CURRENT PROJECTS
Updated 09 February 2016
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UK DISTRIBUTION
THE DRESSMAKER
UK release date: 20 November 2015
Directed by: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Starring: Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving
Released by: Entertainment Film Distributors
Running time: 118 mins
Certificate: 12A
Premier contacts: Annabel Hutton, Nicki Foster, Aneeka Verma, Megan Jones, Sanam Jehanfard/Oliver Lavery (online)
Based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, THE DRESSMAKER is a bittersweet, comedy-drama set in early 1950s
Australia. Tilly Dunnage (Kate Winslet), a beautiful and talented misfit, after many years working as a dressmaker in
exclusive Parisian fashion houses, returns home to the tiny middle-of-nowhere town of Dungatar to right the wrongs of
the past. Not only does she reconcile with her ailing, eccentric mother Molly (Judy Davis) and unexpectedly falls in love
with the pure-hearted Teddy (Liam Hemsworth), but armed with her sewing machine and incredible sense of style, she
transforms the women of the town and in so doing gets sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.
GRANDMA
UK release date: 11 December 2015
Directed by: Paul Weitz
Starring: Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden
Released by: Sony
Running time: 80 mins
Certificate: 15
Premier contacts: Jonathan Rutter, Christelle Randall, Elizabeth Taylor, Marine Monnier, Paul Ockleford (online)
Elle Reid has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when her granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up
needing 600 dollars before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands
on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.
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THE REVENANT
UK release date: 15 January 2016
Directed by: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox
Running time: 157 mins
Certificate: TBC
Premier contacts: Rupert Goodwin, Christelle Randall, Elizabeth Taylor, Marine Monnier
Inspired by true events, THE REVENANT is an immersive and visceral cinematic experience capturing one man’s epic
adventure of survival and the extraordinary power of the human spirit. In an expedition of the uncharted American
wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by
members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his
confidant John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy). Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious
winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption. THE REVENANT is directed and co-written by renowned
filmmaker, Academy Award® winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu (BIRDMAN, BABEL).
OUR KIND OF TRAITOR
UK release date: 6 May
Directed by: Susanna White
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård, Damien Lewis, Naomie Harris, Mark Gatiss, Jeremy Northam, Mark Stanley
Released by: STUDIOCANAL
Running time: TBC
Certificate: TBC
Premier contacts: Rupert Goodwin, Elizabeth Taylor
While on holiday in Marrakech, an ordinary English couple, Perry (Ewan McGregor – THE IMPOSSIBLE, THE GHOST) and
Gail (Naomie Harris – SPECTRE, SOUTHPAW), befriend a flamboyant and charismatic Russian, Dima (Stellan Skarsgård –
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO), who unbeknownst to them is a kingpin money
launderer for the Russian mafia. When Dima asks for their help to deliver classified information to the British Secret
Services, Perry and Gail get caught in a dangerous world of international espionage and dirty politics. The couple is
propelled on a perilous journey through Paris and Bern, a safe house in the French Alps, to the murky corners of the City
of London and to an alliance with the British Government via a ruthless and determined MI6 agent (Damian Lewis HOMELAND). From the writer of DRIVE adapting the hit John le Carré novel – the mind behind TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER
SPY – this taut thriller twists and turns its way around the world with dramatic consequences.
UK DISTRIBUTION – ONLINE PUBLICITY
TANGERINE
UK release date: 13 November 2015
Directed by: Sean Baker
Starring: Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karan Karagulian, Mickey O’Hagan, and James Ransone
Released by: Metrodome
Running time: 88 mins
Certificate: 15
Premier contacts: Paul Ockelford
It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee (newcomer Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) is back on the block. Upon hearing that her
pimp boyfriend (James Ransone) hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best
friend, Alexandra (newcomer Mya Taylor), embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their riproaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their
own repercussions of infidelity.
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BLACK MASS
UK release date: 25 November 2015
Directed by: Scott Cooper
Released by: Warner Bros.
