
I’m Your Man
Director: Mark Heywood
Screenwriter: Mark Heywood
Genre: Drama
Link: IMDb
Two people meet after 25 years and discover they have very different recollections of the event that changed their lives.
Director: Mark Heywood
Screenwriter: Mark Heywood
Genre: Drama
Link: IMDb
Two people meet after 25 years and discover they have very different recollections of the event that changed their lives.
Director: Tunde Abiola
Writers: Tunde Abiola (story by), Mark Heywood
Genre: Drama
Link: IMDB
A 12-year-old girl fights for strength and happiness in ballet as her family falls apart.
In 2018 the film was accepted into the Gasparilla Film Festival and The African Film Festival.
In recent weeks we’ve been lucky enough to work with a fantastic cast and crew on this latest film project.
The film is about two people who meet for the first time in 25 years and discover they have very different recollections of the events that changed both their lives.
I talk about the experience on Pilar Alessandra’s “On The Page” podcast. Episode 480.
Four years ago Oscar Pistorius was about to compete against able-bodied athletes at the Olympic Games in London. He was the first amputee runner ever to do so. He carried his nation’s flag at the closing ceremony and he returned to the stadium several weeks later to compete, and win in the Paralympic Games. If he watches the Olympics in Rio at all it will be from inside the Khosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria. Odds are that he may still be there when the Games come around again in 2020. Rather than offer you those odds though, I’ll offer you this wager. By the time he is released from prison a film about his life will have been made, or will be in production. His story is so unbelievable that it is hard to see filmmakers not wanting to put it on screen. Disability, triumph, glory, tragedy and jeopardy. And that is just the last four years. To go from flag carrier to convict in a single Olympic cycle, trust me, someone will make that film. While they do, here are five films about sport or sporting figures that should be in any collection.
So let’s get one thing straight. I didn’t say the best five, I just said five. So fans of Jerry Maguire, Chariots of Fire, A League of Their Own, Moneyball, Escape To Victory, Bend it like Beckham, Invictus, Foxcatcher, Field of Dreams, White Men Can’t Jump and even The Mighty Ducks, please relax. There is nothing wrong with your films (even yours Emilio Estevez, although I am not sure we needed three outings for the Ducks). Fans of the UK film Mike Bassett: England Manager may be delighted to know that a sequel will hit the big screen later this year. Mike Bassett comes out of retirement to help England’s newly installed German manager. Oh and don’t worry Leicester City FC fans, they will make a film about last season. For more on both the identity of the next England manager and LCFC check out my friends.
Sport lends itself to the big screen easily. It contains all the raw ingredients for a great story. Winners, losers, cheers and tears. There have been plenty of all these things in Pistorius’ story. I met him once. It was at a golf event in October 2012, barely a month after the most glorious summer of his life. Somebody asked him what his golf handicap was. He smiled and said “I’ve got no legs.” Everyone laughed. He was the centre of attention. The man of the moment. A global superstar.
How very long ago that feels now.
A quick peek behind the scenes at what happened on set during the filming of Brunette Baby.
My latest short film has gone into pre-production with the excellent team at mini productions at the helm.
@brunette_baby is 14. She’s just started her period and she wants to be Taylor Swift. She doesn’t have a boyfriend and so when she chats online with John she gets a thrill. Sadly John isn’t her type. He’s in his 50’s and trying to groom her. What he doesn’t know is that she’s an undercover detective.
When you’re online, there’s always someone watching.