Subotica Entertainment

Address: 55 Fitzswilliam Square, Dublin 2.
Telephone: +353-1-6622226
Fax: +353-1-6622227
Email: subotica@indigo.ie

Personnel:
Tristan Orpen Lynch, Dominic Wright - Company Directors
Tristan Orpen Lynch, Dominic Wright - Producers
Jo Homewood - Head of Production
Aoife O'Sullivan - Production Executive
Anna Merritt - Development Executive

Company Description:

Subotica Entertainment Ltd was incorporated in June 1999 by producers Tristan Orpen Lynch and Dominic Wright.

Credits include the $4million feature film Night Train, starring John Hurt and Brenda Blethyn, with J&M entertainment London, completed in early 1999. Night Train has screened to excellent reviews in many film festivals including Toronto, Cairo, Palm Springs and Brussels and went on release in 2000.
In 2000, Subotica Entertainment produced David Caffrey’s On The Nose, a Canadian Irish co-production with Scannon Mór, Vancouver. The film is a comedy starring Robbie Coltrane, Dan Aykroyd and Brenda Blethyn. International Sales are being handled by Capitol Films London.

In 2001 the company also produced the eight part period drama Random Passage starring Colm Meaney and Aoife McMahon for RTE and CBC.

They were commissioned by RTE to produce a major documentary series on The Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s national theatre, which screened to very favorable reviews in January 2004.

Subotica’s latest feature film Song for a Raggy Boy, starring Aidan Quinn, Iain Glen and Marc Warren, premiered to a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival in Jan 2003. It won the Golden Swan Best Film Award at the Copenhagen Film Festival in August 2003 and has won a total of thirteen awards internationally.
They were commissioned by RTE to produce a 4 hour TV drama, Proof, about human trafficking and high-level corruption in Irish society, which screened on RTE in January 2004 with exceptional audience ratings and which was sold to BBC and ABC in Australia.

They were recommissioned by RTE to produce a second series of Proof, which airs in April 2005.

The company has a slate of feature film and television projects at various stages of development.

Experience:
TRISTEN ORPEN LYNCH - Biographical Note
Tristan Orpen Lynch has been involved in the Irish film and music industry since 1989.

With the production company he founded, Subotica Films Ltd, he produced the feature film production of Night Train starring John Hurt and Brenda Blethyn with J&M Entertainment, London completed in early 1999. Night Train, for which John Hurt won the best actor award at the Verona film festival, has screened to excellent reviews in many film festivals including Toronto, Cairo, Palm Springs, Brussels and Moscow and has been released in many countries worldwide

In 1999 he formed Subotica Entertainment with partner Dominic Wright. In 2000 the company produced David Caffrey’s On The Nose, a comedy starring Robbie Coltrane, Dan Aykroyd and Brenda Blethyn. It also produced the eight part period drama Random Passage directed by John N Smith starring Colm Meany. The company is has also completed a major documentary on Ireland’s national theatre The Abbey Theatre for the centenary in 2004. Subotica’s latest feature is Song For A Raggy Boy starring Aidan Quinn and Iain Glen, which received an extended standing ovation at its world premiere in Sundance 2003 where it opened the World Cinema Section. It has been a major festival hit winning 9 awards internationally, including Best Film at the Copenhagen Film Festival. Their most recent production is the 4-part TV Drama, Proof, which aired in January 2004 with unprecedented ratings for broadcaster RTE. The company is developing a slate of feature films and television projects.

Tristan was nominated Irish ‘Producer on the Move’ at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival by European Film Promotions. He has lead International Irish Film Industry trade missions in conjunction with EnterpriseIreland and is a member of the Film Makers Ireland film subcommittee. Tristan is also a board member of the Irish Film Board.

DOMINIC WRIGHT - Biographical Note
Dominic Wright has worked in film and television as producer and actor since graduating from OxfordUniversity in 1987 with a degree in English.

He developed his first film in 1997/8, while working on the series A Week in Politics for Channel 4 Television. This was the Spanish/Irish co-production Innisfree directed by José Luis Guerín, which Dominic then production-managed and appeared in. The film was shot in the West of Ireland in 1998 and was selected as Spain's Best Film by a Debuting Director for the Berlin Film Festival in 1989. In 1991 Dominic was UK Production Manager for the Spanish feature Beltenebros, directed by Pilar Miro and starring Terence Stamp and Patsy Kensit. The film won awards at Berlin and San Sebastian Film Festivals. He also acted in the short Paul Finds A Suitcase and produced and directed dance and fashion promos. In 1993 he worked on Pilar Miro's feature The Bird Of Happiness which was selected for Director’s Fortnight in Cannes 1993.

From 1992-4 he worked with top film financiers Film Trustees in London where pictures included The Crying Game; The Sheltering Sky and Naked Lunch.

After co-producing the feature film Spaghetti Slow in Dublin in 1995 he moved to Ireland and began working with Subotica Films in 1996. From 1996-7 he also played the lead in the short film The Photographer's Husband and Mr Martin in Ionesco's The Bald Prima Donna and a London detective in RTE's Glenroe.

