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One of the more physically demanding UK productions on this year’s Raindance slate, Row is set to make its World Premiere at the 33rd Raindance Film Festival later this month. The oceanic survival thriller from director Matt Losasso has secured four award nominations ahead of its screening on 21 June, including Best UK Feature and Best Director of a UK Feature.

Shot largely on location in the far north of Scotland, Row tells the story of a woman who washes up on a remote beach, seemingly the only survivor of a failed trans-Atlantic rowing expedition. Her discovery, alone and bloodied aboard a vessel with no sign of her crewmates, sets off a tense psychological and physical reckoning as she grapples with trauma-induced memory loss and the looming threat of suspicion. With the fate of her companions unknown and police closing in, she is forced to reconstruct her shattered recollections to clear her name.

Kaleidoscope Film Distribution (Kfd) has acquired worldwide sales rights to psychological survivalist thriller Row, which it will launch at next week’s American Film Market.

Kfd retains UK-Ireland distribution rights on the film, and is scheduling a 2025 release.

Inspired by real-life expeditions, the film follows a failed transatlantic world record attempt that sees a woman washed ashore on a rowing boat, who must piece together her memories to prove her innocence regarding her missing crew.

Filmed in Caithness, Scotland, Row is the feature debut of UK-based director Matthew Losasso, who wrote the film alongside Nick Skaugen. Outlander star Sophie Skelton,...

Cosmic Cat will distribute the live theatrical performance across UK cinemas.

Scottish actors Lorn Macdonald and Henry Pettigrew are to star in director Hope Dickson Leach’s adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Victorian gothic novella, The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde.

The tale will relocate from London to Edinburgh, with Beats actor Macdonald and star of BBC series Guilt Pettigrew taking on the roles of Utterson and Dr Jekyll, supported by a cast including Tam Dean Burn, Caroline Deyga, Lois Hagerty, David Hayman, Scott Miller, Alison Peebles, Peter Singh and Ali Watts. It is written by Dickson Leach and Vlad Butucea.

Stars: Laia Costa, Josh O’Connor, Natalie Arle-Toyne, Isabelle Barth, Tam Dean Burn, Daniel Campbell, Gregor Firth, Robbie Hutton, Robin Laing, Orion Lee, Stuart Martin, James McElvar, Lisa McGrillis | Written and Directed by Harry Wootliff

Only You, directed by Harry Wootliff, stars Laia Costa as Elena and Josh O’Connor as Jake. A pair that meet in unexpected circumstances on New Year’s Eve in the back of a taxi. A chance meeting that forms a romantic relationship that skyrockets with high intensity in a ten-year age gap and insecurities of newfound love. Complications arise when the new-formed couple starts to try for a family early on in the romantic infancy and animosity begins to brew.

The intensity and performances in Harry Wootliff’s film are astounding. Laia Costa puts forward a performance nothing short of magical on-screen. A phenomenal accomplishment in an equally remarkable feature that dives deep into the testaments of love.

"So what's the deal with the two love birds in the back?" Amber Content has debuted a trailer for a film called Moon Dogs, which won Best International First Feature at Galway Film Fleadh 2016. No, this isn't an animated movie about dogs who go to the moon. Moon Dogs is about two teenage step-brothers, Michael and Thor, who take a road trip from Shetland to Glasgow for very different reasons. They're joined by an aspiring Irish singer named Caitlin, and if you can't already guess, things get heated when both boys fall for her. Jack Parry-Jones and Christy O’Donnell star, along with Tara Lee, Chris Donald, Tam Dean Burn, Tanya Franks, Geoffrey Newland, and Shauna Macdonald. This looks like a very odd, spunky, entertaining little coming-of-age film, which was nominated for a BAFTA Scotland last year. Check this out. Here's the official UK trailer (+ poster) for Philip John's Moon Dogs,...

Coming-of-age film marks feature debut of Downton Abbey director Philip John.

Principal photography has begun on Moon Dogs, a UK-Irish co-production that will film throughout Scotland over the summer.

Up Helly Aa Films and Ripple World Pictures produce the coming-of-age feature, which follows two teenage stepbrothers - Michael (Jack Parry Jones) and Thor (Christy O’Donnell) - on a road trip from Shetland to Glasgow, and the enigmatic Caitlin (Tara Lee) who comes between them.

Directed by Philip John (Being Human, Downton Abbey), the film was written by Scottish writing duo Raymond Friel and Derek Boyle (The Calcium Kid).

The soundtrack will be composed by Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Moon Dogs marks the first feature for theatrical release from Scottish-based Welsh producer Kathy Speirs, and is a co-production with Irish production company Ripple World Pictures.

Ken Marshall (Song for Marion, Filth), is executive producer with co-producers Suzanne Reid (What We Did On Our Holiday), [link...