High Concept Short: contemporary, supernatural thriller, horror, action

The modern day heist of an ancient, Indian Temple diamond by a London criminal gang goes really well… until the curse that follows it starts to bite back.


Director / Writer: Nick Arthurs BFE

Producers: Chris Geden, Maria Trevis

Starring: Michael McKell, Ian Burfield, Jenna Brook

Company: Wildwood Films Ltd., London 2024

Production stills are password protected until the release of the production.

Short Film: Contemporary Fantasy

A 10 episode web series consisting of 2-3 minutes episodes, focused on issues that primarily impact women (revenge porn, sexism in the workplace, harassment etc). Possessed is a biting comedy on female bodily autonomy, mental health and the social norms which both encourage and reward misogynistic behavior.


Director: Martin Gooch

Writer / Producer: Sierra Callaghan

Starring: Sierra Callaghan, Jon Campling, Nicola Goodchild

Company: Gothic Manor Productions, London 2021/22

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High Concept Short: Costume Drama, 18th Century

In Dublin in 1742, on the evening of the premiére of Handel’s MESSIAH, God’s harshest critic pays a visit to show that whatever wonders his most prized creation is capable of, at heart he is still the same soul that cannot resist temptation.


Director: Marinella Setti-Mantle

Producers: Joel Eley, Martin Smith, Konnie Daniel

Starring: Hans Matheson, Stefan McCusker

Hair & Makeup Designer: Richard Müller

Company: PPAXIS Films Ltd, London 2023

Production stills are password protected until the release of the production.

TV Documentary series PERFECT STORMS: The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest was a military battle that took place in the year 9 AD. In the battle, an alliance of Germanic tribes won a major victory over three Roman legions. The Germanic tribes were led by Arminius; the Roman legions by Publius Quinctilius Varus.

Director: Damir Chytil

Companies: Entertainment One LLC / Articulate Television Ltd.

Starring: Lockhart Ogilvie, Gordon Summers, Simon Johns, Anthony Cable

Costumes: www.astridschulz.com/warriors

Stills: www.astridschulz.com/varian

Feature Film: Supernatural thriller, shot on location in Cambodia. A couple's holiday romance is thrown into chaos as they are afflicted by a malicious force.

Director: Rudolf Buitendach

Companies: Brillstein Entertainment, Nautican Entertainment, Hex Fims, The Treehouse, 2017

Starring: Jenny Boyd, Kelly Blatz, Phil Philmar, Adrian Hough, Ross McCall

Official Trailer: Hex Movie

Promo for TV series: Period drama

The story behind THE NIGHTRIDERS is set in the early 18th Century. In those days Barbary Pirates ravaged the coasts of the West Country, Southern Ireland and Wales, stealing men and women for slavery.

Director / Writer / Producer: Jane Sanger

Company: Lumino Films, UK 2020

Starring: Rosie Johnson, Barnaby Chambers, Kevin Mangar, Ben Atkinson

6 Festivals:
ISAFF Film Freeway, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation 2021 / Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival 2022 / Creators Film Festival, Springfield, MA 2022 / Nassau Film Festival 2022 / London Indie Short Festival 2022 / Festival for Trailers 2022

Awards:
BEST TRAILER at ISAFF 2021
PRICETON TIGER AWARD at Nassau Film Festival 2022
WINNER at Creators Film Festival 2022
FINALIST at Global Monthly Online Film Competition 2022
SEMI FINALIST at London Indie Short Festival 2022

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Trailer: The Nightriders

Short: Dystopian / Magic Realism

Director / Producer: Jane Sanger

Writer / Editor: James Reeves

Company: Lumino Films, UK 2023

Starring: Natasha Rose Mills, Reggie McHale, Iliria Krasniqui

Awards: Best Absurd Film (Absurd Film Festival / FilmFreeway)

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Three short history documentaries: 19th Century, London & West Indies

The stories of three man that influenced history, albeit having been forgotten in history books: radical reformers, fighting for abolition of slavery and for improved rights for the working people in Victorian Britain.

1 The Radical Preacher: Robert Wedderburn
2 Liberty or Death: Samuel Sharpe, 1831
3 The London Chartist Leader: William Cuffay

Director / producer: Jason Young
Company: Gospel Temple Apostolic Church
Starring: Neil Reidman, Jade McCrea

Feature Film: Drama

After the sudden death of her husband, a reclusive artist invites lifelong friends to her farm in Spain and reveals a shocking plan. Before the weekend ends, the friends must sacrifice secrets from the past and force her to make a devastating choice....

Under Spanish Skies is an independent drama set in the hills of Andalusia, Spain. The feature debut of writer/director Nathan Buck, and produced by an award-winning filmmaking team, the film boasts an exciting ensemble cast of veteran and young, upcoming talent. 

