March 11th, 2020
1.4 asked Amelie Lambert, fresh from the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership, to highlight how filmmaking can open up our awareness with inspiring narratives. The world may be falling apart but it’s also a world of hope. ‘
‘Tam Tam / Outside the Lines’, directed by Greg Hackett, highlights a systemic inequality, the power of community and the public’s voice well. Never underestimate the power of your own voice and actions. A sustainability expert said this “should be turned into a campaign for all the stateless children, and shown in all schools to children who don’t have this problem and who do not realise how valuable their opportunities are”.
Read the article here
February 18th, 2020
To support the release of The Coyle-Larner Brothers’ debut film, ‘Eugene’, made for Arlo Parks, siblings Ben and Ryan Coyle-Larner sat down alongside Arlo for a Q&A with The Fader magazine. The trio chatted about the inspiration, aims, creative process, and the collaboration involved in making the video.
Read the interview with The Coyle-Larner Brothers and Arlo Parks here
February 11th, 2020
We are delighted to announce the signing of The Coyle-Larner Brothers, siblings Ben and Ryan, with their directorial debut ‘Eugene’ for Arlo Parks.
Ben (Loyle Carner) is predominantly known for his critically acclaimed work as a musician. His involvement in his own music videos formed a natural path to directing. Originating his videos’ concepts, storyboarding ideas and collaborating throughout has produced numerous award-winning films. This multi-disciplinary approach to creative expression has taken him on a new journey behind the camera.
Making the move to direct now means he can realise his visions fully, working collaboratively alongside a creative partner who he understands inside out, his brother Ryan. Ryan grew up on the sets of Ben’s music videos, even featuring in some, which led to a passion for writing scripts and telling stories through film.
Their debut work for Arlo Parks ‘Eugene’ explores the agony, jealousy and confusion that comes to light when lines between platonic and romantic love blur, and the duo have created a delicate and honest portrayal that perfectly brings to life the tone and lyrics of the track.
Eugene is the latest single from Arlo’s new home, Transgressive Records, and is her first release of the new year following making the BBC Sound of 2020 top 10 list.
Watch ‘Eugene’ here
February 7th, 2020
Trees for Life is an amazing conservation charity working to rewild the Scottish Highlands. Their carbon offsetting service helps to restore and sustain the Caledonian Forest and has the capacity to offset over 50,000 tonnes of CO2. We have kicked off the partnership with planting our first 100 trees of the new year.
This partnership is one element of our initiative to operate with the environment at the forefront of our consciousness and to reduce the environmental impact of our work during productions and beyond.
Click here to find out more about what Trees for Life do
January 24th, 2020
Following winning the ‘Silver Award for Brilliant Filmmaking’ at 1.4 awards, siblings Sophie and Walker Cole sat down with Olivia Atkins at 1.4 to talk about their process; including their upbringing and path into directing together, the dynamics between the two of them, creative development and their plans for the future.
Big thanks to everyone at 1.4.
Read the article here
January 21st, 2020
Walker Cole sits down with 65CPW to talk about life in New York, and what the city means to him, including his earliest memories, unique experiences and stories of family members keeping goats in Chelsea.
Read the full interview here
January 21st, 2020
Big congratulations to Rosco 5 for their Gold win at the Straight 8 Shootout.
The boys represented Spindle in the shootout with their film, For the Record, which follows Gideon’s unusual world record attempt. The shootout rules are simple but fiendishly difficult: in-camera editing on super 8, no post-production, make an original soundtrack without seeing your film, and for shootout every film gets played at the premiere, regardless of how – or whether – it came out. It’s a great event to be involved with and we look forward to the next one!
Find out more about Straight 8 Shootout here
Watch For the Record here
January 10th, 2020
We are delighted to introduce the talents of filmmaker and photographer Marcus Tortorici to the UK and Netherlands, and look forward to working together to build on his US success.
Marcus’ varied and proven talents behind the camera, creating striking output across multi-platforms, was the perfect match for Spindle.
His creative energy and desire to get every last drop of potential out of his work, alongside a strong visual sensibility and burgeoning sense of humour, has earned him television, promo, photography and commercial accolades, as well as features in press such as the LA Times and Huffington Post.
Check out his work here.
November 20th, 2019
We are absolutely delighted to announce that award-winning comedy writers and directors Rosco 5 have joined Spindle.
Rosco 5 are Behnam Taheri and Gideon Beresford. Their lens on the world brilliantly transforms observations of the everyday and mundane into surreal comedy short films and commercials.
They first gained industry attention with ‘Open Wide’, made for Channel 4’s Random Acts. The NSFW comedy short, starring Robin Soans, definitely has a happy ending, where a man doesn’t expect his visit to the dentist to take such a startling, and perhaps satisfying, turn. The film has been receiving wide acclaim across the festival circuit, most recently being awarded Best Dark Comedy Film at the Houston Comedy Film Festival.
Their most recent short film, ‘Insecurity Questions’, stars Kiell Smith-Byone (Channel 4’s Stath Lets Flats) as Spencer, who is trying to get through to his bank, but the updated security questions force him to reflect on some of his biggest flaws. It features a cast of some of comedy’s most exciting new talent and has been widely praised on the festival circuit, most recently picking up a win at one of the world’s most respected short film awards, Discover.Film.
Alongside commercial projects, the duo are also in development with two of their original television series and a Lee Anderson feature script.
Check out their work here.
October 8th, 2019
Big thanks to Shots for their great write up on Aldona Kwiatkowski, and how she is ‘changing the face of automotive advertising’.
In an interview with David Knight, the two discuss Aldona’s career to date; how she has fused automotive commercials with a fashionable flare, and the necessity of the female gaze.
Read the article here
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