Running time: 122 mins
Certificate: 15
Starring: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Dakota Johnson, Corey Stoll,
Sienna Miller
Premier contacts: Sanam Jehanfard, Oliver Lavery, Paul Ockelford
1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster James “Whitey” Bulger (Johnny
Depp) to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob. BLACK MASS tells the true story of
this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and
become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history. The film also stars Benedict Cumberbatch as
Whitey’s brother, Billy Bulger, a Massachusetts State Senator; Jesse Plemons as Whitey’s longtime partner in crime, Kevin
Weeks; Sienna Miller as Whitey’s lover, Catherine Greig; Dakota Johnson as Lindsey Cyr, Whitey’s former girlfriend and
mother of his only child; Rory Cochrane as Steve Flemmi, another member of the Irish mob; Julianne Nicholson as John
Connolly’s wife, Marianne; and Adam Scott as FBI Agent Robert Fitzpatrick. Rounding out the main cast are David
Harbour, Jeremy Strong, Brad Carter, W. Earl Brown and Corey Stoll.
INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
THE LOBSTER
Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Léa Seydoux, John C Reilly, Ben Whishaw, Olivia Colman, Michael Smiley
Client: Protagonist Pictures
Premier contacts: Emma Robinson, Simone Devlin, Jonathan Rutter
KNIGHT OF CUPS
Directed by: Terrence Malick
Starring: Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett
Client: FilmNation
Premier contacts: Emma Robinson, Simone Devlin
BROOKLYN
Directed by: John Crowley
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent
Client: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Premier contacts: Emma Robinson, Simone Devlin
REGRESSION
Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Emma Watson, David Thewlis, David Dencik
Client: FilmNation
Premier contacts: Emma Robinson, Simone Devlin, Jonathan Rutter
HE NAMED ME MALALA
Directed by: Davis Guggenheim
Subject: Malala Yousafzai, Ziaddin Yousafzai
Client: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Premier contacts: Emma Robinson, Simone Devlin, Jonathan Rutter
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FREEHELD
Directed by: Peter Sollett
Starring: Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Michael Shannon, Luke Grimes
Client: Bankside Films
Premier contacts: Emma Robinson, Simone Devlin
THE PROGRAM
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Starring: Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd, Guillaume Canet, Jesse Plemons, Dustin Hoffman
Client: STUDIOCANAL
Premier contacts: Emma Robinson, Simone Devlin
ROOM
Directed by: Lenny Abrahamson
Starring: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, William H. Macy
Client: FilmNation
Premier contacts: Emma Robinson, Simone Devlin
OUR KIND OF TRAITOR
Directed by: Susanna White
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgard, Damien Lewis, Naomie Harris, Mark Gatiss, Jeremy Northam, Mark Stanley
Client: STUDIOCANAL
Premier contacts: Emma Robinson, Simone Devlin
FESTIVALS, PREMIERES AND EVENTS
SNOOPY & CHARLIE BROWN: THE PEANUTS MOVIE
Nationwide kennel tour in partnership with ITV Text Santa
Client: Fox
Premier contact: Matty O’Riordan
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL
Date: 17-28 February 2016
Premier contact: Matty O’Riordan
JAMESON EMPIRE AWARDS
Date: 20 March 2016
Client: Bauer
Premier contact: Matty O’Riordan
SUNDANCE LONDON
Date: 6-9 June 2016
THE BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AMERICAN EXPRESS
Premier is the retained agency for the BFI London Film Festival.
Premier contact: LFFPress@premiercomms.com
FILMS IN POST-PRODUCTION
LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP
Directed by: Whit Stillman
Production: Westerly Films in association with Blinder Films, Chic Films, Revolver Amsterdam, Irish Film Board, Arte and
the Netherlands Film Fund
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny
International Sales: Protagonist Pictures
Premier contacts: Jonathan Rutter, Patrick Reed
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NERUDA
Directed by: Pablo Larrain
Production: Fabula and Funny Balloons
Starring: Luis Gnecco, Gael Garcia Bernal, Mercedes Morán, Pablo Derquí, Néstor Cantillana, Antonia Zegers, Alfredo
Castro, Roberto Farías
International Sales: Funny Balloons
Premier contacts: Jonathan Rutter, Phil Cairns
THE SENSE OF AN ENDING
Directed by: Ritesh Batra
Production: Origin Pictures, BBC Films, FilmNation and LipSync Productions
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Michelle Dockery, Charlotte Rampling, Emily Mortimer
International Sales: Origin
Premier contacts: Jonathan Rutter, Patrick Reed
THE JOURNEY
Directed by: Nick Hamm
Production: IM Global, LipSync and Nothern Ireland Screen
Starring: Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney
International Sales: IM Global
Premier contacts: Jonathan Rutter, Patrick Reed
RECENT PROJECTS
RECENT PROJECTS - UK DISTRIBUTION
HE NAMED ME MALALA
UK release date: 06 November 2015 via Fox Searchlight Pictures
Directed by: Davis Guggenheim
BROOKLYN
UK release date: 06 November 2015 via Lionsgate UK
Directed by: John Crowley
MAYA THE BEE
UK release date: 23 October 2015 via Primal Screen
Directed by: Alex Stadermann and Simon Pickard
THE LOBSTER
UK release date: 16 October 2015 via Picturehouse
Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
SUFFRAGETTE
UK release date: 12 October 2015 via Pathé
Directed by: Sarah Gavron
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (online)
UK release date: 14 August 2015 via Warner Bros
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
INSIDE OUT
UK release date: 24 July 2015 via Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Directed by: Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen
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WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE?
