PanikAttak Productions

Panik Attak Productions Ltd. aim to produce high quality films that can compete on an international level. We're based in Cardiff, South Wales, and we believe in life after love.

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SEPTEMBER 2009: RUNNING PAINS TAKES A SHORT CUT!

AJ's short 'Running Pains' has made the Official Selection for Short Cuts Film Festival 2009! The festival runs from the 20th to the 23rd October and you can find out more about it here.

The film, made through the It's My Shout scheme, has been or will be shown at Showcomotion (Sheffield) 2009, Portobello ‘Carnival of Shorts’ 2009, Portobello Film Festival 2009 and Swansea Bay Film Festival 2010. It is distributed through Play4Film (Italy); Headweb (Sweden); Zzizzl (UK); and RatherShort (Germany).



AUGUST 2009: TOMORROW NEVER DAIS SECURES BROADCAST SLOT!

AJ's first short, 'Tomorrow Never Dais', is runner up in propellor TV's Comedyfest competition and will be screened next month! Check out propellor TV (Sky channel 195) on Monday 14th September at 10pm.



JULY 2009: ANY LEGACY AND RUNNING PAINS SELECTED!

Panik Attak's 'Any Legacy' and AJ's 'Running Pains' will screen at the Swansea Bay Film Festival 2010! Now a firm fixture in the Panik Attak calendar, the festival is a terrific way to meet filmmakers  from the four corners of the globe and view their films. For more info on the festival click here.





JULY 2009: ANY LEGACY PREMIERES!

Paul Jay's second short (after the award-winning Sweet Revenge) will screen at Chapter MovieMaker from 6pm on Monday 6th July. Many thanks to all who helped make this picture happen - comp copies will be available this week.



APRIL 2009: MAGPIE PICTURE TAKES WING

Morning Mister Magpie is gaining momentum! Panik Attak Productions, together with Urban Way Productions and The New Black Productions Ltd. are approaching cast with offers. Over the next few months we hope to have some very exciting news...

In other news, whilst Sonia is in London with Project Base (the NPA's producer development course), 'Any Legacy' is nearing completion. AJ is in the edit suite, with long time collaborators Martyn Standing, Norris Nuvo and Toni Schaefer contributing their sought after talents to complete Paul Jay's second picture. '



APRIL 2009: PORTOBELLO EXPERIENCES 'RUNNING PAINS'!

Any Legacy' will premiere at Chapter MovieMaker in June. Running Pains, AJ's short for ITV1 Wales, received its screening as part of Portobello's 'Carnival of Shorts' in March and will feature as an Official Selection at this year's main Festival in September. Congratulations to all involved!


 


MARCH 2009: RAY PANTHAKI TO STAR IN MORNING MISTER MAGPIE!

We are very pleased to confirm that Ray Panthaki, star of 'The Feral Generation', 'City Rats' and 'Ali G Indahouse', will play the part of Simon in our first feature 'Morning Mister Magpie' (formerly 'Simon Said')! Ray is an exceptional talent and will bring real heart to the role.

MARCH 2009: KENNETH BRANAGH LOVES 'MUMMY'S GIRL'!

 

More great news: Ryan Hooper's 'The Hidden Animals' will be screened at the Bradford International Film Festival! It will also be screened alongside Keri Collins's 'Mummy's Girl' and AJ's 'Running Pains' at Chapter Movie Maker, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff on Monday 2nd March from 6:30pm. This is the World Premiere of 'Mummy's Girl' so, if you're free, please pop along and meet the team!

It's been a very busy start to the new year for Panik Attak Productions. We are currently preparing the feature screenplay 'Death, Inc.' for sale on the international market; 'Simon Said' is well into script development; and we are working on two prime time ITV sitcom treatments with long-standing friends Dave Melkevik and Matt Walters.

 

And... 'Death, Inc.' the short will be the next Panik Attak picture. Principle photography is planned for early May and we already have the rather excellent Mr Alun D. Pughe on board.

 

And 2009 looks set to be a great year! With features coming out from Andrew Jones, Gareth Evans and Tom Betts, plus shorts from James Plumb, John Ninnis, Ryan Hooper, Lee Burgess and our very own 'Mummy's Girl' by the talented Mr Collins, this looks set to be an amazing year!

AJ's 'It's My Shout' short is up for a public vote. Please support your friendly tall short filmmaker here.

Panik Attak's 'The Hidden Animals' has been nominated for the 'Under the Influence' award at the London Short Film Festival! Well done everyone!

More great news! Panik Attak's 'The Hidden Animals' has been selected for the London Short Film Festival! Congratulations Ryan and well done to all our cast and crew!

