Newcomers (First Film) (Advisory Cert 15)

The Little Princess

Jason Maza in an actor/producer that has many credits to his name, including roles in the BAFTA-winning 'Fish Tank' and BAFTA-nominated 'Shifty'. He received fantastic reviews for his performances in TV inc 'Call the Midwife' and 'Trial & Retribution', as well as having been in widely-released action/thriller 'Welcome to the Punch' and 'Rise of the foot soldier', which is one of the biggest selling DVDs of all time.He began work as a producer in 2011 and since then has produced 12 films. Titles include: Altitude Entertainment’s “The Hooligan Factory, ” “Terry,” for Lionsgate and Raindance nominated “Victim.” In 2012, he teamed up with Noel Clarke, joining Unstoppable Entertainment, as co-CEO, after working with him on Universal Pictures brit-comedy “The Knot,”. It was evident that the pair both shared a passion for discovering new talent and most of all, a love of cinema, so shortly after finishing post-production on “The Knot,” the pair merged companies; Think Big and UE. Most recently, Jason has produced Talulah Riley's "Scottish Mussel" and "Brotherhood", the latter of which he stars in. Brotherhood was released by Lionsgate UK on the 29th of August 2016, and has also screened as part of the official selection at Toronto Film Festival and UrbanWorld (New York) 2016.At the beginning of 2017 Unstoppable Entertainment produced '10x10' starring Luke Evans and Kelly Reilly and 'Songbird' Starring Cobie Smulders and Noel Clarke. Both films are now in post production.

The Little Princess is Jason's directing debut.

Country of Origin UK 2018 - Regional Premiere

They Never Lie

Convinced by her best-friends a newly-engaged young woman is about to have her life turned upside down after having her hand read by a chirologist.

Country of Origin UK - UK Premiere

Love & Spirit

Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio enter a modern day house party, where we encounter different Shakespeare characters, who are linked through the same story. The journey takes you on twists and turns in each room, following well known characters. 

Country of Origin UK 2018 - Greater Manchester Premiere

Freedom’s Name is Mighty Sweet

Inspired by true events this is the story of Charles and Lucille Hunter, two African- American prospectors who brave the elements in 1897 during the Klondike Gold- Rush. Heavily pregnant and battered by the wilderness they struggle on. 

Country of Origin UK & Canada 2018 - North West Premiere

Fourteen

This film explores the different views of distorted love, the disturbing reality that love can exist even in the darkest of places.

Country of Origin Australia UK 2018 - Greater Manchester Premiere

Mr. Alan on Saturday

Alan, a swimming instructor at his local leisure centre, is wet and then damp and wet again. White thighs out in his social frameworks, Alan is impregnable on display. On this Saturday afternoon, Alan goes to his mum’s home in between lessons for a family christening. He is to be a godparent. There he encounters the other godparent, Helen. Alan impresses upon his audience in his usual larger than life way. So back at the pool Helen approaches him. But in a context shift where outcomes are less certain, Alan is confronted by the need to perform his own reputation. And Alan's version of exposure is defined.

UK (2019)  

UK Premiere

Green Army

 A group of ecological terrorists holds captive a billionaire with a curious mission: make him cry. 

Country of Origin France 2019 - North West Premiere

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