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UK/South Africa Co-Production
LOGLINE The remarkable true story of the first woman doctor, who masqueraded as a man to pursue her career (synopsis)
GENRE Romantic Drama
BUDGET $15 million
DIRECTOR Marleen Gorris (Oscar®-winning director of Antonia's Line)
WRITER Malcolm Kohll (The Bone Snatcher, Formula 51, Crimetime)
CAST Natascha McElhone (Ronin, Truman Show, Californication)
CAST James Purefoy (Resident Evil, Rome
)
PRODUCERS Raimund Berens, Malcolm Kohll, John Henry Roberts
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Peter Dale, David Pupkewitz
COMPOSER Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean, Poseidon, Constantine)
UK/South Africa Co-Production
LOGLINE With over 7,000 islands making up the Philippine Chain, there are still vast tracts which remain unexplored. When a TV crew arrives on one of these remote islands to make a survival documentary, what they encounter is something beyond their worst nightmares.
GENRE Horror Thriller
WRITER/DIRECTOR Terence Daw (Emmerdale Farm, Brookside, Thief Takers)
CAST Natalie Mendoza (The Descent, Moulin Rouge, Code 46)
CAST Joel Torre (
Jose Rizal, Third World Hero, The Call of the River)
PRODUCERS David Pupkewitz, Anton Ernst, Malcolm Kohll
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Peter Dale, Raimund Behrens

UK/South Africa Co-Production
LOGLINE Athol Fugard's seminal play about the rites of passage for a young white boy growing up in Apartheid-era South Africa, wrestling with issues of race, identity and betrayal on the road to becoming a man.
GENRE Drama
BUDGET $3 million
DIRECTOR Lonny Price
WRITER Morris Ruskin, screenplay based on the novel by Athol Fugard (Tsotsi)
CAST Thomas Sanster (TinTin, Love Actually, Nanny McPhee)
PRODUCERS Raimund Berens, Malcolm Kohll, David Pupkewitz, Laurette Marais, Nelle Nugent
COMPOSERS Hugh Masekela (Grammy Award Winner)
Ladysmith Black Mumbazo, Lebo M (Lion King)

UK/US Co-Production
LOGLINE What happens when the queen of romantic agony aunts discovers that the man of her fantasy life isn't quite what he seems.

GENRE Romantic Comedy

BUDGET $6 million
WRITERS Jeffrey M Berman and Tony Caballero
DIRECTOR Ryan Little (Forever Strong, Saints and Soldiers)
PRODUCERS Raimund Berens, Malcolm Kohll, John Henry Roberts
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Peter Dale, David Pupkewitz
For Executive Summaries of our projects, please contact Jonny Kemp jonny@focusfilms.co.uk