the rise and rise of british urban
one of the things we set out to do at slingshot was think about niche audiences that the traditional film-making establishment was ignoring.
Recent pieces in the press about “britsh urban cinema” suggests that we may be on to something in that area with Sugarhouse Lane. More on the sugarblog…
HOWEVER, the fact that 3 of the 6 movies in competition in the British Film Festival at Dinard (including 2 of the 3 winners) were also British Urban stories, suggests that we aren’t the only ones… which on balance is a good thing….