Warp Films

Warp films were set in 2002. It was created using English funding and its films have been shown on British Television and have won 3 BAFTAs since 2002.

Its first short film was 'My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117' and was directed by Chris Morris. It won the BAFTA in 2003 and more than one million viewers watched it on its television premiere on Channel 4. There first film sold an amazing 22,000 DVDs. It also was the first DVD single in the UK market.

Warp's debut feature film was 'Dead Man's Shoes'. It was directed by Shane Meadows and received a record eight British Independent Film Award nomination. They included Best Film, Best Director and Best Achievement in Production. It was also nominated for a BAFTA. It also won the Southbank Award for Best Film. The film has received nothing less that rave reviews across the board, and is being hailed by some as a landmark in British cinema.

The next film that was produced by Warp was Rubber Johnny. This was directed by Chris Cunningham and was a experimental short film and 42 page book. This shocked and amazed audience’s across the country. After Rubber Johnny, Warp produced ‘Grow Your Own’, a written by Frank Cottrell Boyce. This tackled the subject of immigration.

In 2006, Warp produced its most famous film. ‘This is England’ was produced by Shane Meadows and showed the issues faced by a boy who lost his dad in the Falklands war and joined the local skin-head gang. It has won numerous international festival awards as well as scooping Best FIlm at the British Independent Film Awards and Best British Film at the BAFTAs. Also, at the same BAFTA event, Warp won best short for 'Dog Altogether' by Paddy Considine.

As well as the movie industry, Warp Films has also worked closely with the Arctic Monkeys. They have produced two music videos for them and created a short film entitled 'Scummy Man' starring Stephen Graham .It won best music video at the 2008 NME awards. Finally, Richard Ayoade directed a feature length live show film with them. This was shot at their final concert of a world tour.