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Dreams of a Life; a new Film 4 Feature

ThinkSync has been appointed music supervisor for award winning filmmaker Carol Morley’s new project for Film Four.

Entitled Dreams of a Life, it tells the heartbreaking tale of Joyce Vincent, a woman found dead in her bedsit. Undiscovered for an estimated three years, she was found with the television still on and Christmas presents waiting to be wrapped. Joyce is played by celebrated actor Zawa Ashton, recently picked by Screen International as one of their ‘Stars of Tomorrow’.

The documentary is funded by Film 4, Channel 4, the UK Film Council and the Irish Film Board.

Casting agent is Nina Gold (Nowhere Boy, Hot Fuzz) and editor is Chris Wyatt (‘This Is England’). Composer is Barry Adamson (The Beach, Natural Born Killers). The film will be distributed in UK/Eire via Dogwoof Films (Age Of Stupid, Food Incorporated).

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Sundance channel buys worldwide TV rights to ‘brilliantlove’

We are very pleased to announce that the Sundance channel have picked up brilliantlove for Worldwide TV, screening on its 9 territories including France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, South Korea, Poland, Singapore, Canada and the US.

brilliantlove, music supervised by ThinkSync, has had huge success on the festival circuit, being nominated for a BIFA, and being shown as far away as Buenos Aires. It’s also become the first film ever to be voted back to Newcastle’s Tyneside Cinema by the public (beating films such as ‘Back to the Future’, ‘The King’s Speech’ and many more…)

Distributed by IFC and Soda Pictures, it is set for DVD release on the 17th May.

View the trailer here

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Tom Marshall – Happy Clapper

ThinkSync has recently been working with short film maker Tom Marshall on his latest project ‘Happy Clapper’ as Music Supervisor. A previous winner of our ThinkSyncFilms competition, Tom has gone on to win awards such as BBC Three’s Comedy Short Winner 2007, and the New Film Maker Award at Bristol’s Encounters Short Film Festival with his film ‘Big Boy 74′.

His current project tells the story of Marshy, a criminal living in a caravan, who encounters a Christian woman wanting him to follow in his father’s religious footsteps. It stars Joe Dempsie (Skins) and Felicity Montagu (I’m Alan Partridge; Bridget Jones’ Diary). The film is supported by Northern Film & Media and the UK Film Council.