Writer / Director: Nathan Buck

Producer: Christina Mallet

Company: Bearlift Films, Berlin 2019

Staring: Tara Lynn Orr / Amr Waked / Phillipe Brenninkmayer / Tullan Holmqvist / Nahéma Ricci

Festivals: Premiere at Boston International Film Festival on 15th April, 2022 / Montreal Independent Film Festival 2022 / Festival of Cinema NYC 2022 / Indigo Moon Film Festival 2022 /Halic Goldenhorn Film Festival 2022 in Istanbul / Berlin Independent Film Festival BIFF 2023

Awards: Montreal Independent Film Festival 2021 - Honorable Mention for Director Nathan Buck, and Best Supporting Actress for Nahéma Ricci

Boston International Film Festival 2022 - Indie Spirit Award for Excellence in Film Making

Festival of Cinema NYC - nominated for Best Narrative Feature and for Best Ensemble

Indigo Moon Film Festival - Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature

Berlin Independent Film Festival - Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature

www.before-el-fina-movie.com

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Short Film (Drama): On the night before she is set to be crowned World Champion, a talented but injury cursed pro wrestler finds out that plans have changed and that she will be forced to lose the match, or will be fired from the company. Director / Writer: Sam Benjamin

Producer: Aletha Shepherd Starring: Eloise Lovell Anderson, Sam Benjamin, Ben Pumffrey Company: Shot Of Tea, London 2020

Festivals: Sunscreen Film Festival, Florida 2024 / Vermont Film & Folklore Festival 2024

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Movie: Screwjob

Client: St. Catherine Productions / Silver Cat Pictures

Project: set decoration for the short film ‘Two Mums and a Giraffe’.

Producers: Melissa Johnson-Peters / Jane Stanton

Director: Rachel Tillotson

Starring: Pandora Colin / Jane Stanton

Costumes: Carolyn Corben

Specials photography: Astrid Schulz

8 Festivals:
Queer North Festival 2019 / At. John’s International Woman’s Film Festival 2019 / Reeling: Chicago LGBTQ + International Film Festival 2019 / North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2019 / SCAD SANANNAH Film Festival 2019 / London International Short Film Festival (LISFF) / Global Taj International Film Festival 2019 / Canada Short Film Festival 2019

Awards:
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE at Canada Short Film Festival 2019
BEST DOP at Global Taj Film Festival 2019

Short Film: Fantasy, part of the Directors UK & Arri media Trinity Challenge and shot in on continious take.

“The Yew Tree is ancient, it is mystical, magical and poisonous. What has it witnessed in it's long life and what does it know?” Every year on Midwinter's Eve the sunstone must be returned to the the Yew Tree Goddess and a sacrifice must be made or the darkness will last forever.

Director / Writer: Martin Gooch

Starring: Frances Pooley, Michael McKell, JP Gates, Alex Witherow

Company: Gothic Manor Productions, London 2018/19

Awards: Winner for best Fantasy Shorts (London Independent Film Award, August 2019)

Movie: A Midwinter Night's Dream

Victorian showreels: specials photography during period scenes; an ongoing project by Jane Sanger, working with 19th Century literary adoptions (luminofilms.co.uk/showreels).


Director / Writer / Producer: Jane Sanger

Company: Lumino Films, UK 2021

Starring: Ben, Aiden Nicholas-Alexander, Brooke, Maidred Reynolds, Chantal Riches, Iliria, Temi, Nicole, Milly Potter, Barneby Chambers, Ellen Waite

Make-up Artist: Gabriela and Dee Heath

Edwardian showreels: specials photography during period scenes; an ongoing project by Jane Sanger, working with 19th & 20th Century literary adoptions (luminofilms.co.uk/showreels).


Director / Writer / Producer: Jane Sanger

Company: Lumino Films, UK 2021

Make-up Artist: Gabriela & Dee Heath

Victorian style showreels: specials photography during period scenes; an ongoing project by Jane Sanger, working with 19th & 20th Century literary adoptions (luminofilms.co.uk/showreels).


Director / Writer / Producer: Jane Sanger

Company: Lumino Films, UK 2023

Make-up Artist: Sherrie Warwick

Victorian showreels: specials photography during period scenes; an ongoing project by Jane Sanger, working with 19th Century literary adoptions (luminofilms.co.uk/workshops).


Director / Writer / Producer: Jane Sanger

Company: Lumino Films, UK 2021

Starring: Matthew Couchman, Leigh Trifari, Simon Bundock, Charles Treads, Liz ‘Maddie’ Evans, Nathan L. Weller, Rosemary Hill

Make-up Artist: Gabriela and Dee Heath

Viewing Gallery: Step Into History

1970s showreels: specials photography and stills during period scenes. An ongoing project by Jane Sanger, creating shorts whilst working with literary adoptions (luminofilms.co.uk/showreels).


Director / Writer / Producer: Jane Sanger

Company: Lumino Films, UK 2021

Make-up Artist: Gracie Cox

Poster shoot for ‘Winds of Transition’, a period drama about the Suffragettes, romance and love across class and ethnic divides.

