For information about the
networking drinks (29 July) please visit www.lepatchwork.com
Patchwork Productions was
set up by freelance producer Christine Hartland who is producing her first
feature film wmd. by David Holroyd
currently in sales negotiations. Patchwork Production has a slate of feature length
projects at different stages of development and short films currently on the
festival circuit.
Christine
has ten years of experience in films, videos and event productions, and,
has worked on projects such as World Expo 2000, corporate clients include BT,
Nokia, Novartis, Barclays, GSK, Brookstreet, Alliance & Leicester,
sanofi-aventis,
Patchwork Productions is looking for investors interested in
individual projects or its entire slate.
Patchwork Productions’ slate:
- Award winning Short
Films
Big Girl Little Girl, Wooden Soul, 4
Conversations About Love and ‘SICK’
- Feature Films
o
market screening in Cannes 2008 (wmd. – www.wmd-insidestory.com)
o
in development (Leanne
loves Pierre – shortlisted
for The Big Pitch -, More Than Murder, Jade Warrior and Innocent Affair)
Award Winning Short Films
1. Big Girl Little Girl by Amelia Hann (2004) – Best
Short in Miami (2004)
2. Wooden Soul by Rehana Rose Khan (2006) – Best Editing in Film Festival
of India (2006)
3. 4 Conversations About Love by Jessica Townsend
(2006)
Produced by Maria Goyal – Best
First Time Filmmaker – Washington (2007)
4. ‘SICK’ by Mike Rymer (2007) – Gold
Award in Houston Film Festival & Best Short Film in AsterFest (2008)
*****
1. Big Girl Little Girl by Amelia Hann (2004)
Award winner Big Girl Little Girl written &
directed by Amelia Hann distributed by Dazzle.
To watch the film please
click here: Big Girl Little Girl on BBC Film Network
“Best Short Film – Miami Film Festival” 2004
“Best Directing – Strasbourg Film Festival”
2004
“Toronto IFCT screening” – December
2005
“Official Selection – Bucharest Film
Festival” – Nov 2005
“Showcomotion Film Festival screening –
Sheffield” – July 2005
“Official Selection at the
“Official
Selection – New York Short Film Festival” 2004
“Official
Selection – San Francisco Short Film Festival” 2004
“Official Selection - Festival de Cine Internacional de
Barcelona” 2004
Synopsis
7 year old Lucy is in love with
her uncle, and finds herself fighting for attention in a big girl’s world.
Cast
Big Girl Little Girl
introduces Molly McMorrow (Lucy) and
Perrier award nominee Dan Antopolski
(Uncle Lolly) in their first acting roles. They are joined by highly experienced
Melanie Gutteridge (the girlfriend),
Lorna Fitzgerald (the little
sister), whose career has since taken off, and veterans Donna McCabe and Rob Reina.
2. Wooden Soul by Rehana Rose Khan (2006)
Wooden Soul is
written & directed by Rehana Rose Khan
and
supported by the Child Bereavement Trust and the British Council.
Shot on HDCAM (Sony 900) Wooden Soul is on the short film
festival circuit.
Synopsis
Amber, eleven, is facing the
imminent death of her father. She copes with the situation in her own way,
which is charming to some and shocking to others.
“Wooden Soul” is
everything a short film should be – profound, touching and witty with the
elegance and punch of a full-length feature.” Emma Thompson, Actor & Screenwriter
“Wooden Soul” is a powerful insight into the isolation so often experienced by bereaved
children. The value of this film is in the debate it is likely to generate
around how children may behave in grief.” Jenni Thomas OBE, Child
Bereavement Charity
Awards
‘Best
Edited film’ at the Short Film Festival of India 2007
Official
Selections
The WOCAF Festival
– Mar 2008
London Short Film
Festival – Jan 2008
DC Short Film
Festival – Sept 2007
Portobello Film Festival
– Aug 2007
Screenings
Britspotting Berlin the special youth
programme
“School of Life” 2007 in Potsdam/Germany
Shortlisted at the 5th London
Short Film Festival 2008
Part of ‘Femmes Fantastiques’
For more info pls visit: Ponder
Productions
3. Four Conversations about Love written
& directed by Jessica Townsend (2006)
produced by Maria Goyal (Palette Productions)
starring Nadia Cameron-Blakey, Alexandra
Staden, John Blakey & Gary Lilburn
Currently the film festival
circuit 2008 – distributed by Newworld Films
A Short Cuts style short film about four
loosely connected people dealing with love, loss, and, finally grace.
