A fishing village love story wickerScottish Highlands comedy The Incomer and prison drama frank & lewis is one of the projects with British and Irish producers for Sundance 2026 (January 22 to February 1), in what is shaping up to be a very strong year for British and Irish representation at the festival.
Of the 97 new features and series lined up, around 20 are projects with British and Irish producers.
The World Film and Drama Competition includes two films produced by Alex Polunin of Scotland-based Ossian International. Filipino It is a co-production between the UK, Singapore, the Philippines, France and the Netherlands. This is the debut feature from Filipino filmmaker Rafael Manuel, set in the self-contained confines of Manila’s exclusive golf courses and country clubs, and whose backers include Film4.
Polunin is also the British producer on Olive Nwosu’s debut film, a British-Nigerian co-production ladyabout a taxi driver drawn into the dark side of the Lagos sex scene, supported by Screen Scotland and Film4. We also sell Hanway.
how to get divorced during warco-productions from Lithuania, Luxembourg, Ireland and the Czech Republic are also included in this section. The feature film, directed by Lithuanian director Andrius Blajevicius and set in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, is about a woman who receives a revelation that she wants to leave her husband just before Russia invades Ukraine in 2022. They navigate the divorce process while colliding with an ongoing war. Ireland’s Feline Films is listed as a producer.
additional geography, Molly Manners’ debut feature film, set in an all-girls boarding school, was produced by Britain’s Block Media and written by tomorrow’s screen star Miriam Batty. It is one of four debut films supported by Film4 at this year’s festival. Financing includes the BFI and Screen Yorkshire, and the film is distributed by Britain’s Hanway Films.
The upcoming series is Louis Paxton’s debut full-length comedy. The Incomer Starring Domhnall Gleeson and Gail Rankin, it was filmed in the Scottish Highlands. The film follows two brothers who spend their lives hunting seabirds, conversing with mythical creatures, and defending their island from terrifying “intruders.” Their world changes forever with the arrival of a troublesome city official. The producer is earth mamaThe film was produced by Shirley O’Connor and Emily Gott under Pilea Pictures in the UK, and co-produced by Inevitable Pictures and Wendy Griffin in Ireland, with UK backers including the BFI, Screen Scotland and Head Gear.
Premiering is the work of Alex Houston Fisher and Eleanor Wilson. wickera twisted love story set in a fishing village, starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgard. It was an American-British co-production and was filmed in Hungary. British producers are Lobo Films’ Andrea Cornwell and Escape Plan’s Oliver Kassman.
Works by Petra Biondina Volpe are also being premiered frank and louis Swiss-British co-producer, Switzerland’s English-language feature debut late shift Directed by Petra Volpe, the film was filmed in the UK and revolves around a man serving a life sentence who takes on a job caring for fellow prisoners in need. Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir and others. The UK producers are Georgie Paget and Thembisa Cochrane of Caspian Films.
Episode section features US and UK co-pro series feedcreated and produced by Riz Ahmed in the UK for Amazon Prime Video, with the Family Matinee section (formerly Kids) being filmed in Australia. fin! Directed by Jeffrey Walker, with British cast including Penelope Wilton and Blake Harrison. Joe Sargent of King Bart Productions in the UK is the co-professional lead producer between the UK and Australia. The feature was co-funded by British broadcaster Sky.
UK distributor Cornerstone Films is selling Stephanie Anne’s Brooklyn set bedford park, Participated in American drama competition.
British pop star Charlie XCX is also set to create a big buzz in Park City, starring in three of the festival’s productions. At that moment, i want your sex and invitation.
documentary
It’s a busy year for British and Irish docs at Sundance. Premier section features co-pros from the US and UK disciplea doc about Wu-Tang Clan infiltrators, backed by Film4. The film is directed and produced by British filmmaker Joanna Natasegara of Violet Films, along with her Violet partners Abigail Anketel-Jones, Lauren Dark and Vanessa Kirby.
There’s also a Courtney Love doc with Edward Lovelace and James Hall anti heroineproduced by Dorothy Street Pictures in the UK. Amir Barev’s Last first: Winter K2, Ventureland is the producer. Nelson Mandela documentary directed by Antoine Fuqua trouble makerUK’s Lawton Entertainment is participating.
The World Film Documentary Competition is Sinead O’Shea’s all about money, Produced by Ireland’s SOS Productions, it tells the story of the son of one of America’s wealthiest families establishing a revolutionary communist base in rural Massachusetts. Co-produced by Janay Boulos and Abd al-Kader Habak in the UK, Syria and Lebanon. Bird of War, The film, which tells the love story of a London-based journalist and a Syrian cameraman caught in the midst of conflict, was created by Sonja Henrici Creates in the UK and supported by Screen Scotland. Felipe Bastos Sierra’s Glasgow Civil Resistance Papers We all went to Kenmure Street, Produced by Glasgow-based Barry Crerar, it is also supported by Screen Scotland.
There is also a US-UK-Pakistani co-producer of Mohammad Ali Naqvi. hanging from a wire, Produced by Louis Theroux’s Mind House about a cable car accident in northern Pakistan. Co-creator of BBC Storyville and Frontline Features by Itab Azzam and Jack McInnes 1/1 millionthfilmed over a period of 10 years, follows a woman’s journey from Syria to Germany and back again.
Distributed by UK distributor Dogwof sentientdocumentation regarding discussion of animal testing is also located in this section.
The US premiere of British filmmakers Ian Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s Marianne Faithful documentary comes into the spotlight Broken English, Following the Venice release, a special screening will feature films by Scottish-based filmmaker Mark Cousins. documentary film story It was produced by Hopscotch Films in the UK and distributed by Dogwoof.
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