It’s hardly surprising that Susan Jacobson’s thriller The Holding is her [feature] directorial debut. Susan is an individual who is fascinated by human nature and the extremes of the individual, so this meditation on secrets and violence – from a script by James Dormer – gives her plenty of room to display her exceptional skills as a genre filmmaker.
The tense psychological thriller has Jacobson described by eyeforfilm as ‘definitely a new British talent to watch’ and stars Kierston Wareing and Vincent Regan with Lionsgate distributing.
She is a Guiding Lights Alumni and was mentored by Gillies MacKinnon (Hideous Kinkey, Regeneration). Her work has been described as ‘Elegant’ (Time Out), and ‘Hearteningly diverse in style and subject’ (The Independent). Her films have been selected by Women in Film and Television International for their worldwide showcase.
She has won critical acclaim worldwide. Most notably, her short film One Hundredth Of A Second...
The tense psychological thriller has Jacobson described by eyeforfilm as ‘definitely a new British talent to watch’ and stars Kierston Wareing and Vincent Regan with Lionsgate distributing.
She is a Guiding Lights Alumni and was mentored by Gillies MacKinnon (Hideous Kinkey, Regeneration). Her work has been described as ‘Elegant’ (Time Out), and ‘Hearteningly diverse in style and subject’ (The Independent). Her films have been selected by Women in Film and Television International for their worldwide showcase.
She has won critical acclaim worldwide. Most notably, her short film One Hundredth Of A Second...
- 10/2/2011
- by BunnyFlask
- Planet Fury
The Holding, from director Susan Jacobson ("One Hundredth of a Second") and writer James Dormer ("Spooks"), is getting set to premiere in Berlin next month. This film bills itself as being "in the vein of Cape Fear," and this thriller focuses on a remote farm "in the north of England" (Boden). Here, a family is torn apart by a man with a secreted obsession.
The Holding will show in Berlin February 14th, as part of the European Film Market and later in the United Kingdom (June 1st). Details are still coming in, but this thriller stars sexy Kierston Wareing (Fish Tank), the terrifying Vincent Regan (300), Skye Lourie (Guinea Pigs) and Georgia Groome (Angus). Peer into the chilling details below.
A synopsis for The Holding is here:
"On an isolated farm in Peak District, Cassie and her children are visited by a lonely predator, a man searching for his own 'ready-made' family.
The Holding will show in Berlin February 14th, as part of the European Film Market and later in the United Kingdom (June 1st). Details are still coming in, but this thriller stars sexy Kierston Wareing (Fish Tank), the terrifying Vincent Regan (300), Skye Lourie (Guinea Pigs) and Georgia Groome (Angus). Peer into the chilling details below.
A synopsis for The Holding is here:
"On an isolated farm in Peak District, Cassie and her children are visited by a lonely predator, a man searching for his own 'ready-made' family.
- 1/24/2011
- by Remove28DaysLaterAnalysisThis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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