Karl Collins

Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale (1989)

Johnny Fortune (Damon Lowry) is no good to anyone, not mean, but just no good. Surrounded by violence and dishonesty, Johnny lives with Kate. Johnny messes up, he loses a lot of money, his girlfriend Kate's money. Alone, desperate and on the run from a couple of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ann Guedes  •  Eduardo Guedes
CAST:  Tom Waits  •  Damon Lowry  •  Charlotte Coleman  •  Júlia Britton

Johnny Fortune (Damon Lowry) is no good to anyone, not mean, but just no good. Surrounded by violence and dishonesty, Johnny lives with Kate. Johnny messes up, he loses a lot of money, his girlfriend Kate's money. Alone, desperate and on the run from a couple of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ann Guedes  •  Eduardo Guedes
CAST:  Tom Waits  •  Damon Lowry  •  Charlotte Coleman  •  Júlia Britton

Attack the Block (2011)

PowerfulCleverDarkFun

A teen gang in a South London housing estate must team up with the other residents to protect their neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Cornish
CAST:  Nick Frost  •  Jodie Whittaker  •  John Boyega  •  Luke Treadaway

A teen gang in a South London housing estate must team up with the other residents to protect their neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Cornish
CAST:  Nick Frost  •  Jodie Whittaker  •  John Boyega  •  Luke Treadaway

TwentyFourSeven (1997)

In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience, starts trying to get the young people off the street and into doing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shane Meadows
CAST:  Bob Hoskins  •  Danny Nussbaum  •  Bruce Jones  •  Annette Badland

In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience, starts trying to get the young people off the street and into doing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shane Meadows
CAST:  Bob Hoskins  •  Danny Nussbaum  •  Bruce Jones  •  Annette Badland

The Unloved (2009)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalTear-jerker

Lucy is eleven years old. Having been neglected by her estranged mother and father, she is placed in a children's home. Through her eyes, we follow her struggle to cope with the system; her only saving being her self-belief and certainty that she is being watched ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samantha Morton
CAST:  Robert Carlyle  •  Molly Windsor  •  Lauren Socha  •  Craig Parkinson

Lucy is eleven years old. Having been neglected by her estranged mother and father, she is placed in a children's home. Through her eyes, we follow her struggle to cope with the system; her only saving being her self-belief and certainty that she is being watched ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samantha Morton
CAST:  Robert Carlyle  •  Molly Windsor  •  Lauren Socha  •  Craig Parkinson

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time (1999)

Six London school-leavers attempt to make it in the world, balancing the challenge of trying to make a name for themselves in the music industry against the pressures and tragedies of everyday life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Strickland
CAST:  Steve John Shepherd  •  Ben Waters  •  Alec Newman  •  Chiwetel Ejiofor

Six London school-leavers attempt to make it in the world, balancing the challenge of trying to make a name for themselves in the music industry against the pressures and tragedies of everyday life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Strickland
CAST:  Steve John Shepherd  •  Ben Waters  •  Alec Newman  •  Chiwetel Ejiofor

The Flash (2023)

When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. In order to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andy Muschietti
CAST:  Ezra Miller  •  Sasha Calle  •  Michael Shannon  •  Kiersey Clemons

When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. In order to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andy Muschietti
CAST:  Ezra Miller  •  Sasha Calle  •  Michael Shannon  •  Kiersey Clemons

Excluded (2010)

Ian, a newly qualified teacher, comes up against Mark, a troubled and disruptive pupil who teachers want to see excluded from school. Against the odds, Ian makes a connection with the boy, but will he put his career on the line to save him?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Misha Manson-Smith
CAST:  Bryan Dick  •  Craig Parkinson  •  Monica Dolan  •  George Whitehead

Ian, a newly qualified teacher, comes up against Mark, a troubled and disruptive pupil who teachers want to see excluded from school. Against the odds, Ian makes a connection with the boy, but will he put his career on the line to save him?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Misha Manson-Smith
CAST:  Bryan Dick  •  Craig Parkinson  •  Monica Dolan  •  George Whitehead

Second Spring (2020)

After a series of unusual encounters, it is obvious to those that know her best, that Kathy Deane is not herself. Then comes a devastating diagnosis, and she leaves the safety of her marriage to Tim for a man she barely knows. The mental illness causes her to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andy Kelleher
CAST:  Cathy Naden  •  Jerry Killick  •  Indra Ové  •  Matthew Jure

After a series of unusual encounters, it is obvious to those that know her best, that Kathy Deane is not herself. Then comes a devastating diagnosis, and she leaves the safety of her marriage to Tim for a man she barely knows. The mental illness causes her to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andy Kelleher
CAST:  Cathy Naden  •  Jerry Killick  •  Indra Ové  •  Matthew Jure

Heterosexuality (1999)

Watch Dad adjust to the news that his teenage son Kwame plans on losing his virginity to a girl! A comedic interplay ensues between father and son over the lack of hetero role models and male identity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikki Beadle Blair
CAST:  Noel Clarke  •  Rikki Beadle Blair  •  Karl Collins  •  Paul Keating

Watch Dad adjust to the news that his teenage son Kwame plans on losing his virginity to a girl! A comedic interplay ensues between father and son over the lack of hetero role models and male identity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rikki Beadle Blair
CAST:  Noel Clarke  •  Rikki Beadle Blair  •  Karl Collins  •  Paul Keating

Hollow (2021)

Set in a British working class neighbourhood, the stories of three wrecked people meet each other leading the film to a disastrous climax.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Holbrook
CAST:  Laura Bayston  •  Kris Hitchen  •  Angie Adler  •  Karl Collins

Set in a British working class neighbourhood, the stories of three wrecked people meet each other leading the film to a disastrous climax.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Holbrook
CAST:  Laura Bayston  •  Kris Hitchen  •  Angie Adler  •  Karl Collins

National Theatre: Rockets and Blue Lights (2021)

On the set of a new film about Victorian artist JMW Turner, young actress Lou is haunted by an unresolved history. Meanwhile, in 1840 Londoners Lucy and Thomas try to come to terms with the meaning of freedom. Moving between London past and present, we embark on a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miranda Cromwell
CAST:  Anthony Aje  •  Paul Bradley  •  Karl Collins  •  Kiza Deen

On the set of a new film about Victorian artist JMW Turner, young actress Lou is haunted by an unresolved history. Meanwhile, in 1840 Londoners Lucy and Thomas try to come to terms with the meaning of freedom. Moving between London past and present, we embark on a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miranda Cromwell
CAST:  Anthony Aje  •  Paul Bradley  •  Karl Collins  •  Kiza Deen

Batty Boy (2018)

A short film that explores the complexities of the black gay coming out experience through the eyes of young Dolcie a Black British gay boy of Caribbean heritage as he faces the struggles of fitting in with a community posing strong cultural homophobic beliefs. Set ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dior Clarke
CAST:  Karl Collins  •  Dior Clarke  •  Omar Cham  •  Kadell Herida

A short film that explores the complexities of the black gay coming out experience through the eyes of young Dolcie a Black British gay boy of Caribbean heritage as he faces the struggles of fitting in with a community posing strong cultural homophobic beliefs. Set ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dior Clarke
CAST:  Karl Collins  •  Dior Clarke  •  Omar Cham  •  Kadell Herida