Creativity Capital provides finance to “A Banquet”
Creativity Capital has boarded Ruth Paxton’s directorial debut, the psychological horror A BANQUET. The feature is written by AFI alumnus Justin Bull and was shot on location in London during July and August 2020. HanWay Films has picked up worldwide sales rights and will introduce the film to buyers this fall.
A BANQUET stars Sienna Guillory (Resident Evil film series, High Rise), British rising stars Jessica Alexander (Get Even) and Ruby Stokes (Rocks, Una), and award-winning actress Linsday Duncan CBE (Made in Italy, Private Lives).
Producers on the picture are Leonora Darby, Mark Lane and James Harris for Tea Shop Productions (47 Meters Down, I Am Not A Serial Killer, Cockneys Vs Zombies), Nik Bower (Final Portrait, The Wedding Guest) for Riverstone Pictures and Laure Vaysse (Tell It to the Bees) for REP Productions 8 Ltd.
The film has been funded by Motion Picture Capital, Riverstone and Creativity Capital. Executive Producers are Deepak Nayar alongside Jeremy Baxter and Patrick Fischer and Richard Kondal.
‘The Winter Lake’ will be premiering at Galway Film Fleadh on July 10th at 9pm
Creativity Capital is delighted to announce that its very own ‘The Winter Lake’ will be premiering at Galway Film Fleadh on July 10th at 9 pm.
The cast is led by two ‘Screen Stars of Tomorrow’ for 2019; Emma Mackey (Sex Education, Eiffel, Death on the Nile), and Anson Boon (Blackbird, 1917). They are joined by Irish stars Charlie Murphy (Peaky Blinders, Halo) and Michael McElhatton (Game of Thrones, Chernobyl).
The Winter Lake is an official Irish / Canadian co-production between Tailored Films and EMA Films, funded by Screen Ireland, Epic Pictures Group, Wrap Fund, Telefilm Canada, Filmoption International, and the BAI, with the support of Creative Europe, and in association with Title Media, Creativity Capital and RTÉ.
For further info on the Galway screening, please see: https://www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/
Sea Fever’s trailer is out!
Creativity Capital is very proud to announce that the trailer of its very own Sea Fever is officially out!
Sea Fever tells the story of a marine biology student who remains in isolation from her crew, as they battle to overcome a deadly parasite in their water supply.
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last September, where it was very positively welcomed.
The live stream premiere will take place on 9th April at 8 pm (ET). Live stream will be available via seafever.watchdust.com.
The Irish and UK digitial cinema release will take place on 24th April.
Don’t miss the chance to watch it online!
Creativity attending IFFR
We are looking forward to attend the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on the 27th and 28th of January.
Our Managing Director, Patrick Fischer, will be speaking as part of the 20th edition of the Rotterdam Lab, IFFR Pro’s five-day talent development programme for producers.
World Premiere of ‘Looted’ at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival!
Creativity Capital are very pleased to see the world premiere of its very own ‘Looted’ at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and being awarded the FIPRESCI Award presented by International Federation of Film Critics!
Looted tells the story of Rob, who loves driving and stealing cars, living his life at a hundred miles an hour in the cash-starved port town he calls home. He shares a house with his dying father, who thinks he’s out job hunting. Rob manages to keep his two worlds perfectly separated until best mate Leo get him involved in a bigger, riskier job, which goes terribly wrong. With his relationship with his distant father in shreds and betrayed by his best mate, unexpected hope comes from Leo’s girlfriend, Kasia.
The Jury at Black Nights 2019 commented: ‘FIPRESCI jury decided to award a powerful film, which stood out by its amazing energy, engaging performances and social context’.
Produced by Jennifer Eriksson and Jessie Magnum, and directed by Rene Van Pannevis, Looted’s critical reception has been overwhelmingly positive. We would like to congratulate the team and everyone involved!
Epic Pictures closes multiple territories on TIFF selection ‘Sea Fever’
Epic Pictures Group has closed key territories on deals on the sci-fi thriller Sea Fever that premiered in Toronto and stars Hermione Corfield, Connie Nielsen, and Dougray Scott.
Director of international sales Kalani Dreimanis has licensed rights on Neasa Hardiman’s debut feature debut to the UK (Signature), Australia and New Zealand (Icon), CIS (Kinologistika), Mexico, Colombia and Central America (Gussi), South Korea (Challan), Japan (Inter Film), Middle East (Eagle), and Philippines (Pioneer).
Gunpowder & Sky’s sci-fi label Dust previously acquired US rights. Media Networks and The Walt Disney Company took Southeast Asia and pan-Asia pay-TV, and Entertainment In Motion acquired airlines rights.
Corfield stars as a young marine biology student on a fishing trawler who must overcome not just the dynamic of the close-knit crew but a mysterious life form from the deep. Sea Fever recently received its US premiere at Austin’s Fantastic Fest, and will soon screen at the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival in Italy.
Epic Pictures’ AFM slate includes SXSW premiere Extra Ordinary, and upcoming titles The Winter Lake, The Ballad Of Audrey Earnshaw, and Lucky.
Brendan McCarthy and John McDonnell produced, and Börje Hansson, Jean-Yves Roubin, Cassandre Warnauts and Eddie Dick served as co-producers. Executive producers are Epic’s Patrick Ewald along with Shaked Berenson, Patrick Fischer, and Jonathan Feuer, and Lesley McKimm for Screen Ireland, and Peter Possne for Film i Väst.
