woman (Kikuchi). With the elements against them and their survival reliant on each other it becomes clear they are waiting for a man they both love.

Director : Isabel Coixet (Learning to Drive)
Writer : Miguel Barros (Blackthorn)
Cast : Juliette Binoche (Clouds of Sils Maria, The English Patient) Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects) Rinko Kikuchi (Pacific Rim)

Genre : Drama

Year : 2015

Nina

A rare and poignant love story about a tormented genius who eventually finds love and peace. The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.

Director : Cynthia Mort
Writer : Cynthia Mort
Cast : Zoe Saldana – Nina Simone, David Oyelowo – Clifton Henderson, Mike Epps – Richard Pryor

Genre : Biopic

Year : 2015

Urban Hymn

URBAN HYMN is a redemptive coming of age story which follows a neglected and wayward teen, Jamie, whose incredible singing voice offers her an escape to a better life until she finds her loyalties torn between her inspiring, unconventional care worker and her possessive and volatile best friend.

Director : Michael Caton-Jones
Writer : Nick Moorcroft
Producers :Andrew Berg, John Sachs, Neil Chordia
Cast : Shirley Henderson (Filth), Letitia Wright (Top Boy), Ian Hart (Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone), Billy Bragg

Genre : Drama

Year : 2015

Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism

Based on a series of best-selling children’s books with over 4 million copies sold worldwide. When 12 year old Molly Moon finds a mysterious book on hypnotism, she escapes from the orphanage where she lives to pursue her dreams of fame and fortune in London.

Director : Christopher N. Rowley (Bonneville)
Writer : Tom Butterworth (Birthday Girl), based on a book by Georgia Byng
Producers : Lawrence Elman (Romeo & Juliet), Ileen Maisel (Ripley’s Game), Georgia Byng
Cast : Emily Watson (Theory of Everything), Ann-Marie Duff (Suffragette), Dominic Monaghan (Lord of the Rings), Leslie Manville (Mr Turner), Celia Imrie (Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Raffey Cassidy (Snow White and the Huntsman) as Molly Moon

Genre : Family Film

Year : 2015

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Kilo Two Bravo

From the Academy Award winning producer of The King’s Speech this BAFTA™ nominated thriller tells the true story of the bravery and brotherhood that took place on the Kajaki Dam. Young British soldiers find themselves courageously fighting for each other’s lives in a minefield where the next step could be their last.

Director : Paul Katis
Writer : Tom Williams (Chalet Girl)
Producers : Gareth Unwin (Academy Award for The King’s Speech),
Andrew de Lotbiniere
Cast : Mark Stanley (Game of Thrones), David Elliot (Outlander)

Genre : War Film

Year : 2014

Under Milk Wood

A visceral and erotic film adaptation of Dylan Thomas’ much loved poem Under Milk Wood, directed by Kevin Allen (Twin Town). This “Classic” of modern British writing stars Rhys Ifans as Captain Cat a blind, retired sea captain, recalling memories of drowned shipmates and Rosie Probert the one great love of his youth.

Director : Kevin Allen
Producer : Stephen Malit
Cast : Rhys Ifans, Charlotte Church

Genre : Drama

Year : 2014

Shooting for Socrates

Set against the backdrop of the 1986 World Cup when the smallest football nation, Northern Ireland, took on the mighty Brazil in a match that briefly reunites a divided country. This is a David Vs. Goliath set in Belfast against the backdrop of the 1986 World Cup. It tells the story of a momentous time in Northern Ireland’s football history through the eyes of players, fans and the media. The film also follows the lives of passionate football supporter Arthur and his son Tommy from East Belfast. The lead up to a momentous day in the life of a young boy (his 10th birthday) mirrors the build up to the big day for the Northern Ireland football team as they play the greatest match of their lives against Brazil.

Director : James Erskine (One Night in Turin)
Writer : Marie Jones (Olivier Award – Stones in His Pockets)
Cast : John Hannah (The Mummy), Richard Dormer (’71), Nico Mirallegro (Spike Island), Art Parkinson (Dracula Untold), Barry Ward (Jimmy’s Hall)

Year : 2014

Genre : Comedy / Drama

Half of a Yellow Sun

During the mid-to-late sixties, twin sisters Olanna and Kainene return to Nigeria after their education in England, they make decisions that shock their family. Olanna moves in with her lover, the ‘revolutionary professor’ Odenigbo and his houseboy Ugwu while Kainene takes over the family interests and pursues a career as a businesswoman, falling in love with Richard, an English writer. As the Igbo people struggle to establish Biafra as an independent republic, the sisters become caught up in the shocking violence of the Nigerian Civil War and a betrayal that threatens their family forever.

Director : Biyi Bandele
Writer : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Screenwriter : Biyi Bandele
Cast : Chiwetel Ejiofor (Odenigbo), Thandie Newton (Olanna), Anika Noni Rose (Kainene), Joseph Mawle (Richard)

Genre : Thriller

Year : 2013

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The Stag

A reluctant groom embarks on a quiet stag weekend with his urbane friends, only to have their camping trip turned upside by the unprecedented brother of the bride known as “The Machine”. A bachelor party weekend in the great outdoors takes some unexpected detours.