He completed the critically acclaimed film Night Train with Subotica Films in 1998 as Associate Producer. The film stars John Hurt and Brenda Blethyn and was directed by Irish producer/director John Lynch. In 1998 he also played small roles in the feature films Mad About Mambo and the BBC period drama series Aristocrats, directed by David Caffrey and a short film The Hunters Club, directed by Andrew O'Malley.

In 1999 he formed Subotica Entertainment with partner Tristan Orpen Lynch.

JO HOMEWOOD - Biographical Note
Jo Homewood has worked in film and television as production manager and line producer since 1988. Jo has worked on many movies including Photographing Fairies (1997), The General (1998), Agnes Browne (1999), Borstal Boy (2000), Bloody Sunday (2002), In America (2002) and Breakfast on Pluto (2004).

Jo joined Subotica in 2004 as Head of Production.

AOIFE O'SULLIVAN - Biographical Note
After completing an M.A. in Film Studies at University College Dublin, Aoife
O’Sullivan joined the Irish Film Centre in 1995 as Research Officer,
co-ordination all of the research activities of the Film Institute of Ireland
and educating visitors to the Centre on Irish film. She then went on to
lecture in Film Studies and Media Analysis in Ballyfermot College of Further
Education.

Aoife joined Subotica in 2000, working on all of Subotica’s productions in
both a creative and production capacity. These included David Caffrey’s
feature On the Nose starring Dan Aykroyd, Robbie Coltrane and Brenda
Blethyn, and the eight part period drama Random Passage directed by John N Smith starring Colm Meany, which picked up two Gemini Awards in 2001.

Since 2003, Aoife has worked as Production Executive for Subotica, working
on the multi-award winning Song For A Raggy Boy starring Aidan Quinn and Iain Glen and the 4 part TV Drama, Proof, which aired in January 2004 with
unprecedented ratings for broadcaster RTE.

ANNA MERRITT - Biographical Note
After completing a BA in English Language and Literature at King’s College, London, in 1999, Anna Merritt worked as a freelance script reader for several film companies in London, including Renaissance Films, Working Title, DNA Films and the jonescompany. In August 2000, she went on to work at Company Pictures while continuing to read for Pearson Television.

In September of 2001, Anna moved to Dublin. She read for BBC Northern Ireland and Element Films, while also attending a Development Executive Traineeship run by Screen Training Ireland. This course culminated in a two month work placement in Scorpio Films, London, which was completed in December of 2002.

Anna joined Subotica’s development department in January 2003 and in the summer of that year worked as script editor on Proof, Subotica’s much acclaimed RTE production. She has also recently attended a Cinematic Story Development course, run by Screen Training Ireland and Bobette Buster, in which she received detailed training in sequence and scene construction as well as general training on structure and cinema language.

She continues to work on Subotica’s slate of projects.

Languages:
English

In Development:

In Like Flynn: Shooting April/May 2005
Genre: Black comedy. Director: Niall Heery Screenplay: Niall Heery;
Cast: John Corbett
Synopsis: When Doug, a self-effacing, aspiring country and western singer in a small Irish country town, is offered a gig at the local venue, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery – a journey that ultimately can only be taken by leaving the town and its inhabitants behind.

Clubland: Shooting June/July 2005.
Genre: Romantic Comedy. Writer: Keith Thompson. Director: Cherie Nolan.
Cast: Brenda Blethyn
Synopsis: In Sydney’s comedy clubland, shy Tim works for his overbearing comedienne mother, Jeannie. But when he meets and falls in love with Jill, an equally forceful woman, the battle lines are drawn and a fight for Tim’s affections is on.

Tillsonburg: Shooting Summer/Autumn 2005
Genre: Drama. Writer: Malachy McKenna (adapted from his award-winning play) Director: John Lynch. Cast: Laurence Kinlan, Allen Leech
Synopsis: Set on a tobacco farm in Southwestern Ontario, 'Tillsonburg' is a funny, sad and sometimes tragic movie about a couple of Irish buckos who decide to travel across North America, Kerouac style, and end up on a tobacco farm in Ontario, where they spend a long hot summer that they will never forget.

The Irish Connection: 4 x 1 hour TV series. Shooting 2005/2006
Genre: Dark comic thriller. Writer Declan Croghan and Shane Simmons Director: TBA.
Synopsis: A darkly comic drama about the Irish Mafia in Montreal and their connections to the old country.

The Six Revenges of Gregory Lynn: Shooting 2006
Genre: Contemporary comedy Writers: George Milton & Mark Tilton Director: George Milton Cast: John Simm, Michael Gambon, Brenda Blethyn, Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones
Synopsis: Gregory, who lives mostly inside his own imagination, embarks on a revenge spree against 6 old teachers. Six Subjects, six teachers, six revenges – let the punishment fit the crime.

