Warp X

Warp X is a British film production company, sister to Warp Films based in Sheffield, UK with further offices in Nottingham and London.[1] The company was founded in 2005 and produces feature films.[2]

Warp X
Production company
IndustryFilm production
Founded2005
Headquarters
Sheffield
,
United Kingdom
Websitewarpx.co.uk

Company

Warp X was founded in 2005 and produces feature films.[2] It is a digital film studio that produces feature films in the UK with budgets usually between £400,000 and £800,000.[2] The studio serves as a format for new film directors to create movies for the first time on a lower budget scale with less expectation for high box office revenues on their initial feature foray.[3]

The film studio began with support from organisations including Warp Films, Film4 Productions, the UK Film Council, EM Media, Screen Yorkshire and Optimum Releasing.[4] The intent of the film studio's creation was to add energy and vitality to the film industry in Britain.[5]

Filmography
Year Film Director Notes
2008 A Complete History of My Sexual Failures Chris Waitt Winner, Festival Prize: Spirit of Darklight, Darklight Film Festival[6]
Donkey Punch Olly Blackburn Filmed on a £1 million budget,[7][8] over 24 days,[9][10] in South Africa[11]
2009 Bunny and the Bull Paul King Winner, Best Achievement in Production, British Independent Film Awards[12]
She, a Chinese Xiaolu Guo Winner, Golden Leopard, Locarno International Film Festival[13]
Winner, Screenplay Award, Hamburg Film Festival[14][15]
All Tomorrow's Parties All Tomorrow's People & Jonathan Caouette Covers several years of the music festival, All Tomorrow's Parties, which began in 2002[16]
Hush Mark Tonderai Nominated, Best Achievement in Production, British Independent Film Awards[17]
2011 Tyrannosaur Paddy Considine Winner, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, BAFTA[18]
Winner, The World Cinema Award for Directing: Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival[19]
Winner, Best British Independent Film, British Independent Film Awards[19]
Winner, Best Director, British Independent Film Awards[19]
Kill List Ben Wheatley Nominated, Best Achievement in Production, British Independent Film Awards[20]
Nominated, Best Director, British Independent Film Awards[20]
Winner, Best Horror, Empire Awards[21][22]
2012 Berberian Sound Studio Peter Strickland Previewed at London FrightFest Film Festival in August 2012,[23] and at the 2012 Edinburgh International Film Festival[24]
2013 For Those in Peril Paul Wright First feature film for director Paul Wright;[25] with debut at 2013 Cannes Film Festival[26]
gollark: What would you consider a nonbasic delusion?
gollark: What did gods ever do for us?
gollark: I don't think refusing to subject some arbitrary subset of your beliefs to inquiry is very good.
gollark: It's not really a useful theory though. It makes no testable predictions.
gollark: Wouldn't you need unreasonably large amounts of trees/person to make that work?

References
  1. Turner, Barry (2009). The Connected Screenwriter. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 111. ISBN 0312545258.
  2. Davies, Adam P.; Wistreich, Nicol (2007). The Film Finance Handbook. Netribution. pp. 422–423. ISBN 0955014328.
  3. Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on Communications (2010). "Ms Tessa Ross and Mr Paul Grindey". The British Film and Television Industries – Decline or Opportunity: Evidence. p. 5. ISBN 0108459306.
  4. Lange, André; Newman-Baudais, Susan; Hugot, Thierry (2007). Film Distribution Companies in Europe. Stationery Office Books. p. 128. ISBN 9287160201.
  5. Dutrieux, Lionel (2006). Les Clips Du Label Warp: Technologies, Automates & Chimeres (in French). University of Liège. p. 22.
  6. Irish Film Finance News; Horwath Bastow Charleton (9 July 2008). "Darklight Festival Winners Announced". The Irish Film & Television Network. iftn.ie. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  7. Olszewski, Tricia (13 February 2009). "Interview With Donkey Punch Director Olly Blackburn". Washington City Paper. Creative Loafing Inc. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  8. Wilkinson, Amber (18 July 2008). "Giving British films some Punch". Eye for Film. eyeforfilm.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  9. Gillespie, Michael (10 November 2008). "Director Olly Blackburn talks Donkey Punch". The Skinny. Scotland. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  10. Guerrasio, Jason (15 January 2008). ""Donkey Punch" co-writer-director, Olly Blackburn". Filmmaker Magazine. Independent Feature Project. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  11. "Exclusive interview with Oliver Blackburn". Total Film. Future Publishing Limited. 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  12. British Independent Film Awards (2009). "Bunny and the Bull". The British Independent Film Awards. bifa.chaptermedia.com. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  13. "Actrice Lu Huang bezoekt expo 'Open Asia' vandaag". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  14. "She, a Chinese – Drama: Vogelfrei und lebenshungrig". Badische Zeitung (in German). badische-zeitung.de. 4 February 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  15. "Film: Eine junge Frau bricht auf: „She, a Chinese"". Focus Online (in German). focus.de. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  16. L.A. Weekly Film Critics (17 June 2009). "Los Angeles Film Festival: Reviews, A to Z". LA Weekly. laweekly.com. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  17. Okpalaoka, Ugonna (21 September 2012). "Black director helms horror film 'House at the End of the Street'". The Grio: NBC News. thegrio.com. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  18. "Bafta win for Sheffield film makers". BBC News. 13 February 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  19. Clarke, Tim (22 March 2012). "Award-winning debut to screen". Worcester Standard. worcesterstandard.co.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  20. krkail (31 October 2011). "2011 British Independent Film Awards for KILL LIST, WEEKEND, ALBATROSS and PINA!". Inside IFC Films. ifcilms.com. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  21. "Gary Oldman scoops 'best actor' gong for Tinker Tailor at Empire Awards". Metro. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  22. "Empire Awards 2012: Winners & Photos". This Is Fake DIY. thisisfakediy.co.uk. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  23. Cummings, Basia. "Foley Cow! Berberian Sound Studio Director Peter Strickland Interviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  24. Collin, Robbie (28 June 2012). "Berberian Sound Studio, Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  25. Wiseman, Andreas (23 April 2013). "UK films miss Cannes' main show but new voices find favour". Screen International. Media Business Insight Limited. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  26. Pulver, Andrew (23 April 2013). "Cannes 2013: line-up completed as Directors' Fortnight and Critics' Week announce selections – First film in 20 years from Alejandro Jodorowsky, as Clio Barnard and Paul Wright fly flag for Britain". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
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