MATAR PREMIERE AT THE SOHO CURZON

Last week we premiered our latest film ‘MATAR’ at the Soho Curzon, with Choose Love & WaterBear Network. What a beautiful evening it was!

Filmmakers, journalists, representatives from NGOs and brands, as well as members of the migrant community, all came to celebrating the brilliant work of everyone involved.

MATAR sheds light on the UK's broken asylum system and raises awareness about the need to act against the recent Refugee Ban Bill. Through this production and the impact campaign attached to it, we aim to give people the tools to take action now to oppose this cruel bill before it’s too late.

If passed into law, the government’s bill would remove fundamental human rights from asylum seekers arriving in the UK.

Watch MATAR for free on WaterBear. And if you live in the UK, write to your MP to make a difference.

🔗 to the film and campaign: https://lnkd.in/e6jDyBEA

MATAR PREMIERES THIS WEEK

A teaser of our latest film, MATAR, premiering this week on WaterBear Network!

Matar is the story of an asylum seeker in London, forced to live on the fringes of society and rely on his bike to survive. It’s based on the lived experiences of Bafta winning Director Hassan Akkad and co-writer & cinematographer Ayman Alhussein.

Starring Ahmed Malek, Elmi Rashid Elmi and BAFTA nominated Youssef Kerkour, the film will be available on Waterbear March 17th.

We can’t wait to share it with you all! 🙌🎥

MATAR IS IN PRODUCTION

Our latest film has made it into The Hollywood Reporter! 🎥👏

Directed by Hassan Akkad, 'MATAR' examines the plight of asylum seekers in the U.K, drawing on firsthand experiences of Akkad and cinematographer & co-creator Ayman Alhussein.

The film is DOP'd by Deadbeat's own Jack Thompson-Roylance and co-written by Brook Driver.

It is a Deadbeat Studios production for WaterBear Network 🌱

SWEDE CAROLINE LONGLISTED FOR BIFA 2022

Swede Caroline made the longlist for a BIFA!! 🙌

Massive congratulations to Brook Driver, Finn Bruce & Anthony Toma for making the final 12 for the ‘DISCOVERY AWARD’.

“This award showcases innovation, uniqueness of vision and maverick filmmaking in films with budgets under £500,000.”

Huge achievement! 👏

SWEDE CAROLINE NOMINATED FOR "BEST UK FEATURE FILM" AT RAINDANCE FESTIVAL 2022

Our debut feature will be premiering at Raindance Film Festival!!! 🎥

This is the first still we’ve released from ‘SWEDE CAROLINE’, our mockumentary comedy about the sordid world of competitive big vegetable growing!

Here we see our amazing protagonist and lead Caro (Jo Hartley) and her trusted neighbour Willy (celyn jones) in a beautiful moment of friendship.

We can’t wait to finally show you guys what directors Brook Driver and Finn Bruce have been working on for these last two years (and at the Curzon in Soho of all places!)

🚨 Toma Productions has officially merged with Deadbeat Films!

Sundance winning producer Anthony Toma will be stepping into the role of Head of Production and Company Director at Deadbeat.

"Toma contributes a wealthy portfolio of Commercials and Music Videos, as well as Sundance & BIFA Award Winning Short Films. He has also brought in welcome capital to grow the team and expand the long form arm of the company."

We can’t wait for what’s ahead of us!

Deadbeat Films launches music video division

Music videos have always been at the heart of what we do at Deadbeat. We are so excited to be helming the Music Video department and representing such a diverse and talented range of Directors.

Elliott, Caroline, Ed, Will, Becky & Boris all have such unique voices and between them can tackle any brief. If singing oranges, rappers immersed within a sea of teddy bears and LGBTQ kung fu fighting aliens sound fun, just you wait and see what we have in store for you next!

READ THE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLE ON PROMONEWS.TV HERE

Our filmmaking dream team are out in Austria for #Snowbombing Festival this week!

Check out our previous work for this awesome festival in the mountains and tell us you're not jealous of the team right now! ⛷❄️