“Jonny has opened doors for my work that I didn’t even know how to knock on. “
JEN RANDALL
PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR
PSYCHO VERTICAL, RELEASED INTO UK CINEMAS SPRING 2018,
HOME, RELEASED OCTOBER 2019
We work collaboratively with filmmakers to reach UK audiences.
Since 2018 Tull Stories has worked on the release of almost 30 features in the UK, either as UK distributor, or supporting other organisations.
Tull Stories specialises in documentary, international, outdoor/adventure and independent features, helping bring these productions to their audiences by offering bespoke film distribution and marketing consultancy services on a film-friendly basis.
Working closely with filmmakers on a release is crucial, and our hands-on approach ensures that projects reach the intended destination without diluting their messages.
Please get in touch to discuss your project here.
THE FILMS
Groundswell
Released in the UK
from Friday 16th April 2021
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Activist and filmmaker Johnny Gogan’s Groundswell provides a uniquely personal insight into how Ireland banned the practice of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and how Northern Ireland still faces the prospect. Told through the eyes of grassroots activists in County Leitrim and across the border in Fermanagh, and filmed over ten years, Gogan’s camera follows a community who are opposing the work of the company Tamboran Resources as they begin operations on one side of the border before diverting to the other.
Encapsulating the anger and the alarm of the worldwide an- ti-fracking movement and featuring input from a number of International activists including Hollywood actor Mark Ruffalo and author Sandra Steingraber, Groundswell is an inspirational story of the people on the ground who stand up for their com- munity and our environment.
It will be released in the UK via the Modern Films platform and in cinemas.
Cuck
Released in the UK & Ireland
from Friday 17th April 2020
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US indie
Review-bombed on its US release, director Rob Lambert offers a challenging window into a corner of American society with a sun-drenched LA as backdrop and a pulsing, stylish electronic score from synth duo Room8.
Rob Lambert’s dazzling, pitch-black satire offers an insight into the mind of Ronnie (Zachary Ray Sherman), a lonely twentysomething self-labelled ‘patriot’ in LA.
Ronnie vlogs on the downfall of “real America” and is obsessed by his Alt-Right idol Chance Dalmain, but when he accidentally slips into the underworld of home made porn and becomes emboldened by the online extremist community, his rage and frustration boil over…
Caustically funny, bitterly poignant and destined for cult-classicdom, Cuck is a bold commentary on US society, with a bravura performance at its heart.
Push
Released in the UK & Ireland
on Friday 28th February 2020
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Documentary
Housing prices are skyrocketing in cities around the world. Incomes are not.
PUSH sheds light on a new kind of faceless landlord, our increasingly unliveable cities and an escalating crisis that has an effect on us all. This is not gentrification, it’s a different kind of monster.
The film follows Leilani Farha, the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, as she’s travelling the globe, trying to understand who’s being pushed out of the city and why.
Push is released in the UK with a combined impact campaign generating conversations at a regional level about the film’s subject matter.
Sea Without Shore
Released in the UK & Ireland on Friday 6th March 2020
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Artist Film
Andre Semenza and Fernanda Lippi’s beautiful, ground-breaking dance performance film.
A rhythmically captivating exploration of love and loss at the fin de siecle.
An amorous relationship between two women abruptly cut short.
Dissolving under the impact of the loss of her soulmate, the surviving lover is drawn into the depths of mid-winter forests, into spheres of the subconscious, initiated by unknown forces.
www.seawithoutshore-themovie.com
Climbing Blind
Released in the UK and Ireland
on Friday 20th March 2020
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Outdoor/Adventure
Acclaimed UK adventure filmmaker Al Lee tells the story of an incredible day in the life of blind climber Jesse Dufton.
Jesse was born with 20% central vision. At four years of age he was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa: a rare genetic disease that breaks down the retinas’ cells, and at age 20 he could no longer read. By his 30s Jesse’s vision was reduced to just light perception, with around 1 or 2 % field of view.
As a lifelong climber, he flies in the face of adversity and with his sight guide and fiancée Molly sets out on a fantastic challenge – attempting to be the first blind person to make a ‘non-sight’ lead of the iconic Old Man of Hoy sea stack in Scotland.
Climbing Blind is accompanied by short film The Big Deal (12 mins), an action-packed profile of one of the UK’s strongest female boulderers on rock; Frances Bensley.
http://www.posingproductions.com/climbing-films/ClimbingBlind/ClimbingBlind.html
Shextreme Film Tour
On tour from November 2019
Outdoor/Adventure
To all the wild women who answer the call of adventure: Shextreme is dedicated to you.
The world’s first film festival celebrating women in extreme sports and adventure, Shextreme launches its first UK tour this autumn.
