6th September 2024

As Toronto International Film Festival 2024 launches, we are thrilled to see nine of our clients’ features selected for screening:

“Better Man” starring Robbie Williams, Damon Herriman, Alison Steadman, Kate Mulvany, Steve Pemberton (Christos Michaels advised on legals for sales agent Rocket Science)

“Bird” starring Nykiya Adams, Franz Rogowski, Barry Keoghan, Jason Buda (Christos Michaels, Luke Carey and Cristina Comsa advised producers House Productions and Nicki Parfitt advised Cornerstone on sales legals)

“Harvest” starring Caleb Landry Jones and Harry Melling (Anwen Griffiths, Damian McParland and Sam Shields advised Creative Scotland)

“On Falling” starring Jo Chao and Adam Hoya (Anwen Griffiths and Sam Shields advised Creative Scotland)

“The Brutalist” starring Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones (Nicki Parfitt, Luke Carey and Laura Gibson advised Brookstreet Pictures on production legals)

“The Cut” starring Orlando Bloom, Caitríona Balfe and John Turturro (Christos Michaels and Josh Jacobson advised Tea Shop Productions on production and Sam Tatton Brown, Sarah Cundall and Sam Shields advised Orogen Media Entertainment on finance)

“The End” starring Tilda Swinton, George MacKay and Michael Shannon (Christos Michaels, Alastair Mavor and Cristina Comsa advised Final Cut for Real on production)

“The Penguin Lessons” starring Steve Coogan, Björn Gustafsson (Sam Tatton-Brown, Sean Kia and Saher Amin advised Rolling Dice Limited on finance)

“We Live In Time” starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield (Antony Swiatek, Jeremy Gawade, Janey Hurran and Liv Graham advised Studiocanal on the production and SunnyMarch on the producer deal)

We were also delighted to advise clients on the following six features which have just been selected this week for the upcoming BFI London Film Festival 2024:

“Karavidhe” starring Shezai Fejzo, Durim Isufaj and Andrew Joshi (Luke Carey advised DMC Film on production legals)

“Layla” starring Bilal Hasna, Louis Greatorex and Safiyya Ingar (Alastair Mavor and Nicki Parfitt advised Fox Cub Films on production)

“Santosh” starring Shahana Goswami, Sunita Rajwar and Pratibha Awasthy (Sam Tatton-Brown, Damian McParland and Saher Amin advised Cofiloisirs on finance legals)

“September Says” starring Mia Tharia, Pascale Kann, Rakhee Thakrar and Rachel Benaissa (Luke Carey advised Crybaby on production)

“Stomach Bug” starring Leslie Ching (Luke Carey and Antony Swiatek advised Galazia Productions on production)

“The Apprentice” starring Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova and Martin Donovan (Christos Michaels and Sean Kia advised on legals for sales agent Rocket Science and Nicki Parfitt, Sarah Cundall and Sam Shields advised Head Gear)

“Bird”, “Harvest”, “On Falling”, “The End” and “We Live In Time” will also be shown at the London Film Festival.

Find out more about our work in the film industry here.