Warp Pictures

By Lucy Brownnutt

http://warp.net/films

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.

Some of warp’s films.

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

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