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Nowhere Boy<br />
Cast: Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Anne-Marie Duff<br />
Genre: Drama<br />
Director: Sam Taylor-Wood<br />
Writer: Matt Greenhaigh<br />
Producer: Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae<br />
Status: Completed<br />
THanway <strong>Films</strong><br />
Thorsten Schumacher<br />
info@hanwayfilms.com<br />
Home Office: +44 20 7290 0750<br />
24 Hanway St., London, W1T 1UH, <strong>UK</strong><br />
Synopsis: John Lennon is an ordinary fifteen year old boy on the streets of Liverpool. Funny, smart, naughty, a real edge to him. But life is<br />
not simple <strong>for</strong> John - he grew up in a family of secrets and was raised by his Aunt Mimi from the age of five. When he is<br />
suddenly reacquainted with his mother, Julia, they <strong>for</strong>m an unbreakable bond. A bitter war rages between the two sisters <strong>for</strong><br />
John's love. Faced with bringing it to an end, he learns the secret heartbreak of his past. But his mother gives him one great gift -<br />
music. A wayward boy finds his voice, and walks into The Beatles.<br />
Of Flesh And Blood<br />
Genre: Horror<br />
Director: Marcus Warren<br />
Status: Pre-Production<br />
Synopsis: Dinner is served.<br />
Oil City Confidential<br />
Cast: Dr Feelgood<br />
Genre: Documentary<br />
Director: Julien Temple<br />
Producer: Stephen Malit<br />
Status: Completed<br />
TParkland Pictures Ltd<br />
John Cairns +44 7872 627 11<br />
john@parklandpictures.com<br />
In Toronto: <strong>UK</strong> Film Export Office, Hyatt Regency<br />
Home Office: +44 20 7099 9212<br />
Riverbank Hse., One Putney Bridge Approach,<br />
London, SW6 3JD, <strong>UK</strong><br />
THanway <strong>Films</strong><br />
Thorsten Schumacher<br />
info@hanwayfilms.com<br />
Home Office: +44 20 7290 0750<br />
24 Hanway St., London, W1T 1UH, <strong>UK</strong><br />
Synopsis: The story of Dr Feelgood, four men in cheap suits who crashed out of Canvey Island in the early '70s, sandpapered the face of<br />
rock'n'roll, leaving all that came be<strong>for</strong>e a burnt-out ruin - four estuarine John-the-Baptists to Johnny Rotten's anti-Christ. Taking<br />
London by storm, they sped through Europe and conquered the <strong>UK</strong> with No 1 chart success, be<strong>for</strong>e imploding just as punk was<br />
born and America beckoned with open arms. Contributions from members of The Clash, Blondie and The Sex Pistols join Dr<br />
Feelgood with collaborators Jools Holland and Alison Moyet to tell the story of Canvey, '70s England and the greatest local band<br />
in the world.<br />
Oranges And Sunshine<br />
Cast: Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham<br />
Genre: Drama<br />
Director: Jim Loach<br />
Writer: Rona Munro<br />
Producer: Camilla Bray, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning<br />
Status: Post-Production<br />
TIcon Entertainment Int’l<br />
Anthony Buckner<br />
isabelle@icon-entertainment.co.uk<br />
Home Office: +44 20 8492 6300<br />
17 Gresse St., London, W1T 1QL, <strong>UK</strong><br />
Synopsis: Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovered one of the most<br />
significant social scandals in recent times: the organised deportation of children from the United Kingdom to Australia. Almost<br />
single-handedly, against overwhelming odds and with little regard <strong>for</strong> her own well-being, Margaret reunited thousands of<br />
families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.<br />
Outcast<br />
Cast: James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie, Niall Bruton, Hannah Stanbridge<br />
Genre: Thriller<br />
Director: Colm McCarthy<br />
Writer: Colm & Tom McCarthy<br />
Producer: John McDonnell, Brendan McCarthy, Eddie Dick<br />
Status: Completed<br />
TBankside <strong>Films</strong><br />
Stephen Kelliher +44 7957 605 915<br />
stephen@bankside-films.com<br />
In Toronto: <strong>UK</strong> Film Export Office, Hyatt Regency<br />
Home Office: +44 20 7734 3566<br />
3 Richmond Bldgs., 4th Fl., London, W1D 3HE, <strong>UK</strong><br />
Synopsis: When Mary and her teenage son, Fergal, move to yet another new home, it soon becomes clear that they live their lives on the<br />
run, hiding from someone or something, terrified of being found. Trying to avoid making new friends or connections wherever<br />
they go, Fergal finds himself caught between the affections of his beautiful and feisty neighbour and his fiercely protective<br />
mother who will stop at nothing to protect her precious son. Mary has strict rules which govern Fergal's life without which chaos<br />
and terror threaten to ensue. Their hunter is Cathal, a dangerous and terrifying man, intent on tracking down and killing Mary<br />
and Fergal. What's more, he is using a dark <strong>for</strong>m of magic to find them. Mary's only defense is to use the same ancient <strong>for</strong>m of<br />
magic in order to protect her son. But how long will it be be<strong>for</strong>e Cathal manages to outsmart her? When local residents begin to<br />
be brutally murdered by an unknown life <strong>for</strong>ce, the sense of fear escalates. Is Cathal the beast responsible <strong>for</strong> the killings? Or is<br />
it the beast that he is trying to destroy?<br />
Toronto 2010: <strong>UK</strong> <strong>Films</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Sale</strong> 18
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