 

Excellent news! Ryan Hooper’s ‘The Hidden Animals’ was screened on Propellor TV as part of their Halloween season and it will be shown at the Swansea Film Festival and Camerimage!

 

We have also just wrapped on Keri Collins’s ‘Mummy’s Girl’ which we hope to bring you more exciting news on as events unfold. A huge thanks to all those involved in making the short!

 

It is looking likely that the next film to bolt from the Jonestown stable will be Death, Inc...

AJ's film for the It's My Shout youth training scheme, entitled 'Running Pains', will be screened after 'In Deep' on ITV Wales at 11pm on 26th November 2008.

Well! You wait and wait and wait for a short film then three come at once. This country!

 

Post-production is now complete on AJ’s short film ‘Running Pains’. Made through the It’s My Shout training scheme. The film will receive its world premiere at Porthcawl Pavillion on Saturday 25^th October and will be broadcast late November ‘08.

 

Pre-production is also well under way with Keri Collins’s short film, ‘Mummy’s Girl’. Principle photography will commence this Halloween.

 

‘Any Legacy’ is also ready to go into the dub and complete post-production. Paul’s second short film will join ‘Running Pains’ and ‘Mummy’s Girl’ at a selection of top festivals next year.

Our slate of five short films, under the umbrella name ‘Jonestown’, has been confirmed. Heralded by the release of Ryan Hooper’s ‘The Hidden Animals’, we intend to produce Keri Collins’s ‘Mummy’s Girl’ and ‘Movie People’; and AJ’s ‘Morning Mister Magpie’, ‘Death, Inc’ and 'Clinical Waste'.

 

A second slate is planned for the end of 2009.

 

 

 

JUNE 2008: COMING SOON!

 

Thanks to the rather excellent Norris Nuvo we now have a teaser trailer for Morning Mister Magpie…

 

 

 

 

JUNE 2008: PANIK ATTAK GOES LEFT

 

The short films ‘To the Manor… Murdered!’ and ‘Tomorrow Never Dais’ will be distributed by Left Ltd., a London-based digital distribution company. Left Ltd. have a network of buyers looking for content to broadcast on the internet, VOD, DVD and mobiles. They also run MySpace TV Europe's short film channel 'Shorts Space', so if you've got a short you want to get out there find out more here.

 

 

 

MAY 2008 - PANIK AT THE DISCO

Panik Attak will be working with Disco Mbobu to produce three short films. 'Movie People' and 'The Survivors', both written by Panik's AJ, will be produced by Sonia Jones and directed by Disco's Keri Collins. Sonia will also produce Keri's 'Mummy's Girl'.

We aim to have these films fit for festival submission in 2009.

 

MAY 2008 - AJ TO DIRECT FOR 'IT'S MY SHOUT!'

Great news! Panik Attak's AJ will be directing a ten minute short for ITV Wales through their 'It's My Shout!' scheme. A total of seven shorts will be produced through the scheme and will be broadcast on ITV Wales later in the year.

 

APRIL 2008 - PANIK ATTAK FINDS THE HIDDEN ANIMALS

We’ve just finished producing a new short film by Ryan Hooper called ‘The Hidden Animals’ that peers into the seedy underside of city life. Co-produced by NinFilms the short was shot over three days and is intended for festival screening. We’d like to thank all those involved and we will keep you posted!

 

MARCH 2008- WE WON!!!

Thanks to everyone who voted for our viral entries The Big Pitch and The A Bit Bigger Pitch. Special thanks to Sonia, Paul, Garry, Nathan, Alan, Bev, Pauline, Addy, Talib, Ron, Len, Manu, Iain – and everyone else who canvassed for votes and who voted!!!

 

FEBRUARY 2008 - PLEASE VOTE FOR OUR VIRALS!

Please do us a big favour and vote for our viral entries at www.moviemogulfund.com.

All you have to do is vote for The Big Pitch, The A Bit Bigger Pitch and the weird and wonderful films of the wonderfully weird Norris Nuvo.

 

FEBRUARY 2008 - TWO MORE SHORTS IN DEVELOPMENT

We now have two more short films to add to our slate! Morning Mister Magpie, a coming of age comedy, and Clinical Waste, a sci-fi drama, are two projects we hope to put into production sometime in the near future. 

 

DECEMBER 2007 - SIMON SAID ATTRACTS PARTNER!

Panik Attak Productions are pleased to announce we will be working with Calon on our first feature film, Simon Said.  

Calon is a new company formed by the former management of Siriol Productions. Siriol were the producers of the Bafta winning Superted, Hilltop Hospital and the animated Under Milk Wood. They are currently developing a slate of live action and animated feature films.

