Welcome

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 have recently completed the archive-based feature documentary 'From Scotland With Love’ (75 mins) with a specially composed soundtrack from Mercury nominated musician King Creosote and directed by Virginia Heath. The project was backed by Creative Scotland and the BBC and the soundtrack will be released on vinyl, CD and download on Domino Records.

We are in advanced development on the neo-noir thriller 'Mystery Ride'. Scandinavian sales company Trust Nordisk has picked up international sales rights to 'Mystery Ride' which will be directed by award-winning writer and director Virginia Heath. Backed in development by Creative Scotland and the New Zealand Film Commission, the film is being produced with Lene Bausager of Ugly Duckling Films and Curious Film, New Zealand. Shooting start is currently set for October 2014.

                            Moodboard imagery for 'Mystery Ride'. All images copyright to original artist.

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 produced the short documentary 'Takeaway' by Taiwanese Director, Yuhsueh Lin, that screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2012. 'Takeaway' was in the 'Official Selection' in Curt.doc and screened 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 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.

Click Virginia Heath for imdb credits.