Watchers Productions Presents... Strange Tales: Dinner Date

It's Valentine's Day. A day to celebrate love in all its forms. A particularly apt day for Watchers Productions to release the next short film in our Strange Tales series, as it's all to do with relationships.

Watchers Productions proudly presents...

DINNER DATE

Written by Christopher Maxwell, and directed by Terrance Marshman-Edwards

Starring: Liz Keech (Jen), Nick Brimble (David), and Nicky Davies (Ceri)

David lives alone and is trying to get himself out into the dating world. He's invited Jen around for dinner to show off his cooking skills. The two laugh and bond, but Jen suspects David might be keeping something from her...

You can watch Dinner Date here!

For more information about our Strange Tales project, the other films already released and those currently in production, please see the Watchers Productions website.

Watchers Productions Presents... Strange Tales: Just Meat

After something of a hiatus, Watchers Productions are delighted to announce the return of our Strange Tales short films, with our eighth offering, and one that's perfect for Halloween...

JUST MEAT

Written by Rhys Jones with Matthew Ford & Terrance Marshman-Edwards, and directed by Rhys Jones

Starring: Victoria George-Veale (Catrin), Hannah Celyn Griffiths (Zoe), Samuel Rush (Tommy), with Jennifer Higgins and John Wheeler

It's just an ordinary night for delivery driver Tommy - until he finds himself in a life-or-death situation with one particular drop-off. What has happened to Catrin? 

You can watch Just Meat here!

For more information about our Strange Tales project, the other films already released and those currently in production, please see the Watchers Productions website.

Watchers Productions Presents... Strange Tales: Deliver Us From Gee

Watchers Productions are delighted to announce the release of our seventh Strange Tale!

We are incredibly pleased and proud to present, in co-production with our friends and colleagues at Dramatic Moose Productions and featuring a very special guest actor...

DELIVER US FROM GEE

Written by Matthew Fisher and directed by Rhys Jones

Starring: Gareth David Lloyd (Gee), Matthew Fisher (James), Jennifer Higgins (Tina), Stephanie Back, Samuel Rush, Linda Bailey, Kelvin Dale-Greaves, with Kell Dommage and Shaz Lancaster

James is on his own for the night, as his girlfriend is away. He orders pizza, which is delivered by a cheery delivery man named Gee. When a delivery mix-up means Gee gets fired, James takes pity on him and invites him in. But when James asks Gee what his real name actually is, he gets a response he really wasn't expecting...

Filming took place during November and December last year, with some pickups done in January this year. The script that this is based on was written some years ago, so any similarities to current world events are utterly coincidental...

Watch here!

For more information about the project and the other films already released and those currently in production, please see the Watchers Productions website.

Watchers Productions Presents... Strange Tales: Schrödinger

Watchers Productions are delighted to announce the release of Strange Tale #6, and a very appropriate release for Valentine's Day:

SCHRODINGER

Written by Xander Grant and directed by Rhys Jones

Starring: Victoria George-Veale (Sarah) and Gavin Rand (Derek)


Exactly how much do you love your partner? Would you like to know? Well, thanks to the latest technology breakthrough, now you can! The real question is... can you cope with knowing the answer?

Watch here!

For more information about the project and the other films already released and those currently in production, please see the Watchers Productions website.

Watchers Productions Presents... Strange Tales: Home

Watchers Productions are delighted to announce the release of our fifth Strange Tale:

HOME

Written and directed by Terrance Marshman-Edwards

Starring: Ben Percival (Joshua Flynn), Amanda Hunt (Nina Samuels) and Isabelle Rose Burman (Emily Maitland)

A young man, dealing with a bereavement, starts to receive strange text messages. Is somebody playing a sick joke - or is there something more sinister at work ?

Watch here!

For more information about the project and the other films already released and those currently in production, please see the Watchers Productions website.

Awards Season 2020: Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations

Brace yourself...

Yep, with today's announcement of the nominees for the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards, awards season 2020 has begun!

As you will probably know by now, the Film Independent Spirit Awards recognise films made wholly or partly outside the traditional studio system (although there is becoming an increasingly wide overlap between these and the more 'mainstream' awards). 