 

NOVEMBER 2007 - WE WON!!! TWICE!!!

We're chuffed to bits to announce that 'Tomorrow Never Dais' has won the prestigious Welsh Dragon Award at the Newport International Film Festival 2007. This award is granted by the festival to mark the Best Achievement in Film.

And it's with great pride that we congratulate Magnus Hinde for taking home the Best Actor award for his star turn as 'Dai'! Magnus is an awesome talent and we look forward to working with him again in the near future.

 

NOVEMBER 2007 - 'TOMORROW NEVER DAIS' MAKES THE GRADE AT NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2007!

Great news! 'Tomorrow Never Dais' will screen at the inaugural Newport International Film Festival! If you're around please pop into the Meze Lounge, Newport on Sunday 4th November. Our screening is around 5pm but there are films showing from 2pm on, plus live music from The Curse of this Town, Colum Regan and Ryan O'Reilly! Clich here for more!

 

OCTOBER 2007 - 'TO THE MANOR... MURDERED!' SELECTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, ENGLAND 2008!

We've just received confirmation that our short has been selected for the very first International Film Festival, England. Click here to find out more!

 

AUGUST 2007 - SCREENPLAYS SELECTED FOR MOVIE MOGUL FUND!

The feature-length screenplay 'Seventy Thousand Fathoms of Water' and the short screenplay of 'Death, Inc.' are finalists in the Movie Mogul Fund's first competition! Of almost fifty submissions eight shorts and eight features have been selected to be judged by you - the public! Features stand to receive up to £100,000 funding and shorts up to £10,000 - so click here and get involved!

 

JULY 2007 - 'TO THE MANOR... MURDERED!' MAKES THE OFFICIAL SELECTION AT CALGARY FRINGE FILM FESTIVAL 2007!

'To the Manor... Murdered! has been selected to show as part of the prestigious Calgary Fringe Film Festival! Canada is the sixth country to screen our short murder mystery and more details about the event can be found here.

 

JULY 2007 - 'TO THE MANOR... MURDERED!' & 'TOMORROW NEVER DAIS' WILL SCREEN AT PORTOBELLO FILM FESTIVAL!

'To the Manor... Murdered!' will be showing on Thursday 2nd August at the Inn On The Green around 7pm and 'Tomorrow Never Dais' is on the menu from 8pm at the Video Cafe on the 2nd, 3rd, 9th and 10th August. If you're in the area please pop by!

 

JUNE 2007 - 'TOMORROW NEVER DAIS' MAKES THE OFFICIAL SELECTION AT TRIGGERSTREET!

'Tomorrow Never Dais' has made Season Three's Official Selection at Kevin Spacey's TriggerStreet On-Line Film Festival. Previous judges include the likes of Jay Roach, Mike Myers, Liv Tyler, Danny DeVito and Bono! Have a butcher's here.





JUNE 2007 - 'TO THE MANOR... MURDERED!' FEATURED BY UNDERGROUNDFILM.ORG!

'To the Manor... Murdered!' is featured on the homepage of on-line distribution giant Undergroundfilm.org! It's only up this weekend (29th June - 1st July '07) so if you read this in time please swing by and have a look.

 

MAY 2007 - PANIK ATTAK INTERVIEWED AT CANNES BY MOVIEMOGULFUND.COM

Check out our interview here.

 

 

 

MAY 2007 - 'TOMORROW NEVER DAIS' SCREENS ONLINE AT ITV LOCAL!

 

You can now watch 'Tomorrow Never Dais' here.

 

 

 

MAY 2007 - DISTRIBUTION FOR PANIK ATTAK SHORTS!

 

'To the Manor... Murdered!' and 'Tomorrow Never Dais' have secured distribution with IndieFlix, Inc. and Undergroundfilm.org!

 

 

 

MAY 2007 - ANOTHER SCREENING FOR 'TO THE MANOR... MURDERED!'

 

Just got back from Cannes to hear that 'To the Manor... Murdered!' will get its second North American screening at the Audience Choice Film Festival in Indiana! The festival screening is on the 7th August and the film will be judged by members of the audience. 

 

 

 

 

APRIL 2007 - PANIK ATTAK AT THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

 

This year we’ll be topping up our perma-tans in Cannes. We’re there with ‘To the Manor… Murdered!’ and we’re hoping to generate interest for our slate of feature film projects.

 

Oh, and a note to all would-be burglars: our two dogs will be patrolling the grounds whilst we’re away. ‘Tyson’ is trained to pin a man to the floor tooth to neck without breaking the skin. Then it’s over to our Great Dane, ‘Lipstick’, who has mastered some of Iron Mike’s more criminal manoeuvres.

