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Female Yakuza Tale
Pulpy and bathed in lurid violence of the highest order, Female Yakuza Tale is the unbridled sequel to Sex and Fury staring Reiko Ike and directed by none other than the king of ero-guro, Teruo Ishii (Horrors of Malformed Men). Deadly swordfighter Ocho is back and this time around gets captured by devious yakuza who use Chinese women as drug mules. With her back against the wall, Ocho must use her sharp wits and blade to fight her way out. Unparallelled levels of sleaze and violence combine in a haze of psychedelia with this fiendish feast Japanese exploitation, representing the…
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Landship
From the producers of Lancaster Skies and Battle Over Britain comes a World War One survival epic, based on an incredible true story of the Battle of Passchendaele, 1917. For three years the great war has been waging, and the two armies find themselves entrenched along the four-hundred-mile Western Front. At the start of a pivotal allied offensive to break the stalemate, the nine-man crew of British Battle Tank F41 ‘Fray Bentos’ sets out to destroy a series of heavily defended German bunkers. Advancing across no-man’s-land, all seems lost when the tank becomes trapped in a giant crater within only…
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Kaleidoscope at Cannes
GV Film have been busy editing Official trailers and sales trailers for Kaleidoscope Film Distribution. These include a re-branding for the hard hitting boxing drama Day Of The Fight, a re-brand and re-edit of wartime action drama Landship and nail biting prison drama Jailbroken plus new trailers for horror Dead Howling, Ithaqua and period drama Madfabulous!
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Madfabulous
When the flamboyant Henry Paget arrives in 1890s North Wales to claim his aristocratic inheritance, his theatrical flair and defiant eccentricities send shockwaves through the upper-class elite, much to the amusement of the local townspeople. Alongside his spirited cousin, Lily, and loyal butler, Gelert, Henry tries to carve out his own identity as the Fifth Marquess, navigating suffocating traditions, scheming relatives, and the long shadow cast by his estranged father. Inspired by a true story, this riotous, uncompromising celebration of otherness, is led fearlessly by rising star and BAFTA nominee Callum Scott Howells (It’s a Sin, The Beautiful Game), joined…
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Wandering Ginza Butterfly II: She Cat Gambler
In the same year that she defined the action heroine with her role in the Female Prisoner Scorpion series, Japanese screen legend Meiko Kaji teamed up with future Sister Street Fighter director Kazuhiko Yamaguchi for a diptych of gambling, deception and violence set on the mean streets of 1970s’ Tokyo: Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel She Cat Gambler. In Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2: She Cat Gambler, Meijo Kaji’s character Nami “The Red Cherry Blossom” is paired up with the equally legendary Sonny Chiba at his most charismatic as the streetwise Ryuji, who takes a shine to Nami and decides…
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Madfabulous Flare
This year BFI Flare will host a screening of ‘Madfabulous’ where Rupert Everett stars alongside Bridgerton‘s Ruby Stokes and It’s a Sin‘s Callum Scott in Celyn Jones’ quirky period drama based on the life of Henry Cyril Paget, the dancing Marquess of Anglesey and a flamboyant peer whose behaviour and extravagance has modern echoes. Madfabulous, getting its world premiere at the BFI Flare Film Fest. For Icon Film Distribution, we worked closely with their team to craft a new Theatrical trailer for the film’s release. The 40th BFI Flare London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival will run March 18-29 at the BFI Southbank.
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Singapore Sling
Mysterious. Perverse. Absurd. Eccentric. A staggeringly beautiful slice of arthouse horror that combines elements of noir, black comedy, exploitation and eroticism, Singapore Sling is a cinematic experience like no other. You have been warned… Mother (Michele Valley) and Daughter (Meredyth Herold) inhabit an isolated world of their own creation playing twisted games in memory of a sadistic patriarch, whose mummified corpse shares their secluded mansion. Servants come and go, frequently murdered and buried in the back garden as part of the twisted games the women play. When an injured man turns up at their doorstep they take him in, little…
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The Visitor
From the Academy Award – winning director of Spotlight and starring Richard Jenkins (Nominated for Best Actor for this role), The Visitor explores how the rhythm of life can be found in the most unexpected places. Official UK Digital trailer for Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment, edit and motion graphics in house at GV Film Limited by Jeremy Shaw. Final audio deliverables for OTT platforms in 5.1 by JD Evans at Soundmonger.
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Secret Mall Apartment
Out Now on UK Digital Platforms The multi-festival award-winning documentary from Executive Producer Jesse Eisenberg; an amazing true story of eight young Rhode Islanders who built and lived in a secret apartment inside a busy mall from four years. Far more than just a wild prank, the secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for its inhabitants – a personal expression of defiance against local gentrification, a clubhouse to coordinate artistic charity, and finally, a 750 square foot “F you” to The Man. Official trailer re-cut and re-brand in International Sales and domestic digital release versions. Edit, motion graphics and…
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The Old Woman With A Knife
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, this gripping action drama follows the intense confrontation between “Hornclaw,” a legendary assassin who has worked for over 40 years in an organisation that disposes of people deemed as cockroaches, and “Bullfight,” a mysterious killer who has pursued her for a lifetime. 25 years ago, Bullfight was there when Hornclaw killed his father… however he also recalls her as the first person to show him kindness. As the pair’s unlikely bond deepens, cracks form in the underworld they navigate together, with Hornclaw thrust into a deadly game of deception after discovering…
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The Twin
Out on UK digital platforms 12th January. After the tragic loss of his young son and his own failed suicide attempt, grieving father, Nicholas, is sent to recover and be monitored by a psychiatrist in his childhood home. However as he attempts to rebuild his life, strange occurrences plague him: an eerie presence lurks in the shadows, and his son’s memory refuses to rest. Nicholas begins to unravel a terrifying connection between his past, his grandmother’s death, and a supernatural entity known as a Fetch, a spectral doppelgänger of Irish lore that heralds death. As his grip on reality quickly…
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Love Music More with Screentales
Discover how acclaimed composers Sylvia Strand and Jonathan Gregory are pioneering community-driven immersive audio with the world’s first community Dolby Atmos recording. Working with musicians and community members from Wales’ renowned Rhondda Valley, this groundbreaking project demonstrates how Dolby Atmos can capture and preserve the authentic spirit of local musical traditions while creating unprecedented immersive experiences. From Eurovision stages to Cannes Film Festival screenings, these Viacom/CBS composers bring decades of scoring expertise to this ambitious community collaboration. Currently working with the world-famous Treorchy Male Choir, Sylvia and Jonathan are literally “turning up the gain on reality,” showcasing how advanced audio…
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