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South West Screen has announced a new round of development funding for up-and-coming feature film talent in the South West of England.
The agency is backing five projects from the region’s most skilled writers, directors and producers with awards of between £5,000 and £10,000 to support on-going script development. They include a modern day romance from Being Human writer Lucy Catherine, a twisted horror from Dan Gitsham, one of 2010’s Screen Internationals Stars of Tomorrow, and an adaption of cult novel Boxy An Star from longstanding Bill Bailey collaborator Joe Magee.
The awards come as In the Dark Half and Eight Minutes Idle near completion, the first two films from South West Screen’s iFeatures slate, backed by BBC Films, BFI, Matador and ContentFilm.
The full list of recipients is:
South West Screen’s Executive Producer Christopher Moll said: “Building on the momentum of iFeatures, these awards underline South West Screen’s commitment to invest in the very best ideas and talent in the region. This is an eclectic and exciting slate from filmmakers who have come up through shorts, radio, TV drama, artist’s film and micro features. What unites them is a desire to tell truly cinematic stories that will engage and appeal to a broad variety of audiences.”
“In some cases, we are providing continuity by giving follow on support to talent that has come through other schemes. For example, Lucy Catherine wrote the screenplay for the iFeatures film In the Dark Half, while Dan Gitsham first became known to us through our Digital Shorts scheme last year. This type of ongoing support is so important in helping these filmmakers really progress in this tough industry.”
Writer Lucy Catherine is moving into directing with her new feature script The Goldilocks Zone, a modern day romance set in Bristol about a sleep-deprived young mother called Nicola, who in an attempt to reconnect with her past ends up meeting Hux, a lost soul, with whom she instantly connects. Lucy has written for television, film, theatre and radio, with credits including Casualty and Being Human. In 2010 she was commissioned to write the screenplay for In the Dark Half.
A 2010 Screen International Star of Tomorrow, Dan Gitsham recently wrote and directed Ella, a nine-minute short horror film starring Anthony Head and Lisa Backwell, one of four films to be funded by South West Screen under the UK Film Council’s 2010 Digital Shorts programme. Dan and producer Sophie Mair are now adapting the short into a full-length feature. Ella premiered at the Worldwide Short Film Festival this month and was described by the festival as “a seriously sinister reworking of Little Red Riding Hood”. Dan and Sophie’s previous short, The Sack, won the Midnight Movie Award at the 2010 London Short Film Festival.
Joe Magee will adapt Boxy an Star, the debut novel of Darren King which was longlisted for the 1999 Booker Prize. The story concerns the relationship between two young lovers, each with a dim grasp on reality. Joe’s work has encompassed a range of traditional and electronic media, experimenting with film, animation, video and interactive art. Credits include Dandelion Mind, a series of short films developed with Bill Bailey, and Car Park Babylon, a short film co-written and directed with Bailey as part of the 2010 Little Crackers series for Sky. Joe also made it through to the last 12 of iFeatures.
TV scriptwriter Davey Jones and TV drama producer Lis Steele are collaborating on the feature film script Hanging Out with Zara Swift, the story of a seventeen-year-old girl who falls in love with her guardian angel. Davey’s credits include Shameless and Waterloo Road while Lis has enjoyed stints on Waterloo Road, EastEnders, The Bill and Playing the Field. They have also been commissioned by Parallel Films to develop a period returning drama series.
Rachel Tillotson is working on an as-yet untitled project. Her most recent short I’ll Tell You was commissioned under South West Screen/UK Film Council’s Digital Shorts and selected for competition at the prestigious Clermont Ferrard Short Film Festival in February this year. Rachel previously won a BAFTA Children’s Award for Best Schools Drama as the director of Offside for the BBC. She also directed the series Girls in Love and Bernard’s Watch, as well as being the writer and director of many other short films.
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