UK release date: 26 June 2015 via Netflix
Directed by: Liz Garbus
THE BURNING
UK release date: 19 June 2015 via Arrow Films
Directed by: Pablo Fendrik
QUEEN & COUNTRY
UK release date: 12 June 2015 via Curzon Artificial Eye
Directed by: John Boorman
MOOMINS ON THE RIVIERA
UK release date: 22 May 2015 via Vertigo Films
Directed by: Xavier Picard
SPOOKS: THE GREATER GOOD
UK release date: 8 May 2015 via Pinewood Pictures
Directed by: Bharat Nalluri
WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
UK release date: 3 April 2015 via Icon Film Distribution
Directed by: Noah Baumbach
THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
UK release date: 26 February 2015 via Fox Searchlight Pictures
Directed by: John Madden
SELMA
UK release date: 6 February 2015 via Pathé
Directed by: Ava DuVernay
WILD
UK release date: 16 January 2015 via Fox Searchlight Pictures
Directed by: Jean-Marc Vallée
TESTAMENT OF YOUTH
UK release date: 16 January 2015 via Lionsgate UK
Directed by: James Kent
INTO THE WOODS
UK release date: 9 January 2015 via Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Directed by: Rob Marshall
BIRDMAN
UK release date: 1 January 2015 via Fox Searchlight Pictures
Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu
RECENT PROJECTS - FESTIVALS, PREMIERES AND EVENTS
ITV UPFRONTS
Event Date: 19 November 2015 at London Palladium
Client: ITV
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THE DRESSMAKER – SPECIAL SCREENING
Event Date: 11 November 2015 at The May Fair Hotel
Attendees: Kate Winslet
Client: Entertainment Film Distributors
GEENA DAVIS WFTV GLOBAL SYMPOSIUM
Event Date: 8 October
BFI LUMINOUS GALA
Event Date: 6 October 2015 at Guildhall
THE MARTIAN – EUROPEAN PREMIERE
Event Date: 24 September 2015 at Odeon Leicester Square
Attendees: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Sean Bean, Kate Mara, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chen Sun, Ridley Scott
(dir.)
Client: Twentieth Century Fox
63rd SAN SEBASTIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Event Date: 18- 26 September 2015
Films & projects represented: ANOMALISA, HIGH RISE, REGRESSION, FREEHELD
40th TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Event Date: 10 – 20 September 2015
Films & projects represented: ROOM, THE PROGRAM, FREEHELD
MAZE RUNNER: SCORCH TRIALS – FAN EVENT
Event Date: 7 September 2015 at Vue West End
Attendees: Wes Ball (dir.), Kaya Scodelario, Ki Hong Lee, Dylan O’Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Client: Twentieth Century Fox
72nd VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Event Date: 2 – 12 September 2015
Films & projects represented: ANOMALISA, CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER, SPOTLIGHT, TANNA, REMEMBER, THE CLAN , RICKI
AND THE FLASH
GEMMA BOVERY - UK PREMIERE, FILM 4 SOMERSET HOUSE OPENING NIGHT
Event Date: 7 August 2015 at Somerset House
Attendees: Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng, Mel Raido, Posy Simmonds (auth.), Philippe Carcassonne (prod.), Michael
Winter (prod.)
Client: Soda Pictures
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION – EXCLUSIVE SCREENING
Event Date: 25 July 2015 at BFI IMAX, Waterloo
Attendees: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Christopher McQuarrie (dir.), Bryan Burke (prod.), Don Granger
(exec prod.)
