March 2025: Production is starting on Ray Panthaki’s feature debut starring Oscar nominee Clarence Maclin. Variety
December 2024, Daisy Allsop is honoured with the Envy Producer of the Year Award at the annual Women In Film & TV Awards lunch
Otto Baxter Not A F***ing Horror Story takes home 5th statue - at the Rose D’Or Awards
Otto Baxter Not A F***ing Horror Story wins Best Documentary at International Emmys, New Youk November 25, 2024
Otto Baxter Not A F***ing Horror Story - collects another nomination - Best Single Doc at the Griersons. The Ceremony will take place on November 6th
Archface Films’ Otto Baxter Not A F***ing Horror Story - becomes an International Emmy Nominee! One of four international docs nominated and the only one from the UK. Ceremony to take place November 25th 2024. Emmy Nominees announced.
YET ANOTHER WIN for "Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story" as Best Documentary at the prestigious Banff Rockies Awards.
ANOTHER WIN for "Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story". Best Director at BAFTA 2024
ANOTHER nomination for "Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story" as Best Documentary.
Archface teams with Bankside Films and Phyllida Lloyd to co-develop 'Everything I Ever Knew', based on a true story at the heart of a public inquiry. Screen International May 2024
‘Otto Baxter Not A F**king Horror Story’ WINS BEST DIRECTOR at BAFTA CRAFT AWARDS in a ceremony which took place in London on Sunday 28th April: YouTube video here
The RTS AWARD for Single Documentary award was given to the “bold and distinctive” Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story. Judges commended the programme for “telling the story with compassion and originality”. RTS winners announcement
Two BAFTA nominations for Otto Baxter doc at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards including Best Director and Best Composer for Ed Harcourt’s original score. Directors and Composer.
Otto Baxter: Not A F**ing Horror Story nominated for Best Single Documentary in the Royal Television Society’s RTS Awards. The ceremony will take place on March 26th 2024’. Variety.
The Banff Rockie Awards has honoured ‘Otto Baxter: Not A F**ing Horror Story’ with a nomination in this year’s World Media Festival. Winners announced in June. Banff Media Festival
Otto Baxter wins the ‘Auteur Award’ for ’The Puppet Asylum’ at the British Short Film Awards, in which Paul Kaye also nominated for Best Actor and Freddie Stopler was nominated for Hair & Make Up
Otto Baxter: Not A F***ing Horror Story and The Puppet Asylum double bill on cinema release nationwide kicking off with the Frightfest London Premiere. Cinema listings here: https://metfilmdistribution.co.uk
Reviews for Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story:
The Guardian ‘My Life Is a Bit Like A Horror Story
Daisy Allsop selected for Inside Pictures 2023 Screen Daily 20 May, 2023
'My Happy Ending' heads for US cinemas Deadline 31 January, 2023
LA Times Review of 'My Happy Ending' here
Archface Films has announced production on “The Puppet Asylum” the first film written and directed by a filmmaker with Down Syndrome - to be commissioned by a major British broadcaster; and “Otto Baxter: Not a Fucking Horror Story” a feature documentary by BAFTA winners Bruce Fletcher and Peter Beard.
Deadline. 29th July 2022
Archface's Daisy Allsop selected to be among a cohort of 20 British Producers headed to Manchester for the BFI Global Fund's Co-Production weekender. January 19, 2022
Archface Films joined forces with prolific Israeli Producers Pie Films (The Lost Daughter, The Farewell Party) on ‘My Happy Ending’ starring Andie Macdowell, Miriam Margolyes, Sally Phillips, Rakhee Thakrar, Tamsin Greig, Tom Cullen and David Walliams, from award winning directing duo Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon.
Deadline.com November 16, 2021
Archface Films' Everything I Ever Knew featured in Screen Daily article on film projects advanced during pandemic Screen Daily March 23, 2021
...with further comments from Daisy Allsop here.
Archface teams with Bankside Films Screen Daily February 2, 2021
Bruce Fletcher’s critically acclaimed and hard-hitting series ‘Crime & Punishment’ nominated for an RTS award: Royal Television Society March 3, 2020
Archface Films featured in Screen International’s ‘Producers On The Rise’ Screen Daily 31st October 2018
“Tell It To The Bees” gets US Theatrical deal Variety - 31st October 2018
“Tell It To The Bees” – Toronto Review Hollywood Reporter 18th September 2018
Interview with Anna Paquin, Holliday Grainger, Annabel Jankel Deadline 9th September 2018
"Tell It To The Bees” – Toronto Review Screen Daily 9th September 2018
Hot Titles at TIFF Variety 4th September 2018
Bruce Fletcher wins BAFTA for Best Factual Series – ‘Ambulance’ BAFTA – 13th May 2018
Anna Paquin boards “Tell It To The Bees” Screen Daily 10th Aug 2017
Holliday Grainger boards "Tell It To The Bees" Screen Daily 21st May 2018
David Leon discusses "Orthodox" at Dinard Screen Daily 11 November 2015
Stephen Graham drama "Orthodox" begins shoot Screen Daily 18th March 2013
Tell It To The Bees will have its UK Premiere with a Gala screening at Glasgow Film Festival
Santa Barbara will host the US Premiere of Tell It To The Bees ahead of its May release Indiewire