Films

Since its formation Sixteen Films has produced four feature films: "Sweet Sixteen", "Ae Fond Kiss", "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" and, launching this autumn, "It's a Free World..."

We have also made the Ken Loach sections of the portmanteau feature film "11'09"01", which featured eleven short films made by different directors from all over the world, and "Tickets", a film in three parts, co-directed by Ermanno Olmi and Abbas Kiarostami.

Archive

The company also owns the rights for the previous films "Sweet Sixteen" and "The Navigators" and looks after the following films made at Parallax Pictures: "Riff-Raff", "Raining Stones", "Ladybird, Ladybird", "Land and Freedom", "Carla's Song", "My Name is Joe", "Bread and Roses" and "Princesa" (directed by Henrique Goldman). We also hold information on Ken Loach's earlier works.

Production

Camilla Bray, who joined the company in 2003, is currently producing her first feature film, "Summer", written by Hugh Ellis and directed by Kenny Glenaan. Rebecca O'Brien is currently working as executive producer on "Summer" and also on "Martino Unstrung" a film about world renowned jazz guitarist Pat Martino, directed by Ian Knox. She is also an executive producer on "Jean Charles" written by Marcelo Starobinas and directed by Henrique Goldman.

Development

Ken Loach and Paul Laverty are preparing a new script for production in 2008. Rebecca O'Brien is also developing other projects with directors Ian Knox (written by Stuart Paterson) and Tim Fywell (written by Ellis Freeman and Peter Bloore) and Camilla Bray is developing projects with directors Jim Loach (written by Rona Munro) and Vesna Cudic.

DVD Box Set

This autumn Sixteen Films is launching the Ken Loach Collection - a two volume DVD boxed set featuring sixteen films directed by Ken Loach. Order your copy today.