ABOUT THE FILM
BORROWED TIME tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a hapless young burglar, Kevin (Theo Barklem-Biggs – The Inbetweeners Movie, BBC’s Silk series 2): and his eccentric victim, pensioner Philip (Phil Davis – Quadrophenia, Vera Drake, Brighton Rock). Desperate for cash and short on options to pay back local tyrant “Ninja” Nigel, Kevin breaks into Philip’s house, only to be held hostage by the old man at gunpoint.
What follows is a bittersweet comedy about growing up and rediscovering youth in parallel, as the burglar and victim form a bond that will help them both find a way out of their respective troubles.
First time writer-director Jules Bishop, elicits effortlessly natural performances from a fantastic cast featuring Juliet Oldfield (Bronson, The Knot) and Warren Brown (Byzantium, Homefront), and including young, up and coming British talent Andrew Ellis (This is England) and Jumayn Hunter (Attack The Block, Quartet).
Making its debut at the Edinburgh International Film Festival last year to critical and audience acclaim, BORROWED TIME has proved so far to be a true crowd-pleaser in that it offers the perfect antidote to the bleak, and hopeless “urban youth” films of recent years, where young people are feared and vilified. Full of heart and hope, it is about friendship, community and how the strongest bonds can be created in desperate situations.
ABOUT THE RELEASE
BORROWED TIME was produced by BAFTA-nominated Parkville Pictures through the award-winning Film London Microwave training and production scheme, and has had a unique journey to release. From being the first in the UK to raise much of its P&A spend via its successful Kickstarter campaign, BORROWED TIME has since gained further support from the BFI’s “New Models Award” and is now set to pioneer new platforms, some of which have been inspired by Ted Hope’s Artist2Entrepreneur scheme for which it was one of 12 projects selected.
BORROWED TIME will be the first UK release to use Tugg, Inc. (www.Tugg.com), the pioneering crowdsourcing platform that empowers individuals and organizations to host screenings in their local cinemas. Hosts are able to select the date, showtime and cinema of their choice, and are then provided an online event page through which their community can purchase tickets. Once a pre-set threshold of tickets has been booked, Tugg will reserve the cinema, manage ticketing and ensure delivery of the film, allowing the audience to sit back and enjoy the show.
Another partner of the A2E scheme involved in the release of BORROWED TIME is Assemble. One of the leading innovators in film website technology, Assemble empowers film-makers to create a website that acts more than just an information source about the film. It offers an online hub that aggregates all the ways people can see the film and be an active part in its distribution; by sharing the word via social plug-ins, embeddable trailers and hosting their own Tugg screening!
