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Agenda Collective was a British film production company based in London that develops and produces film and television programming.

The company was founded in 2006 by Peter King, David Procter and Andrea Farrena, producing short films and short documentaries and in 2007 they moved into commercial projects.

In mid-2008 Farrena moved on to pursue her own ambitions, leaving the company in the hands of King and Procter.

They received a nomination at the 2008 British Independent Film Awards for their film Red Sands (documentary) , and picked up two awards at the Raindance Film Festival including "Film of the Festival".

Agenda received two nominations for the 'Broadcast Design Award' at the 2009 Rushes (company) Soho Shorts Festival, in competition with Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle and the Euro 2008 titles by Aardman

The company closed in 2011 when David and Peter went on to focus on cinematography and directing, respectively.


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