Update June 2025
HEAVYWEIGHT
HEAVYWEIGHT, having wrapped November 2023, had its world premiere at this years 33rd Raindance Film Festival as the opening film at their gala event in London’s Leicester Square. 'Heavyweight’ follows wildcard boxing contender, ‘Diamond’ Derek Douglas, and his support team led by his coach Adam, ahead of a title fight he doubts he can win. The pressure escalates in real-time, as dirty tricks and revelations are revealed. ‘Heavyweight’ is an intense and visceral experience exploring a side of elite sport rarely seen.
Written and directed by Christopher M. Anthony, the film is lead by Jordan Bolger (Peaky Blinders, The Woman King), Nicholas Pinnock (Top Boy, For Life, The Book Of Clarence), and Osy Ikhile (Black Mirror).& Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter series, Death of Stalin) Additional cast include Rob Malone (Vikings), Barry Aird (Fortitude, Top Boy), Joplin Sibtain (Andor) Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica, Marcella), Sienna Guillory (Resident Evil, The Meg 2) Nabil Elouahabi (Top Boy, The Night Of) and Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners, World on Fire)
‘Heavyweight’ was a co-production with Silver Milk Productions and. Blackwater Pictures and will be in general release late 2025.
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CAN I HELP? - THE FEATURE
CAN I HELP? is an elevated genre film – a sci-fi human drama with a recovery story at its core – based on a highly successful proof of concept short, exploring themes of mental health, fatherhood and our relationship with technology.
The film is set in the near future and centres on a highly successful, creative and overworked architect (Daniel), who is fighting to save himself from severe depression, after the breakup of his family, with the help of his trusty, affable AI (Walter).
The feature-length version – written and to be directed by Rupert Ratcliffe with Nicholas Pinnock returning to play Daniel – broadens out the world and delves into the main characters, the source of the protagonist’s depression and the root cause of his negative behavioural patterns.