Co-financiers are Screen Ireland, RTÉ Television, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Film i Väst, Swedish Film Institute, Wallimage, Belgian Tax Shelter, Casa Kafka Pictures (powered by Belfius), VooTV, Creative Scotland, Creativity Capital and Epic Pictures Group. Sea Fever was developed with the support of both the Creative Europe MEDIA programme and Screen Ireland and was also a participant on the Frontieres international co-production market.
This article first appeared in Screendaily.
Creativity Capital and Epic Pictures announce partnership
Creativity Capital is teaming with LA-based Epic Pictures Group on a deal that will see both companies co-finance and co-distribute feature films in Epic’s horror, sci-fi and action wheelhouse. The aim is to target pics in the $1 million-$10 million range, and also seek completed movies to acquire.
The pact makes official a partnership already underway on two films now seeking U.S. distribution. The first is “Sea Fever”, a horror thriller from Irish helmer Neasa Hardiman starring Connie Nielsen, Dougray Scott and Hermione Corfield. The companies also partnered on The Winter Lake, the feature debut of Phil Sheerin and toplined by Emma Mackey and Anson Boon.
Epic Pictures Group, whose credits include the 2017 TIFF film The Lodgers, is handling worldwide sales for both pics, and serves as an executive producer/investor for both titles. Creativity Capital, which previously financed the 2018 documentary McQueen and the 2016 Sundance pic Under the Shadow, provided a financing and production loan for Sea Fever, and tax credit financing for The Winter Lake, serving as an executive producer on both.
“We had a terrific experience working with Patrick Fischer and Creativity on Sea Fever and The Winter Lake,” said Epic founder and CEO Patrick Ewald. “This new and dynamic venture will allow us to build on an already successful relationship to move even quicker on financing films and television for production and acquisition.”
Creativity Capital’s Managing Director Patrick Fischer adds “Having met at the brilliant Frontières Market in 2017, we hit the ground running on Sea Fever and jumped in to help The Winter Lake get greenlit. Epic Pictures have been an outstanding partner on both titles and we look forward to expand our relationship with this partnership.”
‘The Lodgers’ Producer Epic Pictures And Creativity Capital Ink Deal As ‘Sea Fever’ Rises – Toronto
World Premiere of ‘Sea Fever’ at TIFF!
Creativity Capital are pleased to see the world premier of its very own ‘Sea Fever’ at Toronto Film Festival this year.
Founded in 1976, the event offers screenings, lectures, discussions, workshops and opportunities to meet film-makers from around the world. Considered as one of the “Big Five”, TIFF attracts almost 500,000 people a year, and this year will take place from 5th until the 15th September.
Writer-Director’s Neasa Hardiman’s thrilling feature film narrates the story of the crew aboard an Irish stranded trawler, battling for survival amidst a growing parasite in their water supply.
Read more about this year’s TIFF here:
Toronto Film Festival Unveils Documentary, Midnight, Discovery Lineups
Fulwell 73 acquires stake in Creativity Capital
Fulwell 73, the acclaimed production company behind ‘Carpool Karaoke’, ‘The Late Late Show’ and UK sensation ‘Bros: After the Screaming Stops’ has acquired a minority stake in London-based film finance company Creativity Capital for an undisclosed sum.
Fulwell 73 Partner Leo Pearlman joins the board of Creativity Capital which continues to be run by Managing Director and Founder Patrick Fischer and Director and Co-founder Richard Kondal.
Since being founded in 2013 Creativity Capital has specialised in structured lending for the film and television industry and has helped finance 23 films for Netflix, BBC Films, Universal Pictures and other prolific production and sales companies. These include the BAFTA and Sundance winning “Under The Shadow” and the critically acclaimed Alexander McQueen biopic “McQueen”.
The news follows Fulwell 73’s recent acquisition of the financier’s sister company Creativity Media, a post-production house, which closed in March 2019.
This is the latest Fulwell 73 deal since Valence Media’s £45 million investment in the production company in September 2018, extending its strong growth in London and Los Angeles.
Patrick Fischer, Managing Director of Creativity Capital, comments: “Partnering with Fulwell 73 brings with it a host of opportunities for us. Fulwell 73’s reach into the U.S. market, their deep understanding of television and serialized content as well as access to capital, made their proposition a no-brainer for us. I look forward to working with Leo in taking Creativity Capital to the next level.”
Leo Pearlman, Partner of Fulwell 73, said: “Creativity Capital has an impressive track record of financing a number of exciting and important film projects over the last few years and, with Fulwell taking a stake in the company, this brings the benefit of our presence in the US and in television to Patrick, Richard and the team at Creativity Capital, to further expand the types of projects they get involved with going forward. I look forward to joining their board continuing that work with them.”
McQueen BAFTA nomination
The Creativity Capital team would like to congratulate all nominees of the 72nd BAFTA awards.
Of course we are most excited to congratulate the filmmakers behind our own “McQueen”, a double BAFTA nomination for both “Outstanding British Film of the Year and Best Documentary”!
Directed by Ian Bonhote and co-directed and written by Peter Ettedgui, McQueen tells the story of legendary British fashion designer Alexander McQueen’s life and career. Creativity Capital has fully financed and executive produced the film.