Smoking Man: Shooting 2006
Genre: Supernatural thriller. Writers: Paul Shapiro and Jeff Cohen. Director: Paul Shapiro (Dark Angel, X Files, 24). Cast: Ashley Judd TBC
A dark, supernatural thriller set in US and Vietnam, this is the story of a young boy possessed by the spirit of a murdered Vietnamese woman, and a conspiracy that must be uncovered.

The Daisy Chain: Shooting 2006.
Genre: Supernatural horror. Writer: Lauren Mackenzie. Director: TBA.
Synopsis: When Martha and Tomas foster a disturbed 8 year old girl, Daisy, she entrances Martha, yet the locals think she is a fairy changeling. Is Daisy the child Martha has always wanted or will she destroy Martha’s life?

Previous Production:

Night Train (1999)
Description:Feature film. Romantic Thriller starring John
Hurt, Brenda Blethyn and Pauline Flanagan. Directed by John Lynch.
Funding: IFB/RTE/Section 35/J&M Entertainment/United Film &TV.
Sales agent:J&M Entertainment, 2 Dorset Square, London NW1 6PU. Tel: 44-171-723 6544. Fax: 44-171-724 7541

On The Nose (2000)
Description: Feature film. Canadian Irish co-production with Scannon Mór, Vancouver. Comedy starring Dan Aykroyd, Robbie Coltrane and Brenda Blethyn. Directed by David Caffrey.
Funding: IFB/Section 481/BSkyB/Telefilm/TMN/Red Sky Entertainment
Sales agent:Capitol Films, 22 Queensdale Place, London W11 4FQ. Tel: +44 171 471 6000 Fax: +44 171 471 6012

Random Passage (2001)
Description: 8 x 1 Hour Television Drama Series, based on the settling of Newfoundland by English and Irish settlers. Co-production with Citéamerique, Montreal, Canada and Passage Films, Newfoundland; Writer: Des Walsh; Director: John N. Smith Cast: Colm Meany, Aoife McMahon, Daniel Payne.
Funding:RTE/Section 481/Telefilm/CBC/CiteAmerique
Sales: CiteAmerique International

Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)
Description: Feature film. European co-production with Moviefan (Denmark), Lolafilms SA (Spain) and Zoma Films (UK).Drama starring Aidan Quinn, Iain Glen and Marc Warren. Directed by Aisling Walsh
Funding:IFB/S481/DFI/RBS/Lolafilms/Eurimages
Sales: Content International

The Abbey Documentary (2004)
Description: 1 x 90-minute feature documentary about Ireland’s National Theatre to celebrate the centenary of The Abbey in 2004 (Delivery 2004). Directed by John Lynch.
Funding: Radio Telefis Eireann

Proof (2004)
Description: 4 x 1 hour TV drama serial. Thriller centred around the powerful forces in the world of high finance, politics and crime intent on manipulating events in Ireland and Europe to their own sinister ends. Writers: Tony Philpott, Alan Whiting, Eric Deacon; Director: Ciaran Donnelly Cast: Orla Brady, Finbar Lynch, Bryan Murray, Sidse Babette Knudsen
Funding:RTE/Section 481/TV2

Proof 2(2005)
Description 4 x 1 hour TV drama serial. Second installment of the very popular thriller which this time probes the sinister world of pharmaceutical companies whilst also exploring racism in Ireland.

For Sale:

"Night Train" - J&M Entertainment, 2 Dorset Square, London NW1 6PU Tel: 44-171-723 6544. Fax: 44-171-724 7541

"On The Nose" - Capitol Films, 22 Queensdale Place, London W11 4FQ Tel: +44 171 471 6000 Fax: +44 171 471 6012

"Random Passage" - CiteAmerique International

"Song For A Raggy Boy" - Lolafilms SA

Awards:

Night Train:
- Nominated as ‘Best European Feature’ Brussels International Film Festival 2000
- Winner of Silver Rose for ‘Best Actor’ (John Hurt) at Verona Love Screens Film Festival 2000
On the Nose:
- Audience Award at Palm Springs Film Festival 2001
Random Passage:
- Winner of two Gemini Awards for ‘Best Actress’ (Aoife McMahon) and ‘Best Cinematographer’ (Pierre Letarte) 2002
Song for a Raggy Boy:
- Winner of Golden Swan Award for Best Film at Copenhagen Film Festival 2003
- Winner of Golden Unicorn Award for Best Film and Audience Award for Best Film at the Amiens Film Festival 2003
- Winner of ‘Director’s Award’ at Seattle International Film Festival 2003
- Winner of Best Actor Award and Audience Award for Best Film, Cherbourg British & Irish Film Festival 2003
- Winner of Audience Award for Best Film at the Ljubljana Film Festival 2003
- Winner of People’s Choice Best Film Award at the Irish Film and TV Awards 2004
- Winner of Best Cinematography Award at the Irish Film and TV Awards 2003
- Winner of Best Cinematography Award at the Woodstock Film Festival 2003
- Selected for competition at Sundance Film Festival 2003
- Selected for competition at Karlovy Vary 2003
- Selected for competition at Edinburgh International Film Fesitval 2003
- Selected for competition at Cork International Film Festival 2003