 

See you soon!

 

 

APRIL 2007 - TWO MORE SCREENINGS FOR 'TO THE MANOR... MURDERED!'

Great news! To the Manor... Murdered! will be shown at The Workhouse Festival this year! The Workhouse Festival is an eclectic and upbeat music and arts festival held in Llanfyllin, Mid Wales from 29th June - 1st July 2007.

And 'To the Manor... Murdered!' will be shown on its third continent this year with a screening at the Everglades International Film Festival 2007! Screenings start first thing this September in one of South Africa's most beautiful hotels, The Everglades Resort.

 

MARCH 2007 - 'TO THE MANOR... MURDERED!' NOMINATED FOR AWARD!

We're very pleased to let you know that 'To the Manor... Murdered!' has been nominated for Best Wales Based Production at this year's Swansea Bay Film Festival. A big thanks to everyone who made this possible!

 

FEBRUARY 2007 - 'TO THE MANOR... MURDERED!' FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

We're pleased to announce that our new short film, 'To the Manor... Murdered!', will be screening at the following festivals...

 

JANUARY 2007 - HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year! Our Christmas has seen us beavering away on my second short, 'To the Manor... Murdered!' Progress has been problematic throughout and has hammered home the truism that a plan is just a list of things that don't happen. Still, we've worked our way through it, learnt our lessons and IT'S DONE! It's finally finished and ready to go, so hopefully you'll be able to catch it at a couple of festivals this year.

 

NOVEMBER 2006 - WE WON!!! CARDIFF FILM FESTIVAL 2006

The Film Agency for Wales recently held an pitching event as part of Cardiff Film Festival. The competition was open to all to pitch an original film idea in front of an audience and a prestigious panel of industry brass, including Pauline Burt, Britt Harrison and Will Machin (of Carnaby Films). I won the 'over 25's' event with a pitch for 'Death, Inc.' and met some really cool people, too! The prize money is currently in a high interest savings account, ready for the next production, and I'm about to get cracking on the feature length screenplay.

 

JULY 2006 - WE WON!!! SWANSEA BAY FILM FESTIVAL, 2006

YOUNG FILMMAKER AWARD - PAUL JAMES

BEST FILM (UNDER 20 MINUTES) - TOMORROW NEVER DAIS

Also, the feature film I AD'd on last year...

BEST FILM (UNDER 75 MINUTES) - TEENAGE WASTELAND

Congratulations director Andrew Jones and producer Gavin Dando and thanks to everyone who pitched in to make these projects happen.

 

MAY 2006 - MAKING THE CUT AT SWANSEA FILM FESTIVAL

We got in!!! Thanks to all who voted for either Sweet Revenge or Tomorrow Never Dais! Both films will be screened on Tuesday June 6th as part of the Swansea Film Festival. Even better, we're up for a few awards! Paul is up for Best Young Filmmaker and I'm up for Most Promising Filmmaker, with Tomorrow Never Dais also nominated for Best Film (Under 20 Minutes)! A big THANKS to everyone involved in these productions!

 

MARCH 2006 - PLEASE VOTE FOR OUR FILMS

We need your vote!!! Vote for either Sweet Revenge or Tomorrow Never Dais by clicking here for Sweet Revenge or here for Tomorrow Never Dais. You'll be redirected to the Swansea Film Festival page, where you'll need to click the 'V' next to the film you want to see. This'll bring up a blank e-mail with an address. Click send and you're done.

 

FEBRUARY 2006 - SWANSEA CALLING

Both Sweet Revenge and Tomorrow Never Dais are in the running for playing at Swansea Film Festival! Click here to find out more.

 

NOVEMBER 2005 - MIAMI HERE WE COME!

Our first two short films have been screened at International Film Festivals! Made within a strict budget of £350 each, Tomorrow Never Dais played at the Miami Short Film Festival and both Tomorrow Never Dais and Sweet Revenge played at the Cardiff Screen Festival.

 

NOVEMBER 2005 - "AN OUTSTANDING WORK OF ART"

We've received some excellent feedback from our screenings, with Tomorrow Never Dais being described as "an outstanding work of art" by William Vela, the Director and Founder of the Miami Short Film Festival.

 

OCTOBER 2005 - HERE WE GO

The projects for 2006 have been selected! 'Any Legacy' and 'To The Manor... Murdered' will see the light of day next year. We are currently casting for these productions so, if you'd be interested in playing a part and don't mind working for free, please e-mail us on panikattakproductions@hotmail.com.