Neil Zeiger and Martin Proctor release Flickers
Exclusive: Industry experts Neil Seeger and Martin Proctor have launched independent brand Flickers Films with a slate of co-productions that includes new drama from Ashes to ashes The first drama film from screenwriter Ashley Pharaoh and documentary director Anne Hooker. The new logo will cover films and television, extending to text and documents.
Zeiger was creative director of writing at Keep the faith Produced by Nevision, it develops and produces titles including Brian Cox’s directorial debut Glenrothanwhich Protagonist sells internationally. Proctor’s credits include The day silence died And the Sam Shepard movie blackthorn. Having worked together in theater and then at the BBC, the pair actually ran a production called Flickers in the 1980s, which produced projects including a Liam Neeson film. carry and TV drama Adrian Dunbar Reasonable force.
The new incarnation of Flickers is privately backed and has projects in the works with partners including ITV Studios-backed World Productions and producer and distributor APC. Drama Ashley Pharaoh Charlie King It is being developed with World, and Zeiger said it will be a “UK-based high-end thriller that is also procedural at its roots.”
Elsewhere, a black comedy Bad priest Comes from director Jimmy Patterson (tucked) and will be a professional partner with APC. In the movie there is Austrian holidayWhich hails from documentary filmmaker Anne Hooker. It has been set up with Astria Films in the UK and WEP Films in Germany, and will hopefully begin production in 2026.
In fact, the list includes a Bolivian prison doctor Inside outwhich takes place within the walls of the notorious San Pedro prison, which is run by inmates. “We have about 200 hours of material, because it was produced in collaboration with the prisoners,” Proctor said. “We’re going to go back 20 years and meet about half a dozen of these people to see what happened to them, whether they’ve managed to rehabilitate themselves, or whether they’re still inside.”
Proctor said the new independent film looks to produce films and TV shows that offer a different perspective. “There’s a lot of content, but we’re looking for things that have a new voice and a new perspective, something that gives you the feeling that you’ve woken up to something you’ve never seen before.”
“Flickers is a new company and it’s like a startup, but it reflects the same values as when we first started, which was working with emerging talent, different and diverse voices and showing different perspectives,” Zeiger added.