Leading the charge for gender equality in adventure filmmaking, Shextreme’s UK tour takes the best of the 2019 festival out on tour, electrifying audiences with an exciting and inspiring celebration of adventurous, active women.
www.shextreme-film-festival.com
HOME
A film by Jen Randall
Released Friday 18th October 2019
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Outdoor/Adventure
Between 2011 and 2015 UK adventurer Sarah Outen traversed the globe by bike, kayak and rowing boat, travelling over 20,000 miles by human power alone.
But travelling solo, the trip took its toll, and a violent storm on the Pacific took Sarah to the physical and mental brink.
Woven from hundreds of hours of footage, Home intimately and unflinchingly captures Sarah’s journey, telling a story of heart and soul, of real struggle and joy, and one woman’s trek towards true emotional acceptance.
THE RUN
A film by Anupam Sharma
NOW AVAILABLE
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Outdoor/Adventure
Follow Australian ultra-runner and politician Pat Farmer on his 4,647km Spirit Of India run, which took him from the southernmost tip of India to its northern border over two gruelling months. As Pat’s run progresses, and despite the adoring crowds lining his route, the feat is met by apathy from the Australian media.
An affecting and often hilarious tale of triumph over adversity, Anupam Sharma’s camera sticks close to the action and focuses on the drama both on the road and within the support team. The film follows the trials of this likable motley crew, led by the inspirational and dedicated old-school Aussie Pat, who will stop at nothing to achieve his incredible goal…
PRISONERS OF THE MOON
A film by Johnny Gogan
NOW AVAILABLE
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In 1969, Arthur Rudolph had been the much-honoured lynchpin of the first moon landing.
21 years later, he was arrested for war crimes.
50 years after the Apollo 11 mission, Johnny Gogan and Nick Snow’s documentary tells the hidden horror story behind the NASA space programme, and of the only former Nazi to be stripped of his American citizenship and deported.
Weaving archive material and expert interviews with recreated courtroom drama using the transcripts of scientist Arthur Rudolph’s trial we learn about the Germans who led the moon shot, their wartime records, the cover-up that brought them to America, why it took forty years to investigate them, and why none of them were brought to trial….
THE BEST OF SHEFFIELD ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL 2019
TOURING SUMMER – AUTUMN 2019
Outdoor/Adventure
Following submissions from hundreds of filmmakers, Sheffield Adventure Film Festival is going on tour. Our 2019 programme presents 2 hours of the best of the Festival, representing the pinnacle of climbing, running and biking, as well as adventures from the snow and streets and the latest from FREE SOLO’s Alex Honnold and Jimmy Chin.
NERVOUS TRANSLATION
A film by Shireen Seno
NOW AVAILABLE FOR UK BOOKINGS
“Boasting fantastic imagery…an inventive screenplay and a wonderfully nuanced performance from its child star”
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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From acclaimed artist-filmmaker Shireen Seno, the 1980s –set Nervous Translation tells the story of a lonely child trying to understand the changing world and attitudes around her as her country rises from decades of dictatorship. Featuring a captivating performance from young actorJana Agoncillo, Seno’s beautiful, daring and inventive film turns the coming-of-age genre on its head to create a unique and magical child’s-eye view of a society in turmoil.
Winner of the NETPAC award for best Asian film at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2018.
Co-presented with UK film distribution company Day For Night.
CLEFT LIP
A film by Erik Knudsen
NOW AVAILABLE FOR UK BOOKINGS
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Set in a contemporary Britain not far removed from our own, filmmaker Erik Knudsen adapts Sophocles’ classic Oedipus Rex, weaving into it modern-day questions of the ethics of fertility treatment and trading in donor sperm and eggs.
Campbell and Jaz, a couple trying for a child of their own, spiral towards their own terrifying conclusions as they uncover the truth about their passionate relationship amidst family turmoil and a web of dark secrets…
WARU
A film by
Ainsley Gardiner
Casey Kaa
Renae Maihi
Awanui Simich-Pene
Briar Grace Smith
Paula Whetu Jones
Chelsea Cohen
Katie Wolfe
NOW AVAILABLE FOR UK BOOKINGS
“A fascinating glimpse into New Zealand’s contemporary Māori community, Waru brings a sense of dramatic, urgent realism to a story that plays out like a suspenseful mystery.”
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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A groundbreaking production from eight female Māori filmmakers, WARU is the story of a small New Zealand town coming to terms with a bitter tragedy – the death of a small boy, Waru, at the hands of his caregiver.
Eight ten-minute segments, each shot in a single take, set at exactly the same time and with a female lead, focus on the impact of Waru’s death in different corners of the community. The films combine to tell a bold and inspirational story of grief, guilt, addiction, bravery, and redemption.