Writter / Producer: Sil Silbrook

Director: Jane Sanger

Company: Lumino Films, Uk 2023

Short Film: A love triangle across shop windows, played by mannequins. "...Lurex makes smart use of film grammar to insinuate a three-way thingy between mannequins..." (Nick Bradshaw, Time Out magazine)

Director: Marinella Setti

Company: Grasshopper Films, London 2004

Awards & Nominations:
Innovation Nominee at Bird's Eye View Film Festival, London
Audience and Best Short Film Awards at Spice Fest, Hackney Short Cuts
Special Mention at Festival Der Nationen, Austria
Plus many other selections and nominations worldwide, including the British Council

Movie: www.youtube.com/LUREX

Short Film (Drama): in post production

Director: Uppili Raghavachari

Starring: Emma Gojkovic

Company: Concept 139 Productions, London, 2017/18

Short Film / Feature Film Pilot (cinema fantastic): The world is threatened by a virus, which turns humans into zombie-like creatures. Desperate husband Romeo is turning his home into a lab in the attempt to save his wife Juliette.

Director: Uppili Raghavachari

Starring: Chris Edgerley & Ellie Tanner

Company: Concept 139 Productions, London, 2016

Official selection at London Independent Film Festival 2017

Official selection at 'Horror Hotel' at International Film Festival / 4th place for best Sci-Fi Film

Feature Pilot: Drama about a boy who uncovers his dark family secret. Set in Holyhead, North Wales.

Director: Marinella Setti

Companies: Mad as Birds Films, North Wales, 2017

Feature Film: Drama

After the sudden death of her husband, a reclusive artist invites lifelong friends to her farm in Spain and reveals a shocking plan. Before the weekend ends, the friends must sacrifice secrets from the past and force her to make a devastating choice....

Before El Finâ ( Under Spanish Skies) is an independent drama set in the hills of Andalusia, Spain. The feature debut of writer/director Nathan Buck, and produced by an award-winning filmmaking team, the film boasts an exciting ensemble cast of veteran and young, upcoming talent.


Writer / Director: Nathan Buck
Producer: Christina Mallet
Company: Bearlift Films 2019

Staring: Tara Lynn Orr, Amr Waked, Phillipe Brenninkmayer, Tullan Holmqvist, Nahéma Ricci

Festivals: Premiere at Boston International Film Festival on 15th April, 2022, Montreal Independent Film Festival 2022, Festival of Cinema NYC 2022, Indigo Moon Film Festival 2022, Halic Goldenhorn Film Festival 2022 in Istanbul, Berlin Independent Film Festival BIFF 2023

Awards: Montreal Independent Film Festival 2021 - Honorable Mention for Director Nathan Buck, and Best Supporting Actress for Nahéma Ricci
Boston International Film Festival 2022 - Indie Spirit Award for Excellence in Film Making
Festival of Cinema NYC - nominated for Best Narrative Feature and for Best Ensemble 2022
Indigo Moon Film Festival - Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature 2022

Berlin Independent Film Festival - Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature 2023

Link for ‘Behind The Scenes’

www.before-el-fina-movie.com

Feature Film: supernatural thriller, shot on location in Cambodia. A couple's holiday romance is thrown into chaos as they are afflicted by a malicious force.

Director: Rudolf Buitendach

Companies: Brillstein Entertainment, Nautican Entertainment, Hex Fims, The Treehouse, 2017

Starring: Jenny Boyd, Kelly Blatz, Phil Philmar, Adrian Hough, Ross McCall

Official Trailer: Hex Movie

Link for ‘Behind The Scenes’

Promo for TV series: Period drama

The story behind THE NIGHTRIDERS is set in the early 18th Century. In those days Barbary Pirates ravaged the coasts of the West Country, Southern Ireland and Wales, stealing men and women for slavery.


Director / Writer / Producer: Jane Sanger

Company: Lumino Films, UK 2020-21 (luminofilms.co.uk/nightridertv)

Starring: Rosie Johnson, Barnaby Chambers, Kevin Mangar, Ben Atkinson

Link for ‘Behind the Scenes’

Trailer: The Nightriders

TV Documentary series PERFECT STORMS: The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest was a military battle that took place in the year 9 AD. In the battle, an alliance of Germanic tribes won a major victory over three Roman legions. The Germanic tribes were led by Arminius; the Roman legions by Publius Quinctilius Varus.


Director: Damir Chytil

Companies: Entertainment One LLC / Articulate Television Ltd.



Costumes: www.astridschulz.com/warriors

Link for ‘Behind The Scenes’

Reality TV Competition Series: Episode ‘Reunion’, filmed in Pinewood Studios

Challenge 38: ‘Ride or Dies’ is the 38th season, featuring various reality alumni competing with their closest friends, relationships, and allies for a share of $1 million.

Company: MTV 2022-23

Host: Maria Menounos

Contesters: Amber Borzotra, Tori Deal, Laurel Stucky, Kailah Casillas, Michele Fitzgerald, Nany González, Aneesa Ferreira, Veronica Portillo, Kaycee Clark, Nam Vo, Devin Walker, Fessy Shafaat, Turbo, Nelson Thomas, Jay Starrett, Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio, Jordan Wiseley, Darrell Taylor

BTS stills of the contesters and the show are password protected until the release of the production.