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Faction North Ltd develops and produces feature films, TV drama series, documentary and cross platform content for the UK and international market.  Led by award winning producer Grant Keir, the company was established in 1998 and has offices in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.  We are currently in production on the archive-based feature documentary 'Oursels As Ithers See Us' with a specially composed soundtrack from Mercury nominated musician Kenny Anderson and directed by Virginia Heath.

We are co-producer on the English-language feature film, 'A Very Unsettled Summer', directed and produced by international award winning writer/director, Anca Damian of Aparte Film (Romania).  Starring Jamie Sives, Ana Ularu, Kim Bodnia and Diana Cavallioti, the film is backed by Film i Vast and BBC Scotland, and premiered In Competition at the Warsaw International Film Festival 2013.

We are in advanced development on the neo-noir thriller 'Mystery Ride', written and to be directed by Virginia Heath in New Zealand.  Backed in development by Creative Scotland and New Zealand Film Commission, this film is being produced with Lene Bausager of Ugly Duckling Films.

We produced the short documentary 'Takeaway' by Taiwanese Director, Yuhsueh Lin, that screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2012.  'Takeaway' is in the 'Official Selection' in Curt.doc and will screen in the Teatro Casino la Unio in Vidreres, Girona, Spain in June 2013.

We are currently developing the documentary 'Caledonia Australis' with Tait Brady's Acme Productions in Australia, backed by BBC Scotland, Creative Scotland and Screen Australia.   We are also working with One Productions, (Dublin) and Causeway Productions (Belfast) on the international co-production 'Bitter Little Twist', a dark sensual thriller set in the dangerous netherworld of surreal Americana.

Faction North combines the talents and experience of producers Grant Keir, Richard Warden and Peter Day, together with writer / director Virginia Heath.  We produce international award winning drama, such as our short film ‘Relativity’ that won the UIP Prix Berlinale in 2002 and we were the first company to produce an ‘on-line’ documentary series Smart Hearts, for Channel Four.  We regularly work with UK and international broadcasters including BBC, C4, ARTE, ABC Australia, BFI, BBC Scotland, National Film Board of Canada, Creative Scotland, Screen Yorkshire and New Zealand Film Commission.  Click Grant Keir for imdb credits.