Client: Paramount Pictures
MAGIC MIKE XXL - UK PREMIERE
Event Date: 30 June 2015 at Vue West End
Attendees: Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodriguez, Amber Heard, Jada Pinkett
Smith, Gregory Jacobs (dir.), Reid Carolin (wri & pro.)
Client: Warner Bros. UK
MR HOLMES - UK PREMIERE
Event date: 10 June 2015 at Odeon Kensington
Attendees: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Bill Condon (dir.), Milo Parker, Patrick Kennedy, Phil Davis, Hattie Morahan,
Nicholas Rowe
Client: Entertainment One
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ENTOURAGE - UK PREMIERE
Event date: 9 June 2015 at Vue West End
Attendees: Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Jeremy Piven, Thierry Henry, Doug Ellin (dir.)
Client: Warner Bros. UK
MOOMINS ON THE RIVIERA – MULTIMEDIA
Event date: 17 May 2015 at BFI Southbank
Attendees: Tracy-Ann Oberman (voice cast)
Client: Vertigo
SPY - EUROPEAN PREMIERE
Event date: 27 May 2015 at Odeon Leicester Square
Attendees: Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law, Paul Feig, Jason Statham, Miranda Hart, Allison Janney, Peter Serafinowicz
Client: Twentieth Century Fox
68th CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Event Dates: 13–24 May 2015
Films & projects represented: THE LOBSTER, PAULINA, STEVE MCQUEEN:THE MAN & LE MANS, A PERFECT DAY, CAROL,
THE CHOSEN ONES, AMNESIA, THE LITTLE PRINCE, CHRONIC
CHILD 44 – UK PREMIERE
Event date: 15 April 2015 at Curzon Mayfair
Attended: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Charles Dance, Paddy Considine, Gary Oldman
Client: Entertainment One
11th GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL
Event dates: 18 February–1 March 2015 (Main Festival), 6-8 February (Youth Film Festival), 11-15 March (Short Film
Festival)
65th BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Event Dates: 5–15 February 2015
Films & projects represented: PRINCE, IXCANUL, DYKE HARD, KNIGHT OF CUPS, NASTY BABY, GOLDEN KINGDOM, THE
CLUB, ONE & TWO, THE CIRCLE, WHAT HAPPENED MISS SIMONE?, CHEF’S TABLE
CINEMA MADE IN ITALY 2015
Event dates: 5–9 March 2015 at Ciné Lumière, South Kensington
JAMESON EMPIRE AWARDS
Event date: 29 March 2015 at Grosvenor House Hotel
THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL – CTBF ROYAL FILM PERFORMANCE AND WORLD PREMIERE
Event date: 17 February 2015 at Odeon Leicester Square
Attendees: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Celia Imrie, Tina Desai, Diana Hardcastle, Ronald Pickup, John Madden
Client: Fox Searchlight Pictures
FOCUS – SPECIAL SCREENING
Event date: 11 February 2015 at the VUE West End
Attendees: Will Smith, Margot Robbie
Client: Warner Bros
SELMA – EUROPEAN PREMIERE
Event date: 27 January 2015 at Curzon Mayfair
Attendees: David Oyelowo, Ava DuVernay, Tom Wilkinson, Colman Domingo
Client: Pathe
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INTO THE WOODS – UK GALA SCREENING
Event date: 7 January 2015 at Curzon Mayfair
Attendees: Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Daniel Huttlestone, Tracey Ullman, Rob Marshall
Client: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
TESTAMENT OF YOUTH – UK PREMIERE
Event date: 5 January 2015 at Empire Leicester Square
Attendees: James Kent, Kit Harington, Alicia Vikander, Baroness Shirley Williams
Client: Lionsgate UK
RECENT PROJECTS - INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
CAROL
Client: HanWay
Directed by: Todd Haynes
MISTRESS AMERICA
Client: Fox
Directed by: Noah Baumbach
WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
Client: FilmNation
Directed by: Noah Baumbach
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
Client: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg
SELMA
Client: Pathé International
Directed by: Ava DuVernay
A MOST WANTED MAN
Client: FilmNation
Directed by: Anton Corbjin
THE MAZE RUNNER
Client: Twentieth Century Fox
Directed by: Wes Ball
THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
Client: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Directed by: John Madden
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