Co-presented with UK film distribution company Day For Night.
Sheffield Adventure Film Festival
THE BEST OF ShAFF 2018
NOW AVAILABLE FOR UK BOOKINGS
Outdoor/Adventure
After a fantastic iteration in spring 2018, the key event in the UK calendar for outdoor and adventure film fans, Sheffield Adventure Film Festival, hits the road for a UK tour.
For the first time in its 13-year history, ShAFF is taking the best of the 2018 festival on the road, with a 103-minute package of the finest films to debut in Sheffield in 2018, selected by Matt Heason, director of ShAFF.
THE YUKON ASSIGNMENT
A film by Chris Lucas
NOW AVAILABLE FOR UK BOOKINGS
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Outdoor/Adventure
A British father and son undertake a five hundred mile canoe journey through the Canadian wilderness. An honest story of real adventure and the importance of making time for each other.
DIRTBAG – THE LEGEND OF FRED BECKEY
A film by Dave O’Leske
NOW AVAILABLE FOR UK BOOKINGS
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Outdoor/Adventure
Fred Beckey was the original American “Dirtbag” climber whose name evoked mystery, adulation and vitriol since the 1940s. Beckey’s stubborn, singular quest to conquer peaks meant a solitary life on the road, where he left a long trail of scorned climbing partners and lost lovers in his wake.
The groundbreaking life story of this rebel athlete, who inspired generations with his monumental first ascents, eloquent books and the lifestyle he fearlessly pioneered, is told for the first time in this documentary.
There is only one Fred Beckey. His legacy in the mountains will live on forever.
GEORDIE JAZZ MAN
A film by Abi Lewis
NOW AVAILABLE FOR UK BOOKINGS
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Keith Crombie was the cranky, contrarian spirit of Newcastle jazz, presiding for years over the English city’s premier dive – the Jazz Café, a home away from home for anyone from Eric Burdon and Wynton Marsalis to generations of young Geordie misfits. This atmospheric portrait recounts his early adventures in the music business (and, just maybe, the mob) and celebrates a life dedicated to keeping the blue note beat alive.
ALAN HINKES
THE FIRST BRITON TO CLIMB THE WORLD’S HIGHEST MOUNTAINS
A film by Terry Abraham
NOW AVAILABLE FOR UK BOOKINGS
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Outdoor/Adventure
Terry Abraham is an acclaimed filmmaker and photographer renowned for his work documenting the great outdoors. He’s best known for producing and directing the critically-acclaimed BBC hits ‘Life of a Mountain: Scafell Pike’ and ‘Life of a Mountain: Blencathra’. After a string of sold out premieres and previews in Autumn 2017, in 2018, Terry’s film about the legendary UK mountaineer will screen in cinemas around the UK.
From award-winning and critically acclaimed filmmaker Terry Abraham (BBC hits ‘Life of a Mountain: Scafell Pike’ and ‘Life of a Mountain: Blencathra’) comes this epic documentary featuring legendary mountaineer Alan Hinkes OBE; the first and only Briton to have climbed all fourteen 8000m peaks.
Featuring stunning world-class landscapes from the Lake District, Yorkshire, Scotland, Wales and the Himalayas, this breath-taking and powerful documentary will both inspire and entertain lovers of the outdoors and those who have an interest in British mountaineering heritage.
www.facebook.com/terrybnd
www.terryabrahamlakedistrictvideo.wordpress.com
PSYCHO VERTICAL
A film by Jen Randall
NOW AVAILABLE FOR UK BOOKINGS
WINNER OF THE BEST CLIMBING FILM AWARD at the 2017 BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL and VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL 2018
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Outdoor/Adventure
Light Shed Pictures is Jen Randall and Alex Gorham.
A production company specialising in creative documentary film, adventure, -lifestyle photography and commercial campaigns. They make work about identity and landscape with an honesty, humour and curiosity that comes from the heart to create engaging, accessible films, photographsarticles and campaigns which celebrate the human spirit – whilst posing some of life’s biggest questions.
Psycho Vertical is an award winning film based on the bestselling autobiography of the complex life and motivations of writer, funny-man and Britain’s unlikeliest hero – acclaimed mountaineer Andy Kirkpatrick. A raw and emotive study of Andy, the film is woven into his 18 day solo ascent of El Capitan, Yosemite.
Psycho Vertical has been embraced by UK cinemas and is playing in over 30 UK sites between March and June 2018. Despite the release having a very limited budget the film has been well-received by UK cinemas and is taking mountaineering into the mainstream. It has been reviewed in the film magazines Total Film (four stars) and Sight & Sound and continues to receive bookings on a daily basis.