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Patchwork Productions was founded in 2004
by Producer Christine Hartland who in 2008 produced her first feature film, the
political thriller WMD by David
Holroyd represented by Independent
Film Company which had its UK Theatrical release in Autumn 2009.
Christine has
over fifteen years of experience in corporate film, video and
event production, and, has worked on projects such as World Expo 2000.
Corporate clients include BT, Nokia, Novartis, Barclays, GSK, Alliance &
Leicester, sanofi-aventis, BMS, Intercontinental, Nestle, Volvo, Human Rights
Watch and many more.
Christine was
part of the 2008/09 Guiding Lights
mentoring scheme with producer mentor Damian Jones. She is a member of WFTV and a fellow of the RSA.
Patchwork Productions has a slate of
feature length projects at different stages of development and award winning
short films and is always looking for investors.
Feature Films
Completed features
WMD by David Holroyd
*** “undeniably gripping... definitely worth
a look” – The
Guardian
*** “gripping... does a serious job of
indicting those who took us to war” – Channel
4
“Eerily plausible... impressive” – Graydon Carter, Editor of Vanity Fair
“Modern Cinema at its best” – John Pilger, multi-award winning war
correspondant
“Well worth watching... makes it easy to see
how the facts were misused to get us to war in Iraq” – Clare Short MP
“Intense... Holroyd doesn’t much lift the
lid as tear it off” – Little White
Lies
“Effective in
style and chilling in its execution” – Brit Films
Nominated Best Debut
UK Feature at the East
End Film Festival 2009
Represented by Independent Film Company following its market
screening in Cannes 2008
Available
on:
iTunes UK & USA
DVD Amazon
in the US
DVD on Amazon
in the UK
Rental and VOD on LoveFILM the UK.
Features in development
Nitrate by Guy
Ducker and Gavin Boyter – WINNER of Trailermade competition
Pre-feature trailer launch
at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival on Monday 17th May at the UK Film
Centre
Alpha writer David Lemon, director Neil McEnery-West
Leanne ♥ Pierre by Neil Wagstaff – shortlisted for The Big Pitch
If you see a crocodile writer Matthew Pitt, director Guy
Pitt
Features in early stages of development
More Than Murder written by Ross Lewis
Innocent Affair based on Ann Hulme’s novel & being
adapted by Hari Patience
Features
as executive producer
Life
Just Is
by Alex Barrett and produced by Tom Stuart
Short Films on the festival circuit
As co-producer
BARRY by John Michell
(2009)
Produced by Casey
Herbert
At the 2010 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner
Award Winning Short Films
(For more detailed info see below for more
info)
‘SICK’ by Mike Rymer (2007)
– Gold
Award in Houston Film Festival, Golden Knight at Malta Film Festical & Best Short Film in AsterFest
(2008)
From
May 2010 available at the BFI store
Wooden
Soul by Rehana Rose Khan (2006) – Best Editing in Film
Festival of India ‘06
Four
Conversations About Love by Jessica Townsend (2006)
Produced by Maria
Goyal – Best First Time Filmmaker – Washington 2007
Big
Girl Little Girl by Amelia Hann (2004) – Best Short in Miami 2004
*****
Completed feature film
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
WMD
available to buy on:
Currently the film is available on iTunes, on DVD and VOD on Amazon
in the US,
on Amazon
in the UK, and rental, stream and VOD on LoveFILM the UK
Festivals WMD was launched at the Brighton Film Festival, East
End Film Festival and Notting Hill Film Festival.
WMD will be available on other platforms so
if you are interested in keeping in touch please join our mailing list from our
website
www.wmd-insidestory.com.
For
more information or join our emailing list please visit:
'Our First Feature
Film' group on facebook
Press
coverage:
WMD supports war child
Feature Films in development
Nitrate by Guy Ducker and Gavin Boyter
Alpha writer David Lemon, director Neil
McEnery-West
If you see a crocodile writer Matthew Pitt
and director Guy Pit
Leanne ♥ Pierre by Neil Wagstaff - Top 6 in The Big Pitch
More Than Murder writer Ross Lewis
An Innocent Affair based on Ann Hulme’s novel
& being adapted
by Hari Patience
Nitrate
By Guy Ducker and Gavin Boyter
Some things are best left unfinished.
Log line
A hotshot director uncovers the truth behind
the murder of his filmmaking idol when he reconstructs the dead man's lost,
unfinished masterpiece.
WINNER of Trailermade competition and part of the
2010 Trailer Festival
Pre-feature trailer launch at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival
Feel free to visit our website and join the NITRATE facebook
group.
Alpha
Writer David Lemon
Director Neil
McEnery-West
Script Editor Kate
Leys
Executive Producer Alastair Dickson
Log line
If they were stolen
from you, how far would you be willing to go to get back the people you love?
