104 Films Explained

104 Films Limited
Industry:	Film production

104 Films Limited^[1] is a film production company founded by director Justin Edgar and producer Alex Usborne in 2004. They specialise in the representation of disabled and disadvantaged talent, both on screen and behind the camera.^{[2] [3]} The first feature film released by 104 Films was 2001's Large. They have since produced various short films. In 2007 they released the feature film Special People. The feature film We Are the Freaks premiered at the 2013 Edinburgh Film Festival,^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} competing for the Michael Powell Award.

In September 2013 the British Film Institute unveiled a £3m annual talent support network, through which they are working with 104 Films to support emerging filmmakers with disabilities.^[8]

104 Films co-produced the acclaimed feature documentary Notes on Blindness on the blind academic and theologian John M. Hull. The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film and won an Emmy in November 2015.^{[9] [10]} They also produced Battlelines, a drama about deaf soldiers in WW1 which was shown at the imperial war museum film festival and won a Royal Television Society Award.^[11]

Currently they are in production on Justin Edgar's fourth feature film The Marker, starring John Hannah and backed by Creative England.^[12]

Productions

Film	Year	Director	Notes	Awards
Large	1997	Justin Edgar	Short film
Dirty Phonecalls	1998	Justin Edgar	Short film	Best Short Film at Birmingham Film Festival 1998^[13]
Large	2001	Justin Edgar	Feature film
Round	2003	Justin Edgar	Short film
Special People	2005	Justin Edgar	Short film
Special People	2007	Justin Edgar	Feature film
Hunger House	2008	Justin Edgar	Short film
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll	2010	Mat Whitecross	Co-producer, 104 Films
NFA – No Fixed Abode	2012	Steve Rainbow	Producers
I am Breathing	2013	Emma Davie, Morag McKinnon	Associate producers; documentary film
We Are the Freaks	2013	Justin Edgar	Feature film
Battle Lines	2014	Julian Peedle Calloo	Television drama
Notes on Blindness	2016	James Middleton and Peter Spinney	Feature film	Emmy
The Marker	2017	Justin Edgar	Feature film

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: 2004-02-06 . 104 Films Limited overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK . 2024-07-18 . . en.
2. Web site: Birmingham Film Company Premiers New Movie at Prestigious Festival . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150606040144/http://www.filmbirmingham.co.uk/news/birmingham-film-company-premiers-new-movie-at-pres/ . 2015-06-06 . 11 July 2013 . Film Birmingham . 12 August 2013.
3. Web site: Shannon . Roger . 5 July 2013 . Birmingham Film Company Premiers New Movie at Prestigious Film Festival . Birmingham Post . 12 August 2013.
4. Web site: Hunter . Allan . We Are The Freaks . 24 June 2013 . 12 August 2013.
5. Web site: Cooper . Sarah . 18 June 2013 . Justin Edgar and Alex Usborne, 104 Films | Features | Screen . Screendaily.com . 12 August 2013.
6. Web site: Lodge . Guy . Justin Edgar's third feature is amusing, appealingly performed and sensibly brief . 12 July 2013 . 13 July 2013 . Variety . 12 August 2013.
7. Web site: We Are The FreaksFilm Archive . Summer, 2013 . Edinburgh International Film Festival . 12 August 2013.
8. Web site: BFI Talent Network . 20 September 2013 . Screen Daily . 25 September 2013.
9. Web site: EMMY AWARD WIN FOR 'NOTES ON BLINDNESS' . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160421214740/http://www.mymanagement.co.uk/blog/emmy-award-win-for-notes-on-blindness-/ . 2016-04-21.
10. Web site: Ide . Wendy . 22 January 2016 . 'Notes on Blindness': Sundance Review . Screen Daily.
11. Web site: Interview with Battle Lines producer Justin Edgar . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160420214628/http://www.bslzone.co.uk/latest/interview-battle-lines-producer-justin-edgar/ . 20 April 2016 . 11 April 2016.
12. Web site: Wiseman . Andreas . 7 January 2016 . Creative England, cast find 'The Marker' . Screen Daily.
13. Web site: Imdb Justin Edgar . .