- Warp Films
Warp Films, a side project of
Warp Records , was set up in 1999 with funding fromNESTA . It is based in Sheffield and has 3 full-time staff."They state:" Warp Films is an independent film production company which aims to mirror the ethos of its partner music label Warp Records. By keeping the creative process at the core of our approach to filmmaking, Warp Films aims to create fresh and innovative feature length and short films to be viewed by a wide audience. Our current priorities are nurturing and developing existing talent, as well as discovering new exciting filmmakers.
At present there have been four releases on Warp Films: "My Wrongs #8245-8249 & 117" by Chris Morris, which won the Best Short Film award at the
BAFTA Awards, andShane Meadows 's films "Dead Man's Shoes " and "This Is England ".Chris Cunningham , responsible forAphex Twin 's videos "Come To Daddy " and "Windowlicker ", has recently joined the production firm. He is responsible for an abstract short film called "Rubber Johnny ", which features the music ofAphex Twin and was released on May 23, 2005. "Rubber Johnny" was originally scheduled to be released two weeks earlier, but was postponed due to the original printing firm objecting to the film's content.According to Rob Young's book about Warp they are currently developing their first feature documentary production, a film about disinformation directed by
John Lundberg and written by Mark Pilkington.In April 2008, Australian film distributor
Madman Entertainment announced "a collaboration" with Warp Films. Warp and Madman plan to make "at least 2 films together over the next 3 years." [ [http://www.madman.com.au/actions/news.do?method=view&newsId=1081 Warp Teams with Madman] ]Releases
* "My Wrongs #8245-8249 & 117" (Dir: Chris Morris - 2003)
* "Dead Man's Shoes " (Dir:Shane Meadows - 2004)
* "Rubber Johnny " (Dir:Chris Cunningham - 2005)
* "Scummy Man " (Arctic Monkeys short film /music video )
* "This Is England " (Dir:Shane Meadows - 2006)
* "Dog Altogether " (Dir:Paddy Considine - 2007)References
External links
* [http://www.warpfilms.com Warp Films]
* [http://www.rubberjohnny.tv Rubber Johnny microsite]
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