Guardian First Film Award Nomination

Down Terrace - The Independent's British Film of 2010!

BBC Film 2010 - Film of the Year!

Down Terrace was Danny Leigh's "Film of the Year" on last nights Film 2010. (He also writes a weekly Guardian column)
A small but perfectly formed mention at the end of the show -
Watch it on iplayer here:

Down Terrace - US Blu-ray & DVD

Blu-ray here
DVD here

Ben Wheatley Radio Interview

Down Terrace by Henrys Gigs on Mixcloud

Down Terrace US release - October 15th

Visit the official US site for screening details and release dates here

UK Reviews

"A really interesting way of re-inventing the crime drama - darkly comic - moments in it when I felt profoundly uneasy... " Mark Kermode - BBC Film 24

"Ben Wheatley single handedly salvages the British gangster flick" Time Out

"Highly entertaining. Very dry, very droll: Brighton Rock reworked in the style of The Royle Family." Philip French - The Observer

"Shallow Grave as if it's written by Ricky Gervais - A real and unexpected treat" Cosmo Landesman - Sunday Times

"Hilarious & shocking" Tim Robey - The Daily Telegraph

"Inventive, disarming...remarkably refreshing - The kind of British film making that must be supported" Den Of Geek

"Down Terrace is without doubt the highlight of this summer’s box office. Simply Superb" Islington Tribune

**** Film 4
**** The Sunday Times
**** The Independent
**** The Sun
**** Financial Times
**** Time Out
**** The Daily Telegraph
**** Little White Lies
**** Metro
**** Den of Geek
**** The Scotsmen

Pre-order UK Special Edition DVD

The UK DVD of Down Terrace is available to pre-order now from all your usual outlets. eg Amazon - click the following link Down Terrace [DVD]


Special Features:
Audio commentary with Ben Wheatley & Robin Hill
Screen & camera tests
Deleted & extended scenes: including The Toad!
Ben Wheatley & Robin Hill: The Amazing Wizards shorts
Short film: Rob loves Kerry
Festival trailer

Down Terrace - ICA London screenings

Click here for tickets and more info.

Down Terrace festival screenings June/July/Aug

DULUTH, USA - Sound Unseen Festival - June 4th - here

LOS ANGELES, USA - LA Film Festival - June 19th - here

GRAHAMSTOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - National Arts Festival - June 24th - here

PUCHON, SOUTH KOREA - PIFAN Film Festival - July Screening Date TBC - here

MONTREAL, CANADA - Fantasia Film Festival - July Screening Date TBC - here

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - Revelation Film Festival - July Screening Date TBC - here

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - Melbourne International Film Festival - July Screening Date TBC - here

ESPOO, FINLAND - Espoo Film Festival - Aug Screening Date TBC - here

Cannes 2010 Market Screenings

Down Terrace has two market screenings in Cannes this year courtesy of Magnolia Pictures -
May 12 13:30 GRAY 2
May 18 11:30 PALAIS J

Details here.

Down Terrace wins Grand Jury Prize at IFFBoston

The title says all really! Read INDIEWIRE's report here

New Directors / New Films: Reviews

Read the Variety review here



Read the Village Voice review here



Read the Time Out New York review here

Cleveland International Film Festival

Down Terrace screens at the Cleveland International Film Festival, March 20th & 21st. Details and tickets here.

Belfast Film Festival

Down Terrace will screen at the 10th Belfast International Film Festival on April 19th. Details here.

New Directors / New Films

We're extremely chuffed to announce that Down Terrace has been chosen for this year's New Directors/New Films screenings held in New York at the end of March.

Each year, New Directors/New Films, a co-presentation of The Museum of Modern Art and The Film Society of Lincoln Center, unveils a brand new line up of fresh faces on the filmmaking scene. The festival is now in its thirty-ninth year, and you may recognize some names that appeared in past festivals: Pedro Almodóvar, Kelly Reichardt, Atom Egoyan, Spike Lee, Richard Linklater, Sally Potter, John Sayles, Steven Spielberg, Wim Wenders and Wong Kar Wai were all featured as part of New Directors/New Films early in their careers.

Down Terrace will screen twice - Mon Mar 29: 6:15 (MoMA) & Tue Mar 30: 9:00 (FSLC) For tickets and details of all the films screening click here.

Flatpack Festival Screening

“Britain’s most exciting and innovative film festival” – Lonely Planet
“Like the perfect mixtape” – Electric Sheep magazine

Each year, Flatpack Festival celebrates the wild frontier of film culture. Presenting work in an eclectic array of unexpected spaces and places, the festival centres on the shared experience of watching great work that you might not otherwise get to see. Flatpack provides a platform for new filmmakers and moving image creativity together with a playful and original programme of cult classics re-imagined, silent cinema re-scored and archive material re-invented.

Down Terrace screens Friday 26th March 6pm. Details here

Glasgow Film Festival Screening Reviews

THE SCOTSMAN - "Brilliantly performed, and rich in detail, it's the sort of low-budget British production that is all too rare these days: something that feels effortless and is effortlessly entertaining..." Read the whole review here (scroll down article)

THE CINESKINNY - "dark comic genius..."

Drew McWeeny's Hit Fix Review

"Down Terrace" is a very small film, intimate, and yet it has an ending that feels positively cataclysmic. It's a very strong directorial effort for Wheatley, primarily known for British TV comedy before now, and it has absolutely put him and Robin Hill on my radar for whatever they do in the future. When Magnet releases it later this year, pay attention. It's something else.

Read the whole thing here

Festival Screenings: February

February Screenings:

Rotterdam International Film Festival - screening times here

San Francisco Indie Fest - screening times here

Glasgow International Film Festival - screening times here

Slamdance2010 - party time