THE WINTER QUEEN
Synopsis:   In 1876 a young investigator with the Moscow police, sets out to solve the apparent suicide of a university student, but lands himself in the middle of a far-reaching international conspiracy.
Director:   TBC
Producer:   Thomas Hedman, Alan Marshall
Screenwriter:   Bris Akunin (novel), Gerard Soeteman (adaptation)
Cast:   Milla Jovovich, Dan Stevens
Sales agent:   Seven Arts Pictures
Enquiries:   Seven Arts Pictures
38 Hertford St
London
W1J 7SG
T +44 (0)20 3006 8222
info@7artspictures.com
Status:   On hold
Record last updated:   Jan 26, 2010

TORTOISE IN LOVE
Synopsis:  

Tom, gardener at the big house, can talk to plants but not to women. When beautiful Polish au pair Hannah arrives for the summer, Tom falls for her catastrophically like the felling of one of the giant trees he cares for in the manicured grounds. Tom’s adviser in matters of the heart is young Harry, abandoned by the rich owners of the house to run wild in the gardens. Harry’s secret wish is for the Red Arrows to appear at the village fair: Tom’s is to win the heart of Hannah. Both seem impossible dreams until the whole village decides to lend a hand.

TRIAGE
Synopsis:  

A film about personal discovery, celebrating our natural need for family and its power for healing. Mark Walsh (Colin Farrell) is a seasoned combat photographer. On assignment in Kurdistan with his colleague and best friend, David, Mark witnesses first hand the nature of Triage; the process of deciding who lives and who dies in a combat hospital. Returning back home to Dublin and to his beautiful girlfriend Elena (Paz Vega), Mark finds himself in the middle of a mystery -- David hasn’t returned home yet and everyone looks to Mark for answers why. For Mark, his desire for answers threatens to finish him, but only through the friendship and love of his family is he able to confront the shocking truth. A film by Danis Tanovic, director of the Academy Award winning ‘No Man’s Land’.

UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS
Synopsis:   Based on the classic Edwardian period drama TV series of the 70s
Director:  
Producer:   Mike Mansfield, Hilary McLaren Tipping; BBC; Pathe
Screenwriter:   Fay Weldon
Enquiries:   Mike Mansfield Films
The Gatehouse
4 Ellerton Rd
London
SW20 0EP
tel: ++ 44 (0) 208 947 6884
mikenantv@aol.com
Status:   In Development
Record last updated:   Jan 26, 2010

URBANE
Synopsis:   Part vampire, part zombie movie, brings the legend of the incubus and the succubus, the evil night demons to the modern day.
Director:   Frazer Lee
Producer:   Robber Baron Productions
Screenwriter:   Frazer Lee
Cast:   Doug Bradley
Enquiries:   Robber Baron Prod Ltd/Themroc Ltd
Robber Baron Productions
83 Launcelot St
London SE1 7AD
UK
T +44 (0)20 7928 9240

info@urbanethemovie.com
Status:   In Development
Record last updated:   Jan 26, 2010

VACATION
Synopsis:   An American couple is stranded in a remote island paradise when a nuclear exchange wipes out most of the outside world; they'll have to face the local population which turns on them.
Director:   Richard Stanley
Producer:   Nick O'Hagan, James Youngs
Screenwriter:   Richard Stanley, Maggie Moor
Enquiries:   Recorded Picture Company
rpc@recordedpicture.com
Status:   In Pre Production
Record last updated:   Jan 26, 2010

WAKE WOOD
Synopsis:   The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days with their deceased daughter.
Director:   David Keating
Producer:   Guy East, Brendan McCarthy, John McDonnell, Simon Oakes, Magnus Paulsson
Screenwriter:   David Keating, Brendan McCarthy
Cast:   Timothy Spall, Aiden Gillen, Eva Birthistle, Ruth McCabe, Briain Gleeson, Amelia Crowley, Dan Gordon, Ella Connolly
Enquiries:   www.vertigofilms.com
Status:   Complete
Record last updated:   Jan 26, 2010
(completed)

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Synopsis:  

Based on the Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2005.

Through a series of moving and harrowing flashbacks, We Need To Talk About Kevin, examines the role of Kevin's upbringing in a high school massacre that he carries out as a teenager.

