Film and Music Entertainment Ltd was formed by Mike Downey and Sam Taylor in January 2000 with the aim of financing and producing feature films. Stephen Daldry (two times Oscar nominated, director of Billy Elliott and The Hours) acts as Chairman of our advisory board and as executive producer on several F&ME projects.

In our first six years, the F&ME catalogue numbers 25 feature film productions. In 2001, we completed Josephine starring Maria Schrader and Giancarlo Esposito, and Christos Georgiou's Greek language Under the Stars - winner of the Best Debut Director prize at the Montreal World Film Festival.

Falcons by Oscar-nominated director Fridrik Thor Fridriksson premiered at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival and was released by Tartan Films in the UK in September '04.

Deathwatch, starring Jamie Bell, was released by Pathé in the UK in December '02 and has made US$5 million at the box office to date. Lion's Gate distribute in the US.

Srdjan Karanovic's Loving Glances was shot on location in Belgrade and was selected for competition in Venice '03, Toronto '03 and has sold well around the world.

Strings directed by Anders Ronnow Klarlund, which premiered in Venice 2004, and has since enjoyed a successful UK release and enjoyed commendable success at the European box office.

Fridrik Thor Fridriksson's Niceland and Peter Timm's My Brother Is A Dog have premiered on the international festival circuit, the former in Karlovy Vary and Toronto with the latter opening the Hamburg Film Festival. Both achieved success in their home territories and have played well in Europe and selected foreign markets.

Guy X directed by Saul Metzstein was shot in Iceland and Canada in 2004. It had theatrical release via Tartan Films in the UK in October 2005 and is now available on DVD. At Taormina Film Fest 2005, Guy X won Best Film, Best Director and with Best Actor in a Leading role going to Jason Biggs.

Shadow of the Sword (directed by Simon Aeby), Call of the Toad (directed by Robert Glinski and based on the novel by Gunter Grass) and Murk (directed by Jannik Johansen) were all completed in 2005.

Recently completed are Eleven Men Out by Robert Douglas and Border Post (Karaula) by Rajko Grlic and Miguel Alcantud's The Great Silence (Anastezsi).

On the slate this year, F&ME has a wide range of projects, a few include James' Ellroy's Killer on the Road, FAKE! by Michael Kalesniko, White Lightnin' by Dominic Murphy, Mystery of the Wolf by Raimo O Niemi, Bathroy by Juraj Jakubisko, Dos by Guillermo Groizard, Dark Side of the Earth Damjan Kozole by, Astropia by Gunnar B. Guðmundsson, 12 Noon by John Pepper and Quest for a Heart by Pekka Lehtosaari. Further details on these and our further projects can be seen in the production section of our website.