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The Famous Film Company is an award-winning independent UK film production company creating high quality short and feature-length movies for a global audience. We create stories that we believe matter, and translate them to screen.
when i'm famous
Our multi-award-winning short film When I’m Famous is a gritty, realist view of Britain's disaffected youth as 19-year-old Noah pinballs hard between his dreams of becoming famous and the mundane reality of the Job Centre, winding up homeless in the process...
NOTE: When I'm Famous and Same Face Different Lens (below) are 'PROOF OF CONCEPT' short films showcasing the concept, tone and storyline as well as some of the main characters in the two proposed feature-length movies currently in development.
Watch this space!
NOTE: When I'm Famous and Same Face Different Lens (below) are 'PROOF OF CONCEPT' short films showcasing the concept, tone and storyline as well as some of the main characters in the two proposed feature-length movies currently in development.
Watch this space!
same face different lens
Jack and Ben are twins -- Jack an aid worker in Gaza, Ben a film student in London. Though they share the same Jewish blood, they share widely differing views when it comes to the Middle East. 'Same Face Different Lens' -- one truth, two perspectives, everything on the line...
projects in development
When I'm Famous
(the feature film)
(the feature film)
The Story
Disaffected teenager Danny struggles against the odds -- and his bandmates -- to escape the dead-end world of the Job Centre and become famous in 1979 post-punk, mod-revival Britain.
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Danny’s the talented lead singer of mod-revival band, The Mode. He’s nineteen, disaffected, unemployed. He lives at home with his mum and his mum’s latest fella. Danny doesn’t like his mum’s latest fella. Danny doesn’t like his life. He doesn’t like being on the dole and he doesn’t like the idea of getting a job, either. Danny just wants to be famous.
Which is why next week's gig at the Starlight Club is so mega. The head of IndieTone Records digs the band’s latest demo tape and has agreed to come and see them play live. A major record deal is on offer if Danny and the boys impress ... but there’s a problem.
Or rather, three problems: Danny’s bandmates, all of whom are accidents waiting to happen: all of whom must overcome their own life-defining crisis if the gig is to happen at all.
Will bass player Ska get the better of his out-of-control drug habit and clean up?
Will drummer Taylor resolve his relationship problems?
Will keyboard player Jamroi save his younger brother -- and himself -- from gangland retribution?
And more’s the point: will Danny sacrifice his dream to help his bandmates in their hour of need...?
Set against a backdrop of miners’ strikes, free-fall unemployment and stark, economic meltdown, When I’m Famous is a gritty, realist view of Britain’s disaffected youth at a time when hope was at a premium and music had a voice.
Disaffected teenager Danny struggles against the odds -- and his bandmates -- to escape the dead-end world of the Job Centre and become famous in 1979 post-punk, mod-revival Britain.
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Danny’s the talented lead singer of mod-revival band, The Mode. He’s nineteen, disaffected, unemployed. He lives at home with his mum and his mum’s latest fella. Danny doesn’t like his mum’s latest fella. Danny doesn’t like his life. He doesn’t like being on the dole and he doesn’t like the idea of getting a job, either. Danny just wants to be famous.
Which is why next week's gig at the Starlight Club is so mega. The head of IndieTone Records digs the band’s latest demo tape and has agreed to come and see them play live. A major record deal is on offer if Danny and the boys impress ... but there’s a problem.
Or rather, three problems: Danny’s bandmates, all of whom are accidents waiting to happen: all of whom must overcome their own life-defining crisis if the gig is to happen at all.
Will bass player Ska get the better of his out-of-control drug habit and clean up?
Will drummer Taylor resolve his relationship problems?
Will keyboard player Jamroi save his younger brother -- and himself -- from gangland retribution?
And more’s the point: will Danny sacrifice his dream to help his bandmates in their hour of need...?
Set against a backdrop of miners’ strikes, free-fall unemployment and stark, economic meltdown, When I’m Famous is a gritty, realist view of Britain’s disaffected youth at a time when hope was at a premium and music had a voice.
Sticks And Stones:
A Film For Jack
A Film For Jack
The Story
Following the death of his aid-worker twin in Gaza, film student Ben Finnan travels to Occupied Palestine, camera in hand, seeking answers -- and discovers more than he bargained for...
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Devastated by news of his brother Jack’s death in a Gaza air strike, 25-year-old Ben heads to occupied Palestine, camera in hand. He’s on a promise: to honour his brother’s dying wish and make the film he vowed he would never make, about a situation he believes can never be resolved: at least not so long as Palestinian extremists remain unchecked.
Ben never did understand what drove his twin brother to become an aid worker, especially here, in Balata Refugee Camp, this God-forsaken breeding ground for terrorists. But as daily he becomes more immersed in life inside the camp -- the guest of community elder Hajj Ibrahim and his welcoming Palestinian family -- the more his world view is challenged.
