script submission

Chicken Soup

Jiao leaves her life in China to live in London. As nostalgia sets in, she seeks solace in a small noodle bar. An unexpected romance develops between her and Ho, the waiter... more

New Dawn Fades

Set in the East End of London, this gritty emotionally charged tale intricately links the lives of a young Bengali girl, Shaz, and her heroin addict brother, J. Shaz's world is torn apart when J is exiled from the family home...more

Interaction

Tom has a new girl in his life. If only she knew he existed. Day and night he sits alone, hypnotised by her web-cam....more

NEWS

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2012 FESTIVAL de CANNES

The Livestock Team will be attending the Cannes Film Festival between Fri 18th to Wed 23rd May. Please get in touch for a meeting.

THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS
Written & directed by Lech Majewski, UK/Italy, 2004, 105 minutes

Working from his own novel Metaphysics, writer-director Lech Majewski (Glass Lips, Gospel According to Harry) crafts magic in The Garden of Earthly Delights intimate passion plays, which are filled with loving detail (Village Voice) and creates a luminous, highly erotic treatise on art, love and death (Chicago Reader). When London art historian Claudine (Claudine Spiteri) meets engineer Chris (Chris Nightingale), it is love and lust at first sight. But their spiritual and erotic connection is threatened by a devastating and deadly illness. Her remaining days on earth numbered, Claudine chooses to fan the flames of her obsession with Hieronymus Bosch by taking her lover on a trip to Venice, where the artist s work becomes the background for their physical passion and emotional discovery. Like Dante s Beatrice, Claudine becomes Chris guide into a labyrinth of sensuality, love, death, regret and redemption.

Grand Prix 2004 Rome International Film Festival
"Stunning visuals and a sizzling performance by Claudine Spiteri: You're going to love this film and run out to see everything Majewski has directed."
V.A. Musetto New York Post

The Garden of Earthly Delights is among the most powerful films made in years.
Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post, 10 August 2007

There is magic in The Garden of Earthly Delights' intimate passion plays, which are filled with loving detail and are mounted without a hint of pretension. Each moment becomes achingly gorgeous, not least because of Claudine Spiteri's disarmingly straightforward performance. The movie's philosophy is lucid and humane: Life is precious because it is short.
R. Emmet Sweeney The Village Voice, 13 June 2006


"Abiding intelligence!"
Time Out, London, 2007

"This film puts to shame most other love stories in its honesty. Within a very philosophical framework, Majewski manages to tell an astonishingly human story. The staggering weirdness of being human - frail, material, dependent, and filled with ideas and aspirations that transcend everything - is the most surreal of all visions, and Majewski captures it. 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' is among the most powerful films made in years."
Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post

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Everything

Richard Hawkins directorial debut (writer of Theory of Flight) starring Ray Winston.

Synopsis

When Richard visits a London prostitute called Naomi 9 times over 9 consecutive days, without once soliciting a single sexual favour, something is awry. Richard doesn't want sex from Naomi - but he does want something...

BAFTA NOMINATED: THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film, Richard Hawkins (Director)

PROJECT IN PRODUCTION

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The Kitchen Games
Written by Chris Brown, Eric Yarber & Sultan Ahmed

All is not well in love and war as a feud between the everyday utensils and the best silver comes to a head in a tale of cutlery from opposite sides of the table... competing to deliver food from the plate to the mouth!

Synopsis

DALE, an abandoned butter knife, is stranded in a kitchen divided between snooty silverware and everyday cutlery like himself. When he falls in love with the elegant PRINCESS LUCINDA, DALE becomes a target of evil SIR BARTON as well as the everyday cutlery. BARTON uses this mismatched romance as a pretext to hold THE KITCHEN DOMINATION GAMES to rid the kitchen not only of the everyday cutlery but all of the stray cutlery in the kitchen. So while the metal utensils try to settle their differences
on the playing field and DALE tries to get the girl, the disposable cutlery put their army together in what can only be described as KITCHEN ARMAGEDDON!

...and its left to the SUGAR CUBES to clean up the mess.

Director:             Alexander Williams
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Alex has over 20 year experience in the animation industry. Career highlights include WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT, THE LION KING, THE IRON GIANT, HARRY POTTER and CHRONICLES OF NARNIA. Alex is also the creator of the Queens Counsel comic strip, a satire on law and lawyers, which has appeared in the law pages of The Times since 1993, under the pseudonym Steuart and Francis. A number of collections of the cartoons have been published, by Robson Books and Harper Collins.

Producer:             Bob Thompson
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As a Producer Bob combines commercial, technical and creative experience. A veteran of the BBC and LEGO he is best known as the co-creator of LEGO BIONICLE, and for reinventing Character and Story IP for LEGO. He believes in efficient, well planned production processes combined with in-depth development as the critical tools for delivering good stories, well told, in any media. His clients and commercial partners have included LEGO, Miramax, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Aramid Entertainment, Games Workshop, Galleon Entertainment, BBC Worldwide, Create Media Ventures, Parthenon and many others. Bob also produced four feature length CGI animations, most recently Ultramarines with John Hurt and Terrance Stamp.