Director : John Butler
Writer : John Butler & Peter McDonald
Cast : Andrew Scott (Spectre), Hugh O’Conor (Ripper Street), Brian Gleeson (Assassin’s Creed), Peter McDonald (The Damned United), Marcella Plunkett (Once), Amy Huberman (Stella Days)

Genre : Comedy

Year : 2013

Better Living Through Chemistry

A straight-laced pharmacist’s uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a dangerously seductive customer who takes him on a joyride with explosive consequences involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.

Directors : David Posamentier, Geoff Moore
Writers : David Posamentier, Geoff Moore
Producers : Joe Neurauter, Felipe Marino, Keith Calder (The Wackness)
Cast : Sam Rockwell (Seven Psychopaths), Olivia Wilde (Cowboys & Aliens), Michelle Monaghan (Source Code), Jane Fonda (The Butler), Ray Liotta (Killing Them Softly)

Genre : Comedy

Year : 2013

Goddess

In this musical romantic comedy, stir-crazy Elspeth Dickens has to choose between fame and family when a glittering opportunity for international stardom beckons.

Director : Mark Lamprell
Writers : Mark Lamprell, Joanna Weinberg
Producers : Richard Keddie, Andrena Finlay
Cast : Laura Michelle Kelly (Sweeney Todd), Ronan Keating, Magda Szubanski

Genre : Musical Rom-Com

Year : 2013

Trap For Cinderella

At a house ravaged by fire, two women are trapped inside – one rich and the other poor. Only one of them survives, burnt beyond recognition and in a state of total amnesia. Who is she, the heiress or her penniless friend? A killer, or an intended victim?

Director : Iain Softley (The Wings of the Dove) Based on the novel by Sebastien Japrisot
Writer : Iain Softley (The Wings of the Dove) Based on the novel by Sebastien Japrisot
Producers : Robert Jones (The Usual Suspects), Dixie Linder (In my Fathers Den), Iain Softley Cast : Tuppence Middleton (Chatroom), Alexandra Roach (The Iron Lady)

Genre : Thriller

Year : 2013

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Fast Girls

Fast Girls is a feisty, frenetic and fast-paced drama with romance, conflict and the thrill of a championship final.

Directors : Regan Hall (3 Hours)
Writers : Noel Clarke (Kidulthood), Jay Basu, Roy Williams
Producers : Damian Jones (The Iron Lady) Cast : Lily James (Cinderella), Lenora Crichlow (Being Human), Noel Clarke (Adulthood), Rupert Graves (Made In Dagenham), Phil Davies (Vera Drake)

Genre : Sports Drama

Year : 2012

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Chalet Girl

A working-class girl lands a job in a posh ski resort and discovers her natural snowboarding genius while dating the boss’s son.

Directors : Phil Traill (All About Steve)
Writers : Tom Williams (Inconceivable)
Producers : Pippa Cross (Heartless), Harriet Rees (Aint Misbehavin)
Cast : Ed Westwick (J.Edgar, Gossip Girl), Felicity Jones (Like Crazy)

Genre : Comedy

Year : 2011

The Guard

Sergeant Gerry Boyle is a small-town Irish cop with absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international drug-smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett to his door.

Directors : John Michael McDonagh (Ned Kelly) Writers : John Michael McDonagh (Calvary)
Producers : Chris Clark, Ed Guiney, Flora Fernandez-Marengo, Andrew Lowe
Cast : Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges), Don Cheadle (Iron Man 2), Mark Strong (Kick-Ass), Liam Cunningham (Clash Of The Titans)

Genre : Comedy

Year : 2011

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Inspired by the life of legendary English rock ‘n’ roll singer and performer, Ian Dury of Ian Dury and the Blockheads.

Directors : Mat Whitecross (The Road to Guantanamo)
Writers : Paul Viragh (Dark Blue Rising)
Producers : Damian Jones (The Iron Lady)
Cast : Andy Serkis (The Lord Of The Rings), Bill Milner (X-Men: First Class), Ray Winstone (The Departed), Tom Hughs, Olivia Williams (The Ghost), Naomie Harris (Pirates Of The Caribbean)

Genre : Biography

Year : 2010

The Other Man

When Peter discovers intimate E-mails to his wife from an unknown admirer, he uncovers a shocking secret that shatters his illusion of their perfect marriage, culminating in a sinister relationship with suave Ralph, the man with whom she has been having an illicit love affair.

Directors : Richard Eyre (Iris)
Writers : Richard Eyre, Charles Wood (Based On A Short Story From Flights Of Love By Bernhard Schlink)
Producers : Tracey Scoffield, Frank Doelger, Mary Beth O’Conner, David Richenthal, Michael Dreyer
Cast : Liam Neeson (Taken), Laura Linney (Mystic River), Antonio Banderas (The Skin I Live In), Ramola Garai (Atonement)

Genre : Drama

Year : 2008