2. Warp Pictures is an independent film production company
based in Sheffield & London, UK, with a further affiliated
company Warp Films Australia based in Melbourne, Australia.
Warp Films was established by Warp Records founding
partners Rob Mitchell and Steve Beckett. It was initially
created with financial support from NESTA and had a remit to
produce a number of short films. After the death of Rob
Mitchell in 2001, Beckett decided to continue with Warp Films
and enlisted the expertise of Sheffield friend Mark Herbert
(who had just produced the critically acclaimed first series of
Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights for Channel 4) to run the company.
Warp Films breakout success came with Shane Meadows’ This
is England, the story of Shaun, a boy who is adopted by a local
skinhead gang after his father is killed in the Falklands war.
Since its release in early 2007 it has gained many awards
including the Best Film at the British Independent Films
Awards, the Special Jury Prize at the Rome Film Festival and
Best British Film at the BAFTAs.
4. One Example of a Warp Pictures film is This
is England
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He
comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a
fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on
experiences of director Shane Meadows.
Its release date was 27 April 2007
Budget was estimated £1,500,000
Opening weekend it made around $18,430 in the USA
Gross in the USA was $327,919
Production companies
• Warp Films
• Big Arty Productions
• EM Media
• Film4
• Optimum Releasing
• Screen Yorkshire
• UK Film Council
5. Film Distributors
• A-Film Distribution
• Arthaus
• IFC Films
• IFC First Take
• King Record Co.
• Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K.
• NonStop Entertainment
• Optimum Releasing
• A-Film Home Entertainment
• Ascot Elite Home Entertainment
• Canal Film
• Madman Entertainment
• Netflix
• Officine UBU
• Red Envelope Entertainment
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution
