Right here’s our annual rundown of the ten largest manufacturing awards given out by the British Movie Institute’s Movie Fund in 2022. Backed by Nationwide Lottery cash, the grants are a key supporter of indie cinema within the UK.
High of the record is Timestalker, the debut characteristic movie from actor and author Alice Lowe. Billed as a “reincarnation romcom,” the movie follows the story of 1 lady’s unrequited love spanning a number of centuries. Lowe directs from a screenplay she wrote. She additionally stars within the movie alongside Jacob Anderson (Sport Of Thrones), Aneurin Barnard (David Copperfield), Tanya Reynolds (Intercourse Schooling), and Nick Frost (Scorching Fuzz). Vaughan Sivell and Western Edge Photos are producers. The movie is at the moment eyeing a 2023 launch.
Second on the record is Starve Acre, a supernatural horror movie from BAFTA-nominated Apostasy creator Daniel Kokotajlo. The Crown star Matt Smith and Saint Maud’s Morfydd Clark lead pic, which is customized from an Andrew Michael Hurley novel. Producers are Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, and Emma Duffy.
Take a look at the complete awards record beneath. Every movie listed beneath additionally acquired a £35,000 ‘Step-Up’ money award, which is a particular grant particularly designed to encourage the hiring of numerous crews.
The BFI’s 10 manufacturing awards 2022:
Timestalker (£1,090,000)
Author/Director: Alice Lowe; Producer: Vaughan Sivell and Western Edge Photos
Starve Acre (£1,000,000)
Author/Director: Daniel Kokotajlo; Producer: Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Emma Duffy
How To Have Intercourse (£965,000)
Author/Director: Molly Manning Walker; Producer: Ivana MacKinnon, Emily Leo, and Konstantinos Kontrovrakis
In Digicam (£950,000)
Author/Director: Naqqash Khalid; Producer: Juliette Larthe and Mary Burke
Chuck Chuck Child (£936,641)
Author/Director: Janis Pugh; Producer: Anne Beresford, Andrew Gillman, Adam Partridge, and Peggy Cafferty
Stopmotion (£870,000)
Director: Robert Morgan; Writers: Robin King and Robert Morgan; Producers: Alain de la Mata and Christopher Granier-Deferre
Layla (£850,000)
Author/Director: Amrou Al-Kadhi; Producer: Savannah James-Bayly
Blue Jean (£850,000)
Author/Director: Georgia Oakley; Producer: Hélène Sifre
Titties (£845,000)
Author/Director: Lucy Cohen; Producers: Ariadne Kotsaki, Julia Nottingham
Lollipop (£837,000)
Author/Director: Daisy-MayHudson; Producers: Cecilia Frugiuele, Olivier Kaempfer