Writer:               Chris Brown
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Chris is one of the original writers of the highly popular TV series FRIENDS. His first produced script “The One Where Rachel Finds Out” was the season finale and voted a Top Ten FRIENDS episode by US Magazine. After three years Chris went on to SOUTH PARK, writing one episode dealing with the cutting edge environmental issue of ozone depletion by cow emissions. Heady stuff. This was followed by writing on UPN’S SHASTA MCNASTY and MTV’S 2GETHER. He also developed animation programming for Disney Animation, Kids WB, Fox Family, Lionsgate, Nickelodeon, and VH1. His credits include KEENAN AND KEL, WHAT’S NEW, SCOOBY DOO?, ROBOT BOY, LOONATICS, PRINCESS PROTECTION PROGRAM, HARMON CHRONICLES, APOLLO’S PAD, MIKISOQ, GRANDPA DANGER, JUMPING GREEN THINGS.

NEW PROJECT

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Haven*
Written by Leigh Dovey

Logline: Sometimes the brightest light comes from the darkest place

Director:              Chris Nahon
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First the bombs came. Then almost everything died.

Now the last few survivors, contaminated by radiation, embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary in the last remaining city. But those hiding behind the city’s walls fear the outsiders and the contamination they bring.

Their answer is The Horsemen, a group of hardened killers dedicated to protecting the city by indiscriminately killing everything in their path.

When 15 year old Lamb’s entire family is massacred by the Horsemen, she learns a shocking truth: The world is finally healing. Now Lamb must find the courage to make the treacherous journey to the last city to end the killings.

But the road to the last city is paved with danger: murdering thieves, scavengers and crazed cults all stand between Lamb and her goal. If Lamb is to have any chance of surviving this journey, she’s going to have to grow up very fast.

And when the Horsemen realise a contaminated girl has survived their cull and is heading towards the city, they will stop at nothing to finish the job.

*A Livestock Entertainment & Tag Along Films Production

Scars & Stripes
Written by Tim Lucas, Eric Yarber & Ernest Dickerson

A group of teenagers race to uncover the dark secrets of an ominous military academy as a sinister spectre claims them one by one.

Logline: Scars harden the skin

Director:              Ernest R. Dickerson
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What if everything we have been told about how our world works is a lie?

What if our government, our economy and our military exists, not to serve us, but something else.

Something not human.

The average person does not trust government and believes it has hidden agendas that do not include us.

Incredible amounts of money and resources are expended on things that are against our interests.

For the past 60 years, our youth have been sacrificed in wars, fought for reasons that are never explained. And so much of the American Economy profits greatly from these wars.
It appears that what Dwight Eisenhower warned us against has come to pass: We are controlled by The Military- Industrial Complex and many of our children are being raised as Cannon Fodder.

Food for the Military Machine.

These are the fears at the heart of the horror of SCARS & STRIPES. Some may want to look at this film as an allegory about how war eats our young. And that is valid.

But then, so is the idea of joining a gang: an elite Warrior Brotherhood, with vague hopes of salvation. Then, suddenly, finding out that gang wants your life, your body, your very soul!!!!

To be sacrificed on the altar of a Pagan God called WAR!

A DEMON-MONSTER GOD that physically exists! And is HUNGRY!!!!!

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

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A Fine Line*
By Ben Gooder & Philip Greenacre

Winner of The Screen International Oscar More screenwriting prize

Dramatization of the rise and fall of the notorius art forger, Eric Hebborn

Synopsis

Inspired by the true story of the world’s greatest art forger. Ex-borstal boy and Royal Academy artist, Eric Hebborn, is talented, charming and ingenious. With his brilliant fakes he mocks the art establishment as he turns dishonesty into an art form. But the sport grows into an obsession and, in his struggle to re-discover ‘truth’, Eric crosses the line of his own immoral code to betray his friend and mentor, Anthony Blunt. When he eventually meets a victim who won’t take his attacks lying down, Eric finds himself forming an unexpected bond - but he’s in too deep and finds himself forced back into faking with fatal consequences.

*A LiveStock Entertainment & Tricky Film Productions co-production.

Zip
By Ray Shell

Feral youths running amok on city streets… it’s a nightmare scenario every Western city fears.

Logline: live by the sword, die by the sword

Beken Pike
By Ben Rostul

A scientist and a felon unexpectedly collide on route to Beken Pike and discover they share a dark secret that will dramatically change the course of their future.

A father will kill to protect his child; a mother will give her life

Bengalis in Platforms
By Sultan Ahmed

A young Bengali youth comes to London to start a new life at the height of the far right National Front uprising

Logline: the only sin in life is going against your own integrity

The Sleeping King
By Ben Rostul

During a time of great civil unrest, Merlin prophesised the coming of the Sleeping King who would awake and unite the people of Britain; Shakespeare called him the magician , the landless poor called him their saviour.

Owen Glendower’s revolt was the last inspiring and despairing attempt to save a world lost forever… even from the dreams of men.

By the time his courageous and bloody revolt was over he was a legend.

He never surrendered
He was never betrayed
His grave was never found
Some say he is only sleeping