Drama
Concrete Plans
A disparate and rugged crew of builders are hired to renovate a remote opulent mansion. It belongs to the last heir of a once-wealthy military family. The men are each at their wit's end - broke, living in squalor, and facing their own personal demons.
When it's discovered their employer plans to cheat them, tensions come to the boil. Soon one by one the men snap, turning first on their boss and then on each other, building to a visceral crescendo of violence that ensures none of them will return home the same - if they return home at allCast:
Amber Rose Revah (The Punisher), Goran Bogdan (The Last Panthers, Fargo), Kevin Guthrie (Fantastic Beasts, Sunshine on Leith), Steve Speirs (Extras), Chris Reilly (Official Secrets), Charley Palmer Rothwell (Beast), James Lance (Bronson), William Thomas (Twin Town)
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DEAD FLOWERS short film
Dead Flowers
Two strangers meet as they attend funerals taking place one after the other. As they realise a link between the deceased they ultimately discover a human connection amid the grief.
Starring: Aoife Bradley, Fintan Shevlin, George Rennie
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Man In Fear
Anthony Fox is a very paranoid man. Bloodied. Desperate. Hanging by a thread, he stumbles into a suburban Police Station. In a cracked voice he tells the world weary Desk Sergeant his story. How people are trying to kill him. By accident. Dutifully requested a motive, Anthony cryptically responds ‘Art’. Because when an accident not an accident? When it's Art....
This dark short film starring Luke Treadaway (Attack The Block) was described by The Guardian as "William Jewell's stylish thriller feature-in-waiting". Following the recent completion of his debut feature 'Concrete Plans', this proof-of-concept short film is currently being expanded into a longer form piece.
Starring: Luke Treadaway, James Lance, Tim Healy Written & Directed by Will Jewell Cinematography: Dominic Jones Produced by Daniel Nixon & Charlie Bowden
Full credits at imdb maninfear.com
This Time Next Year
Told in a series of 12 short webcam monologues across the span of a year, ‘This Time Next Year’ charts the story of Jackie Morgan - unwittingly pregnant at 15. It is based on Alan Bennett’s ‘Talking Heads’ updated for a webcam age as Jackie is by turns self-deluding, naive, optimistic, angry, resigned and rueful as she stares into the unblinking webcam lens. Starring the superb Holli Dempsey who has since gone on to star in ‘Black Mirror’, ‘Dr Who’, ‘Derek’, ‘The New World and Harlots’.
Commissioned by the NHS to highlight issues of underage pregnancy in a realistic, hard-hitting but sensitive fashion, it was hosted on their Sexual Health website. An amalgamated cut combining the individual episodes was then selected for Raindance Film Festival.
Written & Directed by Will Jewell, Cinematography by Dominic Jones, Produced by Dan Nixon, Art Dept by Lisa Mitton
Starring Holli Dempsey, Madeline Herrington, Matthew Baker, Stephanie Siadatan, Lewis Chase, Joe Bolland. Fulll credits imdb
Zoe’s Big Night
Hard-hitting and gritty NHS-commissioned drama about the potential perils of mixing drugs and alcohol. The film stars Sophie May Wake (‘The Durrells’, ‘Mister Selfridge’) who’s night has taken a severe turn for the worse, after her little brother has reacted badly to mixing cocaine and drink and is on life support. Alone and ragged, Zoe faces an increasingly difficult series of phone calls.
Written and Directed by Will Jewell, Cinematography by Dominic Jones, Produced by Daniel Nixon & Charlie Bowden
Starring Sophie May Wake
Killjoy
Two serial killer’s path’s cross. There’s an attraction. Things can only end badly.
A dark and twisted short thriller about love and death, starring James Lance.
Produced by Fractured Films & Red Cameron, Written by Kev Pick, Directed by Will Jewell & Kev Pick, Cinematography by Dominic Jones, Edited by Kev Pick
Starring James Lance, Anna Blades, Ju Hewings, Ash Parker