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Patchwork Productions was set up in 2004 by freelance producer Christine Hartland who produced in 2008 her first feature film wmd. by David Holroyd represented by Independent Film Company. Patchwork Production has a slate of feature length projects at different stages of development and award winning short films.

 

Christine has over ten years of experience in corporate film, video 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, BMS, Intercontinental, Nestle and Human Rights Watch and many more.

 

Patchwork Productions is looking for investors interested in individual projects or its entire slate.

 

 

Feature Films

 

Completed

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

 

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.

                                    And on iTunes

 

Nominated Best Debut UK Feature at the East End Film Festival 2009

 

In development

Leanne Pierre by Neil Wagstaff – shortlisted for The Big Pitch

If you see a crocodile writer Matthew Pitt, director Guy Pitt

Nitrate by Guy Ducker and Gavin Boyter

Alpha writer Antony Woodruffe, director Neil McEnery West

 

Early stages of development

More Than Murder written by Ross Lewis

Innocent Affair based on Ann Hulme’s novel & being adapted by Hari Patience

 

As executive producer

Life Just Is by Alex Barrett and produced by Tom Stuart

 

 

Award Winning Short Films

(For more detailed info see below for more info)

 

Big Girl Little Girl by Amelia Hann (2004) – Best Short in Miami ‘04

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

 

‘SICK’ by Mike Rymer (2007) – Gold Award in Houston Film Festival, Golden Knight at Malta Film Festical  & Best Short Film in AsterFest (2008)

 

BARRY by John Mitchell (2009)

Produced by Casey Herbert

Part of Virgin Media Competition 2009

 

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Feature Films

 

 

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:

www.wmd-insidestory.com

'Our First Feature Film' group on facebook

 

Press coverage:

Film London

Screen Daily

Netribution

Britflicks

British Film Magazine

 

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wmd. supports war child

 

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Feature Projects in development

 

Leanne Pierre by Neil Wagstaff - Top 6 in The Big Pitch

If you see a crocodile writer Matthew Pitt and director Guy Pitt

Nitrate by Guy Ducker and Gavin Boyter

More Than Murder writer Ross Lewis

An Innocent Affair based on Ann Hulme’s novel

& being adapted by Hari Patience

       

 

Leanne Pierre written & directed by Neil Wagstaff

Andrew Harrison Producer

 

Shortlisted Top 6 out of 200 projects for The Big Pitch

 

Tag 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

 

Britfilms

The Big Pitch

 

   

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.

 

 

 

Nitrate

By Guy Ducker and Gavin Boyter

 

Some things are best left unfinished.

Synopsis

A hotshot director uncovers the truth behind the murder of his filmmaking idol when he reconstructs the dead man's lost, unfinished masterpiece.

 

 

   

More Than Murder

Writer Ross Lewis

Associate Producer Andrew Harrison

If you could get away with murder, would you?

Synopsis

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.

 

 

Award Winning Short Films

 

 

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.

 

 

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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

 

 

winner best editing

 

Official Selections

 

The WOCAF Festival – Mar 2008

London Short Film Festival – Jan 2008

DC Short Film Festival – Sept 2007

Portobello Film Festival – Aug 2007

 

boston

tribeca vallalolid LA

 

cardiff golden 2006

 

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’

 

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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.

 

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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

 

 

‘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 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.'

DC Shorts Blog Review

 

Press Coverage:

 

Moviescope magazine SICK-honoured-by-canadians

 

02/10/08 - Mental Health Day - 'SICK' in the Guardian

 

Entertainment4media.com

 

Britfilms.com

 

Netribution

 

21/03/07 - SAMARITANS links with movie 'SICK'

04/04/07 - Film London - 'SICK' Success


15 /10/07 - Screen South Confirm Lottery Award

 

Time & Leisure magazine

 

 

Director Mike Rymer’s pod cast: Directors-notes pod cast

 

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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

 

 

 

BARRY by John Mitchell (2009)

Produced by Casey Herbert

Part of Virgin Media Competition 2009

 

Synopsis

Ella is seven. Her best friend is the best friend a girl could have: Barry. Her rabbit.

 

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For more information please contact:

film (at) patchwork-productions (dot) co (dot) uk