If you see a crocodile
Writer Matthew Pitt
Director Guy Pitt
Producer James Bolton
If You
See a Crocodile is a childhood road-movie set in the backwaters and badlands of
London’s canals. Funny, frightening and sad, it tells the story of how an
8-year-old girl’s attempt to travel alone across the city turns into the
adventure of a lifetime. It will chart the terrifying moments, bizarre
encounters and occasional, unforgettable childhood bliss of an incredible
journey from north London to Crystal Palace, and the effect on the adults left
behind.
Leanne
♥ Pierre written & directed by Neil Wagstaff
Andrew Harrison - Producer
Shortlisted
Top 6 out of 200 projects for The Big
Pitch
Log line
A 14-year old girl with dyspraxia develops
a crush for the first time and tries to win the heart of a handsome, popular
boy.
Supported by Dyspraxia Foundation
More Than Murder
Writer Ross Lewis
Associate
Producer Andrew Harrison
If you could get away with murder, would you?
Log line
A dinner party
joke turns into a desperate reality when six friends plot how they would get
away with murder.
An Innocent Affair
Based on the novel
by Ann Hulme
Screenplay by Hari
Patience
Log line
Faith dies at the
funeral of a stranger bringing two very different families together in this
very English tale of fate love and jealousy.
Hari’s first feature
screenplay, MATA, reached the semi-finals of the Chesterfield Screenwriting
Fellowship organised by Paramount Studios. She has written numerous short films
and her comedy feature film about speed dating is Three Minutes Moments by Don
Allen.
On the festival circuit
Short Films
BARRY by John Mitchell
(2009)
Produced by Casey
Herbert
At the 2010 Cannes
Film Festival Short Film Corner
Log line
Ella is seven. Her best friend is the best friend a girl could have:
Barry. Her rabbit.
For more info please visit: www.barryfilm.info
Award Winning Short Films
‘SICK’ written
& directed by Mike Rymer
Director of Photography – Sam Garwood
Assistant Producer – Dana Wilson
From
May 2010 available at the BFI store
‘SICK’
trailer short listed at the 2010 Trailer
Festival
Its festival circuit was supported by Screen South and South
London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Funds
Please click here for the current Awards & Nominations
‘SICK’
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
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
Review
‘SICK’ is a nonliner but very powerful discussion of the
multi-generational affects of depression. Difficult to discern at first, by the
end the short completely resolves itself. Heartrending and universal, the
strong acting and visuals make for a world where the audience is made to
understand all that comes from depression and all that it means. Not so much about
the story as about the message, it gives the audience a detailed glimpse at
this particular 'sickness.'
Press
Coverage:
Moviescope
magazine SICK-honoured-by-canadians
02/10/08
- Mental Health Day - 'SICK' in the Guardian
21/03/07 - SAMARITANS links with movie
'SICK'
04/04/07 - Film London - 'SICK'
Success
15 /10/07 - Screen South
Confirm Lottery Award
Director
Mike Rymer’s pod cast: Directors-notes
pod cast
WINNER
Gold
Award - 41st Annual WorldFest at Houston International Film Festival
– April 08
Golden Knight at Malta International Film Festival – Nov 08
Honourable Mention at The Accolade Film Awards
Best Short Film at AsterFest 2008, Macedonia
Special Prize to the Best Short Film at Chicago Short Film Festival
Best Editing at San Francisco Short Film Festival
Best Actor at Festival de Cine de Granada
Special Merit at Short Cuts Film Festival 2008
Integral Realisation at Barcelona International Cinema Festival
For ‘Directing’ at Bruxelles Cinema Festival
For ‘Screenplay’ at Golden Gate Fiction & Documentary Festival
NOMINATIONS
Best International Short at Rome Independent Film Festival
Best International Short at 13th Shadowline Salerno Film Festival
Best International Short at Salento International Film Festival
Best Short Film at Waterford Film Festival
Best Short Film at Reggio Film Festival / International Short Film Contest
For ‘Scriptwriting’ at Grand Off: European Off Film Awards
SHORT LISTED
UK Film Council Completion Fund 2006 (1st assembly)
WINNER
10th
Annual Wandsworth Film Award 2004 - London Production Fund - Film London
(script package)
AWARDED
Regional Investment Fund for England -
Screen South
The UK Film Council
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
Four
Conversations about Love written & directed by JessicaTownsend (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 07
‘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
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
WINNER
“Best Short Film
– Miami Film Festival” 2004
“Best Directing
– Strasbourg Film Festival” 2004
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
“Toronto IFCT screening” –
December 2005
“Official Selection
– Bucharest Film Festival” – Nov 2005
“Showcomotion Film
Festival screening – Sheffield” – July 2005
“Official Selection at the ICA Halloween
Film Festival” – Jan 2005
“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.
For more information please contact:
film (at) patchwork-productions (dot) co (dot) ukmailto:christine@patchwork-productions.co.uk