NEW HOPE FOR BRITISH HORROR COMPLETES FILMING Film…

              NEW HOPE FOR BRITISH HORROR COMPLETES FILMING

Film London and EM Media are delighted to announce that Mum & Dad, the first film to be
produced under Film London's micro-budget film fund Microwave, has wrapped following
a successful and intensive three week shoot in London and Nottingham.

Written and directed by Steven Sheil, and produced by Lisa Trnovski of 2AM Films, Mum
& Dad is a nerve-fraying horror about a murderous family living in the shadow of a major
London airport. Chosen for its startling originality, Mum & Dad is Steven's first feature
length production and already he is being heralded as a major new talent in British horror.
The film brings together a new generation of budding film-makers with a cast that includes
Perry Benson (This is England) and Olga Fedori (Skins).

Microwave is a brand new initiative for London-based film-makers to produce ten micro-
budget feature film projects. The scheme challenges film-makers to shoot a full length
feature film for up to £100,000 with cash and in-kind support. Microwave provides an
intensive approach to film-making, with an emphasis on tightly focused scripts, short
production schedules and is open to film-makers working in documentary, fiction and to
artists working with the moving image.

Backed by the BBC, the scheme provides up to £75,000 of direct funding per project
together with a unique professional mentoring scheme from leading industry figures
including directors Stephen Frears (Mrs Henderson Presents), Gurinder Chadha (Bride
and Prejudice), and John Akomfrah (Seven Songs for Malcolm X); and producers Sandy
Lieberson (Rita, Sue and Bob Too), Jeremy Thomas (Sexy Beast) and James Schamus
(Brokeback Mountain).

Film London and its partners will also offer a range of assistance including in-kind support
from leading facilities and service companies, competitive locations fees from many of
London's local authorities; and a 'revenue share' model which will return a generous
percentage of any revenue back to the film-makers.

EM Media co-financed Mum and Dad with £50,000 via European Regional Development
Funds, and supported the production through locations support and the financing of
production trainees from the East Midlands. Mum and Dad is the agency's twelfth feature
and having supported Steve Sheil's development through investment in his short films EM
Media is delighted to be co-financing his first feature.

Completed projects will be broadcast on the BBC and have the opportunity to showcase at
the annual London UK Film Focus sales event as well as at major international markets.

The next round of applications for Microwave is now open and closes on Friday 29
June, full details and an application pack can be found at
www.filmlondon.org.uk/microwave.
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              For further information please contact Freud Communications
                 Sasha Gibson 020 7291 6338 sasha.gibson@freud.com
                  Carys Lewis 020 7291 6432 carys.lewis@freud.com




Notes to editors:
In-kind sponsors of the Microwave scheme include Ascent Media, AFM Lighting, 3 Mills
Studios, Ealing Studios, Marsh, Fuji, Midnite Express, Accor Hotels, DTS, Chantrey
Vellacott and Olswang.

Film London is the capital's film and media agency. Film London sustains, promotes and
develops London as a major international film-making and film cultural capital. This
includes all the screen industries based in London ­ film, television, video, commercials
and new interactive media. Film London is supported by the UK Film Council and the
London Development Agency. Film London also receives significant support from Arts
Council England London, the European Regional Development Fund, the Mayor of London
and Skillset. www.filmlondon.org.uk

Film London's activities include:
      · Investment in new and established film-makers through a range of low budget
         production schemes, from shorts to features
      · Supporting training and business development activities
      · Developing audiences and access provision across the film and media sector
      · Showcasing of London films and talent
      · Domestic and international tourism initiatives
      · Promoting London on an international stage as an attractive base for film and
         media production
      · Providing comprehensive information on London locations and production
         services, as well as practical advice and support to film-makers shooting in
         London

EM Media is the Regional Screen Agency for England's East Midlands. The agency
invests RIFE Lottery and Treasury Finance in film activity and European Regional
Development Funds (ERDF) in the development, production, distribution, exhibition,
prototyping and publishing of Film (long and short form), Television (corporate broadcast,
internet TV), Games (for consoles, hand held, mobile phone) and Interactive (internet,
mobile phone and TV software).

EM Media has co-financed 12 feature films with ERDF finance. EM Media's current and
forthcoming releases are: Better Things, Mascot Pictures 2006, And When Did You Last
See Your Father? Number 9 Films 2006, Magicians, Intermedia Films 2006, Control,
NorthSee 2006, This is England, Warp Films 2005. Other feature investments include
Brothers of the Head, Potboiler Productions 2005, A Cock and Bull Story, Revolution Films
2005, Dead Man's Shoes, Warp Films 2004, One For the Road, One for the Road
Productions, 2003, Once Upon a Time in the Midlands, Slate Films, 2003 and Anita and
Me, Starfield Productions, 2002.
EM Media is a partner in Warp X, the pioneering digital film studio established to revitalise
low-budget British film-making, an initiative of UK Film Council, Film4, Screen Yorkshire,
Optimum Releasing and EM Media.

EM Media's Location Services has encouraged and assisted a range of productions to use
the East Midlands for locations and filming, including Atonement (Working Title Films), The
Da Vinci Code (Imagine Entertainment), The Other Boleyn Girl (BBC Films), The Golden
Compass (New Line Cinema), Pride & Prejudice (Working Title Films).
www.em-media.org.uk.