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UK & International Indie Films Hitting Cinemas, DVD & Digital During August 2019.

Here's a look at some of the British and international indie films being released during August 2019, in Cinemas, on Disc & Digital. If we have missed any titles that you would like included, then please let us know by email contacts@britflicks.com You can help BritFlicks & indie film by subscribing to the Britflicks YouTube Channels, BritFlicks for film trailers and BritFlicksExtra for behind the scenes....

Trailer Drops For Abe Forsythe’s ZomCom LITTLE MONSTERS Starring Lupita Nyong'o & Josh Gad.

On 15 November 2019, Lupita Nyong’o, fresh from the success of Jordan Peele’s Us, returns to the screens in another brilliantly inventive and fantastically entertaining horror comedy, LITTLE MONSTERS - but this time with laughs and musical numbers! Also starring Josh Gad (Olaf from Frozen) and Alexander England (Alien: Covenant), this is the funniest zombie horror since Shaun of the Dead, bolstered by a knowing self-awareness and an uproarious script....

Tom Paton Talks About His SciFi, Horror, STAIRS, Ahead Of Its Arrow Video FrightFest World Premiere.

BritFlicks Podcast host Stuart Wright talks with Tom Paton, writer/director of action, horror, sci-fi STAIRS.  www.frightfest.co.uk/2019films/stairs...

MUTANT BLAST Director Fernando Alle, Talks About His Troma Comedy Horror Ahead Of Arrow Video FrightFest UK Premiere.

BritFlicks Podcast host Stuart Wright talks with MUTANT BLAST writer/director Fernando Alle.www.frightfest.co.uk/2019films/mutant-blast...

FrightFest – A Film Festival’s Sense Of Community Is All.

Here’s a salutary lesson for all frustrated filmmakers out there. In addition, there are implicit words of advice to anyone wanting to start their own film festival. During Frightest 2017 Paddy Murphy, writer/director of THE PERISHED, was bending Joe Lynch’s ear at the festival’s late night haunt of choice - The Phoenix Bar - about packing filmmaking in. His first feature film – THE THREE DON’TS hadn’t made the splash he imagined it would, what was the&...

Toby Poser & John Adams Talk About Their Horror THE DEEPER YOU DIG, Ahead Of Arrow Video FrightFest Premiere.

BritFlicks Podcast host Stuart Wright talks THE DEEPER YOU DIG with the Co-writers/Co-directors/Co-stars Toby Poser and John Adams. www.frightfest.co.uk/2019films/the-deeper-you-dig www.wonderwheelproductions.com ...

CUPSOGUE PICTURES Announce Gene Fallaize’s BENEATH Starring Lydia Hearst To Commence Production Late 2019.

CUPSOGUE PICTURES is pleased to announce Gene Fallaize’s latest film BENEATH, which stars Lydia Hearst and is co-produced by Lydia Hearst and Adam Southwick. Production is scheduled to take place in late 2019, with the movie set to be released in late 2020. BENEATH is a Sci-Fi Thriller that follows Emily Weaver (Hearst) – an independent and headstrong salvage hunter – on board a single-person submersible searching for the wreckage of missing airline East675.  As a determined Weaver di...

Horror Channel Celebrates FrightFest 2019 With Thirteen Nights Of Horror Double Bills.

To celebrate FrightFest 2019, taking place in London during the August Bank Holiday, Horror Channel is dedicating thirteen nights to past festival hits. Amongst the twenty-six fearsome favourites, the channel will kick off the season with the UK TV premiere of Howard J. Ford & Jonathan Ford’s India-based zombie road movie THE DEAD 2, the follow-up to their hugely popular African zombie adventure THE DEAD. There is also a UK TV premiere for Jonathan Ford’s OFFENSIVE. Produced b...

Jamie Noel Talks About His Trending Zero Budget Movie LIE LOW

BritFlicks Podcast host Stuart Wright talks with writer/director Jame Noel about his debut feature LIE LOW. Shot on a budget of just £15,000, LIE LOW has clocked up more than 2,000,000 minutes of views on Amazon Prime Video in its first 3 months. ...

RAPID RESPONSE A Documentary About How Medical Safety Revolutionised Motorsports Released In UK Cinemas 6th September 2019.

A Mile Away Productions / Miracle have announced the release of RAPID RESPONSE, a fascinating documentary about the pioneering of safety and medical standards in motorsports, in UK Cinemas from 6th September 2019. ...

Rupert Jones’ Psychological Thriller KALEIDOSCOPE To Be Released On Digital & DVD.

After gathering critical acclaim on its theatrical release, one of Britain’s greatest actors of today Toby Jones leads in KALEIDOSCOPE, a bleak, nightmarish psychological thriller written and directed by brother Rupert Jones in his feature film debut. This intense thriller ‘adds a decidedly 21st century bent to Hitchcockian suspense’ (Spectrum Culture) and is set to arrive on UK digital platforms on 12 August 2019, followed by its DVD release on 23 September 2019. The cast includes Sinead ...

DB Morgan's Debut Feature FAITH Green Lit To Commence Production In February 2020.

Writer/director, DB Morgan has announced his debut feature film FAITH, is now fully funded and green lit to commence production in and around Colchester in February 2020. DB describes Faith as a micro budget disaster movie akin to Titanic. Except this ocean liner is a car and the iceberg is a tree! ...

THE PERISHED: Paddy Murphy Talks About His Horror Ahead of Arrow Video Frightfest World Premiere.

BritFlicks Podcast host Stuart Wright talks THE PERISHED with the writer/director Paddy Murphy. ...

Classic Hardcore Revenge Movie OLDBOY Remastered & Back In Cinemas 2nd August 2019.

