104 Films

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104 Films
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Founded2004;17 years ago (2004)
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104 Films is a film production company founded by director Justin Edgar and producer Alex Usborne in 2004. They specialise in the representation of disabled and disadvantaged talent, both on screen and behind the camera. [1] [2] The first feature film released by 104 Films was 2001's Large. They have since produced various short films. In 2007 they released the feature film Special People . The feature film We Are the Freaks premiered at the 2013 Edinburgh Film Festival, [3] [4] [5] [6] competing for the Michael Powell Award.

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In September 2013 the British Film Institute unveiled a £3m annual talent support network, through which they are working with 104 Films to support emerging filmmakers with disabilities. [7]

104 Films co-produced the acclaimed feature documentary Notes on Blindness on the blind academic and theologian John M. Hull. The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film and won an Emmy in November 2015. [8] [9] They also produced Battlelines, a drama about deaf soldiers in WW1 which was shown at the imperial war museum film festival and won a Royal Television Society Award. [10]

Currently they are in production on Justin Edgar's fourth feature film The Marker, starring John Hannah and backed by Creative England. [11]

Productions

FilmYearDirectorNotesAwards
Large1997 Justin Edgar Short film
Dirty Phonecalls1998Justin EdgarShort filmBest Short Film at Birmingham Film Festival 1998 [12]
Large 2001Justin EdgarFeature film
Round2003Justin EdgarShort film
Special People2005Justin EdgarShort film
Special People 2007Justin EdgarFeature film
Hunger House2008Justin EdgarShort film
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 2010Mat WhitecrossCo-producer, 104 Films
NFA – No Fixed Abode2012Steve RainbowProducers
I am Breathing2013Emma Davie, Morag McKinnonAssociate producers; documentary film
We Are the Freaks 2013Justin EdgarFeature film
Battle Lines [10] 2014Julian Peedle CallooTelevision drama
Notes on Blindness [9] 2016James Middleton and Peter SpinneyFeature filmEmmy [8]
The Marker [11] 2017Justin EdgarFeature film

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