Below is a selection of nominations:

Best Feature

A Hidden Life

Clemency

The Farewell

Marriage Story

Uncut Gems

Best Director

Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse)

Alma Har'el (Honey Boy)

Julius Onah (Luce)

Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie (Uncut Gems)

Lorene Scafaria (Hustlers)

Best Male Lead

Chris Galust (Give Me Liberty)

Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Luce)

Robert Pattinson (The Lighthouse)

Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)

Matthias Schoenaerts (The Mustang)

Best Female Lead

Karen Allen (Colewell)

Hong Chau (Driveways)

Elisabeth Moss (Her Smell)

Mary Kay Place (Diane)

Alfre Woodard (Clemency)

Renée Zellweger (Judy)

Best Supporting Male

Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse)

Noah Jupe (Honey Boy)

Shia LaBeouf (Honey Boy)

Jonathan Majors (The Last Black Man In San Francisco)

Wendell Pierce (Burning Cane)

Best Supporting Female

Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)

Taylor Russell (Waves)

Zhao Shuzhen (The Farewell)

Lauren 'Lolo' Spencer (Give Me Liberty)

Octavia Spencer (Luce)

A full list of nominees can be found here.

Uncut Gems and The Lighthouse have five nominations apiece, whilst Honey Boy and Give Me Liberty both have four. 

The Film Independent Spirit Awards will be given out on Saturday 8th February 2020.

So, it's officially started! The next major piece of awards news will be on 8th December, when the Critics' Choice Awards nominations will be announced. 

Watchers Productions Presents... Strange Tales: Epimetheus

Happy Halloween everyone!

We are delighted to announce the release of our next Strange Tale:

EPIMETHEUS

Screenplay by Xander Grant (from a story by Rhys Jones & Xander Grant) and directed by Rhys Jones

Starring: Lucas Eisele (Peter), with the voices of Bethan Leyshon, Matthew Doman, and Hannah Celyn Griffiths


Peter hosts his weekly Un-Boxing Streaming Channel. This week, he has been sent something very special - but would you open the box?

Watch here!


For more information about the project and the other films already released and those currently in production, please see the Watchers Productions website.

Watchers Productions Presents... Strange Tales

Today sees the launch of a new project from Watchers Productions. Introducing... Strange Tales!

Strange Tales is a series of short, stand-alone films which have a twist in the tale. The
idea is to provide local emerging talent- actors, writers, and filmmakers- with a showcase for what they can do, and promote low-budget filmmaking in South Wales. Strange Tales has no boundaries on genre of story and every film will be individual in style.

​The channel launches today (Saturday 15th June) with three short films. The channel will then continue to grow, with new content added periodically.

The first three films are:

BRAND NEW BEGINNINGS

Written by Matthew Ford and directed by Matthew Fisher

Starring: Christopher Maxwell (Seth), Harold T. Spencer (Tristan), Sarah Bennington (Kate), Rachel Dunston (Advert Voice Over), Matthew Ford (Advert Voice Over)

In an alternate, present day Wales, people have become dependent on social media. Online dating is commonplace, and half of all UK marriages end in divorce. Seth and Tristan, a couple in their twenties, have signed up for treatment at Brand New Beginnings, a company with a procedure that wipes all the bad memories from your relationship, replacing them with false, happy memories developed in a laboratory. As the procedure is explained, the couple begin to have second thoughts.

Watch here!

HUMAN RESOURCES

Written and directed by Richard Williams (Big Rich Productions)

Starring: Ellen Jane Thomas (Sam Francis), James Morgan (Noah),Tim Bennet (Martin), Rebecca Donovan Bailey (Melanie), Craig Jenkins (Security Guard), and Justine Jones (Marcy)

Sam is a hardworking, popular, and confident business executive. One day, a meeting with the mysterious Noah from Human Resources will bring everything she knows about the world around her into doubt.

Watch here!

SECOND CHANCES

Written by Matthew Fisher and directed by Teddy Smith (No. 37 Media)

Starring: Ben Wilson (John), John Hutch (Patrick), and Lisa Grace (Anna)

John doesn't like to stand out. "Out of sight, out of mind" is his philosophy. But his way of thinking is challenged when he's forced to reevaluate his life.

Watch here!


Other tales we have in the pipeline are as diverse as the three above. One imagines a future where machines dole out justice- but what happens if you're accused of something you didn't do? Another sees a couple torn over a device that can measure love, whilst a third sees a young couple on a first date where things aren't quite what they seem. Throw in a couple of girls being hunted for the crime of speaking a different language, and a bereaved young man receiving strange text messages, and you've got the makings of our first wave of Strange Tales.

The other films will be in production for the rest of 2019 and will be released periodically thereafter.

For more information about the project and the films, please see the Watchers Productions website.