It’s time to experience extreme vengeance as Park Chan-wook’s sensationally violent masterpiece OLDBOY, releases again on the big screen with a newly mastered 4K restoration, on the 2nd August, courtesy of Arrow Films. OLDBOY will also be available on 4K Digital Download from 26th August 2019, courtesy of Arrow Video....

GRAHAM HUGHES Talks About His Horror Mockumentary DEATH OF A VLOGGER Ahead Of Arrow Video FrightFest World Premiere.

BritFlicks Podcast host Stuart Wright talks with writer/director/actor Graham Hughes about his horror mockumentary DEATH OF A VLOGGER ahead of its Arrow Video Frightfest World Premiere. ...

Stewart Sparke’s Award Winning Comedy Horror BOOK OF MONSTERS Arrives On Digital Platforms.

Dark Rift Films and Blue Finch Film Releasing have released award winning, horror and FrightFest favorite BOOK OF MONSTERS in the UK and Ireland.  Full of practical effects driven monsters and intense, gory action, BOOK OF MONSTERS is a dark horror comedy in the vein of 'The Evil Dead II' and 'Shaun of the Dead'. ...

THE SOLUTION: Alex Kayode-Kay's Comedy Detective Drama To Launch On ‘Fully Focused TV’ 25th July 2019.

Newcomer Alex-Kayode Kay joins a new breed of British content creators who are writing, directing, producing and starring in their independent films and webisodes. Having been given a warm welcome into the industry earlier this year with a nomination at the prestigious Edinburgh TV Festival's New Voice Test Card Pilot Award, (previous winners include Sebastian Thiel (creator of BBC 3’s Just A Couple) and Michaela Cole (creator of Channel 4’s Chewing Gum) THE SOLUTION is a detective comedy dr...

ABIGAIL BLACKMORE Talks About Her Horror TALES FROM THE LODGE Ahead Of Arrow Video FrightFest Premiere.

BritFlicks Podcast host Stuart Wright talks with writer/director Abigail Blackmore about her comedy, horror TALES FROM THE LODGE ahead of its Arrow Video Frightfest European Premiere.Tickets ...

Ray Winstone, Boxing Stars & Filmmakers To Converge On London’s East End For BOX SET - The UK’s First Boxing Film Festival.

No sport has created more impact on the big screen than boxing, from Raging Bull to Rocky; these films are iconic pieces of cinema that everyone should see.  The depiction of the ‘sweet science’ transcends the sport, to articulate stories of poverty, adversity and struggle – all set within the microcosm of the square circle. BOX SET - the boxing film festival - will be a two day celebration of the art of the boxing film, with some of the sport’s biggest stars joining actors, directo...

Trailer Drops For Juliane Block's 3 LIVES Featuring Rising Star Mhairi Calvey.

The trailer has been released for Juliane Block's (8 Remains) latest film 3 LIVES starring Mhairi Calvey (Robert the Bruce), Anatole Taubman, Victor Alfieri, Tyron Ricketts, Maja-Celine Probst, Martin Kaps, Dharmander Singh, and Pete Riley....

FILM AHOY Launches Streaming Platform Where You Can Watch & Support Indie Films For FREE.

Where do all the multi-award winning independent films go once their festival run has finished? Why isn’t there a FREE streaming platform that benefits the indie filmmaker and the viewer?  We’ll now there is, the world's first subscription free independent film platform, Film Ahoy, has officially been launched. The Film Ahoy platform was created to celebrate excellent films from all genres and cultures. Titles range from Luke Goss's all American action film, INTERVIEW WITH A HITMAN, CIT...

World Premiere Tickets Go On Sale For Daniel O'Reilly's Football Culture Documentary FANATICAL.

Comedy legend Dan O’Reilly aka “Dapper Laughs" takes on a critical challenge to see if he can become the ultimate football fan, even though the top ‘lad’ has never liked football in his life! Could his head be turned by too many balls? Dan is determined to find out why football is such a ‘fan obsessed’ sport and see if he has this latent love for football. But the real questions are, if he doesn’t, can he still a lad? Will this quest end in glory or failure? FANATICAL will be ...

Sarah Daly Talks Horror Anthology FOR WE ARE MANY & 5 Great British Horror Films

BritFlicks Podcast host Stuart Wright talks with Hex Media's Sarah Daly about 5 Great British Horror Films and the latest cinematic offerings from Hex - including an exciting Kickstarter campaign for 'FOR WE ARE MANY', a Lovecraftian Gothic Horror film featuring stars from Hellraiser, The Exorcist and Human Centipede! FOR WE ARE MANY's Kickstarter campaign closes mid August 2019. You will find more details at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lawriebrewster/for-we-are-many-feature-film-l...

Jane Foster Looks At William McGregor's Period Welsh Horror GWEN.

Already a regular director on the brilliantly successful ‘Poldark’ TV series, set in 18th century Cornwall, and the series director on the recent murder mystery, ‘One of Us,’ set in rural Scotland, McGregor clearly loves a sweeping landscape. So, it’s hardly surprising that McGregor chose the beautiful hills of Snowdonia, in rural, rugged 19th century Wales as the setting for GWEN. Also his first theatrical feature, GWEN, plays out against a particularly turbulent and brutal period in ...

Manchester Arena Bombing Documentary Launches Crowdfunding Campaign.

Two years on since the Manchester Arena Bombing, a new documentary currently in production, is hoping for a Cinema release. Described as a positive documentary A MANCHESTER STORY aims to give an insight into the kind and noble actions of people connected to the bombing as well as the city of Manchester uniting together in the aftermath.   Even though the film is still in production, an Indiegogo page has been set up to fund the remainder of filming, as well as obtaining a BBFC rating s...