UK feature film director
Shooting has wrapped on the 2021 Raindance Film Festival trailer. Simon returned again as the director of the commercial which will help drive interest in the world renowed festival. The shooting took place at the Soho Theatre in London’s west end. It features a story about a debut film director previewing her movie in a film festival for the first time.
Simon has signed on for a new feature film project. Entitled “Can you hear me?” the movie will shoot in the UK (mainly Shropshire) from March next year. Simon recently completed a location scout for the movie. The film will be lensed by August Jakobsson who shot EDIE for Simon with a screenplay by Charlotte Radford.
The movie is a ghostly love story set during the horrors of World War One.
The first screening of Edie in Germany will be in Essen on March 21st. Simon will intro the movie and do a Q and A. Tickets are available now at the world famous Lichtburg cinema in Essen. Ticket are on sale now HERE
Simon attuned a German exhibitor screening of Edie in Berlin in February and the cinema where the cinema chains loved the movie. This follows on from a successful theatrical cinema run in the Netherlands. The movie is being released in Germany by WeltKino.
EDIE has been winning festival awards across the world over the last few months. The films acolades include, audience awards in Hell Half Mile festival in Bay City Michigan and the special jury award at the Nordic Adventure film festival in Copenhagen. Simon and everyone who worked on the film are delighted the audience has responded so well to the film. The film was a summer sleeper hit in the UK, Australia and New Zealand and will one in US cinemas in Summer 2019.
Director of EDIE SIMON HUNTER and Producer MARK STOTHERT at the Nordic Adventure film Festival in Copenhagen.
