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We’re very proud to reveal the 20 teams selected for the Production Finance Market (PFM)’s New Talent strand 2022.
Established in 2013 as a spin off from the PFM, PFM New Talent was initially labelled MicroMarket, but was renamed in 2018 to reflect its reputation as a showcase of emerging teams. Past alumni have included Helen Jones (Censor), Hester Ruoff (Boiling Point), Ed Gibbs (White Riot), and Rajita Shah (Love, Sarah).
Our selection for this year’s market (which is taking place today, Weds 12th October, as a physical market for the first time since the pandemic), spans drama, horror, comedy and documentaries, from all over the world. The teams include Film London Lodestar 2019 Nosa Eke, who is attending with producer Eleanor Whitley and their project The Young and the Dopeness; and writer/director Isher Sahota (Punishment, with producer Jon Tarcy), whose recent BFI NETWORK short Goodnight Henry was supported and commissioned through Film London’s BFI NETWORK team and is screening at LFF For Free.
Here’s the full list:
A Safe Distance (Canada)
- Drama/Thriller
- Producer: Aidan West
- Director: Gloria Mercer
Braids (UK)
- Comedy/Drama
- Producer: Fozia Khaliq
- Director: Olivia Hannah
Dog people: A Four-Legged Civil Rights Movement(UK)
- Documentary
- Producer: Tom Miller
- Director: Hendrik Faller
Fedora (France)
- Documentary
- Producer: Alejandra Lopez
- Director: Leland Palmer
Fire Room(Hong Kong)
- Drama/Experimental
- Producer: Ka-leung Ng
- Director: Ka Ki Wong
Forever For An Hour (UK)
- Christmas/Romantic Comedy
- Producer:Suzanne Reid
- Director: Keith Boak
Go Away! (UK)
- Comedy/Crime/Thriller
- Producer: Gina Lyons
- Writer/Directors: Ed Kear, Cringo Williamson
Hungry Joe(UK)
- Horror
- Producer: Terri Dwyer
- Writer/Directors: Paul Holbrook, Sam Dawe
In the Land of Brothers (France)
- Drama
- Producer: Adrien Barrouillet
- Directors: Raha Amirfazli, Alireza Ghasemi
Kiliwomanjaro (UK)
- Documentary
- Producer: Rehmat Rayatt
- Director: Daisy Gaston
Llywelyn Bundy (UK)
- Comedy/Horror
- Producer: Adam Gregory Smith
- Director: Ben S Hyland
Lucky Jim: The James Barnor Story (UK)
- Documentary
- Producer: Koblah Charles Thompson MBE
- Director: Baff Akoto
Punishment(UK)
- Horror
- Producer: Jon Tarcy
- Director: Isher Sahota
Recipes for Mica Halliday (UK)
- Romantic drama
- Producer: Sarudzayi Marufu
- Director: Levi Eddie Aluede
Red Velvet (Egypt)
- Drama
- Producer: Virginie Khalil
- Writer/Director: Taghrid Abouelhassan
Saint George (UK)
- Dark Comedy
- Producer: Jessi Gutch
- Writer/Director: Luke Ibbetson
Still Here (USA)
- Drama
- Producer: Aishwarya Sonar
- Writer/Director: Mragendra Singh
They (UK)
- Documentary
- Producer: Tracey Gardiner
- Director: Louisa Reichenbach
The Young and the Dopeness (UK)
- Drama
- Producer: Eleanor Whitley
- Writer/Director: Nosa Eke
We Await the Roar (UK)
- Wartime/Thriller
- Producer: Paul Harry Thomas
- Directors: The Lynch Brothers