FESTIVAL NEWS & VIEWS

Hello! It’ been a frantic, yet enjoyable few months.

First up, let’s bring you up to date with Beyond The Horizon. We’ve been thrilled with how well it has been received globally as it glides its way around film festivals. We are about 4 months into a 7-month festival tour and we’ve picked up 15 awards so far.

It’s a tribute to all the hard work from the contributors and their personal and emotional stories, the crew who worked their asses off onsite, the incredible team at TAWS, Simon the editor who crafted the film so beautifully, all the people in Tonga who helped and of course Zoe who trusted me with her story in the first place.

Here is what we’ve picked up so far.

Best Director

Tokyo International Cinema Awards

Best Documentary

Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards

Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift

Tokyo International Cinema Awards

World Class Film Festival

Best Original Story

World Class Film Festival

Best Oceanian Film

World Class Film Festival

Best Travel & Discovery

Mannheim Arts & Film Festival

Best Travel Film

Berlin Indie Film Festival

Bangkok Movie Awards

Cine Paris Film Festival

Portugal Indie Film Festival

Asian Independent Film Festival

Bracciano Film and Arts Festival

World Film Festival in Cannes

Crown Wood International Film Festival

Award of Merit

IndieFilm Festival

I’m really enjoying this part of the process, it has to be said. To say I’m thrilled the film is resonating with people globally is an understatement.

A small paragraph in a newspaper has turned into a feature length award winning documentary and its journey to get from there to where it is now is a story in itself.

I’ll be producing a trailer for the film in early 2026 as we look for a taker at some point in the first quarter, maybe from March.

ATP Media

Elsewhere, I recently completed my 9^th ATP Tour event of the season, signing off an excellent year for ATP Media with the Nitto Tour Finals that were hosted in Turin. I really enjoy working with the team on this project, supplying VTs and Openers for the world feed and the storylines that develop throughout the year are golden.

Here is the Opener to the Tour Finals week, showcasing the excellent teamwork from those in the gallery, the edit with Josh Haylock on they keys, and the team onsite (Brucie Smith and Ursin Caderas in particular).

World’s Strongest Man – Giants Live

Also, within the past few weeks I’ve delivered five episodes to Channel 5 for the World’s Strongest Man series. Episodes 1 to 5, the Giants Live Qualification Tour, has been a ride in itself. Lucky to produce and direct this for the Giants team working alongside some of the most dedicated and enthusiastic people in any sport!   From Sheffield, Leeds, The Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham to Glasgow – each show has been intense and thrilling to make and I think that comes across well in the TV show.

This series now tips me over the 100 hours of delivery mark for this Christmas prime time classic, that I’ve been involved with since the latter half of 2014.

Here is the TV schedule for Christmas 2025.

Already looking forward to 2026 and I’m lucky enough to have decent blocks of bookings and some really exciting projects ahead. But if anyone needs a producer / director, then you know where to come!