Despite seemingly accepting his father, Kevin displays an unstinting disdain towards his mother, EVA, from the day of his birth. She, in turn, appears indifferent towards her son.

After the atrocity, Eva visits Kevin a number of times in prison and, combined with her flashbacks, she begins to discern the vague outlines of a motive for Kevin's abhorrent crime.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KIERAN
Synopsis:   A 21st Century Romantic Comedy combining the fun and frolics  of American campus movies  with a twist of dark British humour. Set against the attractive backdrops of picture postcard Oxford and the vibrant student community of Nottingham, this is a fresh, funny and light-hearted movie aimed at a wide audience.

Director:   Steve Murphy
Producer:   Kal Dalivalle
Cast:   James Wilby, Dan Morgan, Christopher Parker, Linda Robson
Enquiries:   BigDream Productions
Broadway Cinema
Broadway Media Centre
Nottingham NG1
UK
T +44(0)1158 507841, +44(0)7841 011031

kaldalivalle@googlemail.com
Status:   In Post-Production
Record last updated:   Jan 26, 2010

WELCOME TO GLASGOW
Synopsis:  

When an Afghan man and his family are threatened with deportation a charismatic Glaswegian entrepreneur steps in as philanthropist. But is the situation all it seems, who stands to gain from whom and can they both survive? Filled with vibrant characters, love, laughter, fear, hope & dreams - Welcome To Glasgow.  

WILBY PARK
Synopsis:   Monica Hamlyn is studying creative writing in Wilby. She lives with her friend Bailey who studies fine art. When Monica invites a new flatmate, Emily Bodega into the fold, she lets in more than she bargained for.
Emily harbours an obsessive crush on Martin Dagenham who is desperately trying to avoid her. That doesn’t stop Emily trying to stop anyone who stands in her way.
A deadly cat and mouse game between the girls ensues. The nefarious plots of the twisted housemate become darker and more convoluted than even Emily herself conceived. Doubts, fears and accusations escalate into intimidation, violence and nightmarish terror.
Director:   Ian Fielding
Producer:   Luxurious Dread
Screenwriter:   Ian Fielding
Cast:   Claire Conroy, Laura Evelyn, Jessica Stanley, Susan Momoko Hingley
Sales agent:   None Attatched
Enquiries:   ijf@live.co.uk
Status:   In post-production
Record last updated:   Jan 26, 2010

WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Director:   Andrea Arnold
Producer:   Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae - Ecosse Films
Screenwriter:   Olivia Hetreed, based on the novel by Emily Bronte
Sales agent:   Hanway Films
Enquiries:   Hanway Films
24 Hanway St
London W1T 1UH
England

T +44 (0)20 7290 0767
F +44 (0)20 7290 0751

info@hanwayfilms.com
Status:   in development
Record last updated:   Jan 21, 2010

ZOUNDS
Synopsis:   When aging crime lord John Coban returns to Prestatyn, he forces hopeful boxer, Tommy McGrath, to take a fall in his debut challenge. Tommy's devastated. But when a shipment of coke also goes missing, Coban investigates and finds that Don, Tommy's trainer is the guilty party. On discovering that Don is also sleeping with his wayward daughter Emily, Coban shoots Don, and puts Tommy in the frame. With Emily as his only ally, Tommy goes on the run. Tracked by Coban’s freelancer gofer, Ed Lean, he is unaware of what he has done that should make his life suddenly go bad. As he searches for the truth, he reveals a far older and darker crime against his family that has haunted him all his life. And when Ed Lean suddenly swaps sides and reveals an even greater threat, Tommy realizes that the only way out is to attempt the impossible; Rid the town of Coban for good.
Director:   Roger Christian
Producer:   Christopher Detton, Jane Alexandra Foster
Screenwriter:   Paul H Hunso, Matthew Trow, Jane A Foster
Cast:   Llyr Ifans, Christopher Detton, Seamus O Neil, Richard Brake, Larry Holden
Sales agent:   TBC
Enquiries:   janecreates@23-films.com
www.23-films.com
www.katedain.com
Status:  
Record last updated:   Jan 26, 2010