Being Frank directed by Steve Sullivan telling the story of Chris Sievey / Frank Sidebottom premiered at the South by South West Film Festival. We are proud associate producers of the film but huge congratulations are due to Steve Sullivan who has driven this extra-ordinary films with passion, skill and verve. Watch this space for more news on this brilliant film!
The Dawn of the Dark Fox team were interviewed by Francine Stock on the Radio 4 Film Programme talking about their summer shoot in Sheffield.
Listen to the interview here – fast forward to 21 mins.
Four of our fabulous Neurodiverse film makers – developed through our Neurodiverse 2 training programme were invited to present their films and talk about their work at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018.
The event took place at the Exchange Tent on Tudor Square – thanks to Erinma Ochu. The films played to a packed-out audience and met with great reception from the festival.
Our very own Alex Usborne has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in respect of his work in disability and Film. Congratulations Alex. This follows our very own Justin Edgar meeting the Queen in 2013!
104 films have smashed our crowdfunding target for the #MakeFilmEqual campaign which has raised over £10,399 to date. You can read more about the campaign in this article for THE GUARDIAN, written by 104’s Justin Edgar HERE.
You can also still contribute and help to #MakeFilmEqual at IndieGoGo HERE.
The Marker is now on Netflix UK and Ireland so check it out HERE if you haven’t seen 104 films’ acclaimed noir thriller yet. The film will also be seen in China, India, The Middle East, the US and France soon so look out for it!
Our crowdfunding #MakeFilmEqual is now LIVE! You can get involved by visiting HERE .
The Fourteen Percent feature documentary is currently in production and the #MakeFilmEqual campaign will enable us to get it out there.
The Fourteen Percent looks at how disabled people are portrayed as victims, villains or martyrs and how able-bodied filmmakers and actors have exploited negative depictions of disability to win awards and gain stardom.
The film examines the emerging grass roots disability film movement in the UK and how disabled people are fighting back against outdated and outmoded portrayals of disability.
The title is a comment on the statistic from industry body Creative Skillset that although the workforce as a whole is 14%, only 0.3% of the film industry’s workforce is disabled.
Following its success at Edinburgh, The Marker backed by Creative England and written and directed by Justin Edgar is now on general release plus on demand and DVD.
Frederick Schmidt, Ana Ularu, John Hannah and Cathy Tyson star in this gritty noir thriller about a criminal haunted by the ghost of the woman he killed.
Catch a Q and A screening with Justin at The Midlands Arts Centre on Sunday 19th November at 2pm. Book tickets here
Watch the trailer here
Creative England will join 104 Films and support the development of Dawn of the Dark Fox, a feature directed by autistic savant Michael Smith and collaborator Tom Stubbs. The film will be an expansion of Smith’s short Light and Dark that won the audience prize at the Encounters Short Film Festival, Bristol, in 2009, and is a comedy about autism, friendship and filmmaking.
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