LONDON. Future
Films has boosted its current development slate with a cash injection
of €150,000 from the MEDIA Programme.
“We’re rapidly increasing our ability to back world
class projects from early script stage,” says Future Films’ Stephen
Margolis. “With our new development
cash, we are now able to finance and convert more projects developed
in-house with a much greater degree of direct, practical involvement
from the start.”
6 projects are being developed in-house with the MEDIA funding:
Nursery
is being developed with renowned film director Michael Radford (Flawless, The Merchant of Venice)
from an original screenplay by novelist Chris Wooding.
Reminiscent of Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby, the
story focuses on a young couple who move into a beautiful but eerie
house whilst the wife journeys through pregnancy. She soon discovers
her unborn child’s life is at risk.
Burden
of Desire is being developed with two-time Palme
d’Or winner and acclaimed filmmaker Bille August (Goodbye Bafana, Pelle the
Conqueror) with writer Robert MacNeil. Future
Films is developing the project in partnership with Capri Films,
Sweden’s Moviola and Nordisk of Denmark. A love
triangle between two men and a beautiful woman in the Canadian port of
Halifax takes place against the devastating backdrop of the largest
munitions explosion in history prior to Hiroshima.
Quiver
is a new comedy feature from director Steve Barron (Mike Bassett: England Manager,
Coneheads) and is currently being developed with Barron
and screenwriter Liam Gavin. Produced in partnership with
First Foot Films, Quiver
follows Cupid, a confessed alcoholic who is given one last chance to
get love back on track or be killed off…
Durruti,
written by Alejo Flah
is in development with Icónica, José Nolla's
production company in Spain. Durruti Buenaventura, a key
figure of the Spanish Civil War, spent part of his life in South
America, robbing banks to support the revolution. He was
detained and judged in France for a failed kidnapping attempt on King
Alfonso XIII where he escaped and fought fascism until his death,
defending Madrid from Franco's forces.
Garden
Boy is being developed with South African screenwriter Greg Latter (Goodbye Bafana).
The film tells the story of a middle-aged police inspector in charge of
investigating a series of murders attributed to the “Mine
Dump Killer”. When we discover the killer is a
bright young black boy the lines between good and evil begin to blur.
Málaga
1937 is a romantic epic, based on the true story of a
prisoner exchange in the Spanish Civil War. Set against the backdrop of
Franco’s siege of the city of Málaga and the
tragic exodus in which thousands perished, it is the story of two
unusual people who are taken hostage and struggle to survive. The film
is being developed in partnership with Carlos Taillefer's
Teyso film company in Spain.
Outside of its Media Programme investments Future Films is also
developing other projects including Blue Turtle,
a comedy written by Douglas
Wilson and produced in conjunction with Nadine Luque of
Viceversa Films; 3:30
in partnership with Theta Films and writer/director Mick Davis (Modigliani): a
psychological thriller exploring the connection between dreams and
reality; and Close
Protection, a romantic comedy from writer Adrian Bailey being
developed in partnership with Early Day Films.