Boudica Films, the Rebecca Long and Ian Davies-led UK film fund that supports women-centric and -made pics, has announced its latest slate of projects. Per Screen Daily, two movies about asylum-seekers, “Greenham” and “The Crossing,” will kick off the company’s new wave of films and begin production in summer 2019.
Starring “Sunset Song’s” Agyness Deyn, the 1980s-set “Greenham” centers on a woman fleeing an abusive relationship and finding refuge at Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp. Blue Iris Films’ Katie Crook (“Scottish Mussel”) is producing and David Chidlow (“L’histoire de nos petites morts”) is directing. Nanu Segal (“The Levelling”) will serve as DP.
Aislinn Clarke (“The Devil’s Doorway”) will helm “The Crossing,” a survival thriller following migrants traveling from Turkey to Greece. The pic is based on the testimonies of actual people who have made the trek. Long will produce.
Also in development at Boudica is Tinna Hrafnsdóttir’s “Quake.” Based on Audur Jonsdóttir’s novel “Grand Mal,” the story follows a woman who experiences severe memory loss after an epileptic seizure, and subsequently is forced to face unsettling parts of her past. Boudica will co-produce with Hlin Johannesdottir of Iceland’s URSUS Parvus Productions.
The fund’s slate also includes four films currently in post-production. Georgia Parris’ “Mari,” a 2018 London Film Festival selection, uses modern dance to explore a young woman’s psyche as well as her connection to her family. Lucy Brydon’s “Sick(er)” sees a woman who has struggled with anorexia for most of her life attempting to mend fences with her daughter. E.E. Hegarty’s “Kat And the Band” is about a 16-year-old girl whose dream is to go on tour with a band. Feature doc “I Am Amber” follows two elementary-age twins, one of whom has Down’s Syndrome.
Carol Morley’s “The Falling,” Laura McGann’s roller derby doc “Revolutions,” and Ruth Negga-starrer “Iona” are among Boudica’s previous films.