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Lyre Productions is a Scottish film company making original independent feature films. [1]
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Lyre Productions is a Scottish film company making original independent feature films. [1]
Lyre Productions were formed in January 2007 in order to make contemporary, Scottish feature films. [2]
The debut feature film from Lyre was The Inheritance [3] – an award-winning, independent, micro budget Scottish road movie, directed by Charles-Henri Belleville, [4] written and produced by Tim Barrow, [5] and executive produced by David Boaretto. The film stars Tim Barrow, Fraser Sivewright, [6] Imogen Toner, [7] and Tom Hardy. [8] The Inheritance was released on DVD partnered by a 60 minute making-of documentary. [9]
Lyre's second feature was The Space Between [10] – an Edinburgh love story, following 2 strangers, brought together in a redemption tale. [11] Shot in September 2009 in 17 days for £15,000, the film stars Vivien Reid, [12] Tim Barrow, [13] and David Whitney. [14] Written and directed by Tim Barrow, the film premiered at Edinburgh Filmhouse in March 2011. The Space Between was released by Lyre on DVD in December 2012. [9]
The third feature from Lyre is Riptide [15] - a Scottish schizophrenia love story, currently in post-production. [16] The film stars Tim Barrow, Elspeth Turner, David Whitney and David Tudor. [15]
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