Synopsis
A man and a woman make love for the last time. A
father and daughter meet in a café for the first time. A woman tells her
girlfriend she is unexpectedly pregnant. A tormented stranger visits a woman
and her baby.
Awards
Winner
‘Best First Time Filmmaker’ – Washington DC Shorts 2007
‘An
alluring and provocative film that was well-crafted and beautifully short’
– DC Shorts
Current
Official Selections
LA
Shorts Fest 2007
LA Femme
2007
Marbella Film Festival 2007
20th Paris Feminist and
Lesbian Film Festival 2008
4. ‘SICK’ written & directed by Mike Rymer
Director of Photography – Sam Garwood
Assistant Producer – Dana Wilson
Currently on the film
festival circuit 2008 thanks to the support of Screen South
The new film from EgoProject breaks the silence…
35mm short psychological
drama SICK is supported by the Samaritans and
financially assisted by Film London & Wandsworth Borough and South London and Maudsley NHS
Foundation Trust Charitable Funds is currently in
post-production. Shortlisted by the Film Council for completion funding.
‘'A compelling and moving work that will
resonate with audiences'’ - Samaritans
"A
subtle yet forceful story sensitively portrayed. Film
London is proud to have funded this project" – Film London
"Wandsworth
Council was delighted to be involved with this successful project and continues
to provide support and assistance to imaginative new film makers.
Congratulations to Mike Rymer and his team for making such a well produced
short film that engages the viewer on a difficult subject." – Wandsworth Film Office
For more info on ‘SICK’ and the trailer on the
Samaritans website please click here: ‘SICK’
Background
Untreated, it is widely
considered as one of the biggest killers in the western world. Yet as pervasive
as the condition itself is the silence that surrounds it. Its name is
depression.
Synopsis
As 70 year-old Brian’s story
slides backwards through 15 years of psychiatric intervention, and his
daughter’s crashes forwards over one unbearable night, they culminate on the
eve of her self-harm - the catalyst of his condition. SICK.
For more info & the
trailer please check the web site EgoProject
Press releases
21/03/07 - SAMARITANS links with movie 'SICK'
04/04/07 - Film London - 'SICK' Success
15 /10/07 - Screen South Confirm Lottery Award
Press coverage & pod cast
‘SICK’
wins Gold at Houston Press coverage
“Winner of 10th Annual
Wandsworth Film Award” - 2006
‘Gold Award – WorldFest Houston’ –
April 2008
‘Best Short Film – Macedonia AsterFest’ –
May 2008
“Official Selection – Lille Film
Festival” – March 2008
‘Official Selection – Shadowline SFF/Festival delle Culture
Giovani’ – April 2008
‘Official Selection – Rome Independent
Film Festival’ – April 2008
‘Official Selection – Salento
International Film Festival’ – April 2008
‘Official Selection - Naoussa International Short Film’ – May
2008
‘Official Selection – Central Florida
Film Festival’ – August 2008
Feature Films
Market Screening in Cannes 2008
wmd. written & directed
by David Holroyd.
Director of Photography Steve
Buckland. Editor Celia Haining. Production Designer James Lees.
Costume Designer Nadia
Dunn-Hill. Casting Director Carolyn McLeod. Music by Samuel J Sim and
Chris White. Designer James
Muriel. Assistant Producer Kasia Skibinska.
Production Coordinator Nour
Wazzi. Executive Producer Mark Watson-Mitchell.
Main Cast
Simon Lenagan. Jo-Anne
Knowles. Burnell Tucker. Glenn Conroy. Henry Everett. Robert Cambrinus.
Peter Barnes. Montserrat Roig
de Puig.
Synopsis
A little knowledge is
a dangerous thing.
2002. The United States and the UK are pushing to
invade Iraq. Intelligence sources report
Saddam has biochemical weapons ready for immediate launch – the perfect
justification for war.
When Alex Morgan – an
ordinary MI6 desk officer uncovers deliberate flaws in the evidence being used to support invasion, he has to
decide whether to risk his career and even his safety for this deceitful web of
lies.
A fictional account inspired by real events, WMD
reveals what intelligence circles really knew in the build-up for war. Does Saddam Hussein really possess weapons of
mass destruction? Does it even matter?
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a
revolutionary act” - George Orwell
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