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Sticks And Stones: A Film For Jack is not only a story of human injustice and cultural subjugation. It's a story of courage, of triumph over adversity, of freedom over the shackles of fear.
"Opening ones eyes to the evident truth is, in itself, a story of courage."
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NOTE: Research for this film has been extensive. And very personal. Writer/director Jon King, who has friends in both Israel and Palestine, made a point of visiting the war-torn land to gain first-hand experience of the situation, on the ground, before writing the script. He recently made the 'proof of concept' short film Same Face Different Lens as a prequel to the proposed feature.
Following the death of his aid-worker twin in Gaza, film student Ben Finnan travels to Occupied Palestine, camera in hand, seeking answers -- and discovers more than he bargained for...
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Devastated by news of his brother Jack’s death in a Gaza air strike, 25-year-old Ben heads to occupied Palestine, camera in hand. He’s on a promise: to honour his brother’s dying wish and make the film he vowed he would never make, about a situation he believes can never be resolved: at least not so long as Palestinian extremists remain unchecked.
Ben never did understand what drove his twin brother to become an aid worker, especially here, in Balata Refugee Camp, this God-forsaken breeding ground for terrorists. But as daily he becomes more immersed in life inside the camp -- the guest of community elder Hajj Ibrahim and his welcoming Palestinian family -- the more his world view is challenged.
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Sticks And Stones: A Film For Jack is not only a story of human injustice and cultural subjugation. It's a story of courage, of triumph over adversity, of freedom over the shackles of fear.
"Opening ones eyes to the evident truth is, in itself, a story of courage."
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NOTE: Research for this film has been extensive. And very personal. Writer/director Jon King, who has friends in both Israel and Palestine, made a point of visiting the war-torn land to gain first-hand experience of the situation, on the ground, before writing the script. He recently made the 'proof of concept' short film Same Face Different Lens as a prequel to the proposed feature.
Nicked!
The Story
a jilted lover, a football-mad copper,
the most audacious robbery since The Italian Job...
...and the biggest coverup in sporting history to boot
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May 26th 1982, Aston Villa win the European Cup. The following night PC Mick Greenhough is on what he believes will be another routine nightshift at West Bar Police Station, Sheffield. But as football mad Mick is about to discover, this night will prove anything but routine.
One hundred miles south, in a pub near Birmingham, Aston Villa players are celebrating last night’s European Cup success by signing autographs and allowing fans to have their photos taken with the famous trophy, which is on display for the evening in the pub.
But it’s not only Aston Villa fans who are present.
Birmingham City fan Adrian Reed is also here, and unbeknown to everyone else, Adrian plans a celebration all his own. Before the night is out, for reasons we will later learn, Adrian will steal the cup from under the noses of all present and take it on an adventure-filled road trip to Sheffield ... where, ultimately, he will run headlong into PC Mick Greenhough.
Once acquainted, our two protagonists will conspire to pull off the biggest, most unlikely coverup in sporting history. And in the process, each of them will realise an implausible dream.
A riotously funny comedy-drama based on an unbelievably true story!
a jilted lover, a football-mad copper,
the most audacious robbery since The Italian Job...
...and the biggest coverup in sporting history to boot
* * *
May 26th 1982, Aston Villa win the European Cup. The following night PC Mick Greenhough is on what he believes will be another routine nightshift at West Bar Police Station, Sheffield. But as football mad Mick is about to discover, this night will prove anything but routine.
One hundred miles south, in a pub near Birmingham, Aston Villa players are celebrating last night’s European Cup success by signing autographs and allowing fans to have their photos taken with the famous trophy, which is on display for the evening in the pub.
But it’s not only Aston Villa fans who are present.
Birmingham City fan Adrian Reed is also here, and unbeknown to everyone else, Adrian plans a celebration all his own. Before the night is out, for reasons we will later learn, Adrian will steal the cup from under the noses of all present and take it on an adventure-filled road trip to Sheffield ... where, ultimately, he will run headlong into PC Mick Greenhough.
Once acquainted, our two protagonists will conspire to pull off the biggest, most unlikely coverup in sporting history. And in the process, each of them will realise an implausible dream.
A riotously funny comedy-drama based on an unbelievably true story!
Disclosure Café
The Story
Disclosure Café
follow the money...
A conspiracy theorist walks eyes-wide into a real-life conspiracy when former City investment banker-turned-Podcaster, Tyler Watt, is tipped off about a dirty government money laundering scam that sees UK foreign aid money being diverted into offshore banking and investment funds that service MI6 black ops...
IN DEVELOPMENT ... MORE SOON...
Disclosure Café
follow the money...
A conspiracy theorist walks eyes-wide into a real-life conspiracy when former City investment banker-turned-Podcaster, Tyler Watt, is tipped off about a dirty government money laundering scam that sees UK foreign aid money being diverted into offshore banking and investment funds that service MI6 black ops...
IN DEVELOPMENT ... MORE SOON...
