A series of interviews that Cottonopolis’ James Erskine & John Lentaigne conducted with John Gray the political philosopher are to be broadcast from December on Current TV, Al Gore’s media company.

The documentaries should be online at CurrentTV’s website from 11th December 2008.

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Cottonopolis’ James Erskine recently directed an episode of the hit BBC drama Torchwood. Read the rest of this entry »

Cottonopolis produces a live recording of the Flaming Lips at the Manchester Apollo. Read the rest of this entry »

After a successful collaboration on their “Proofs” video, Mates of State and Cottonopolis Films have teamed up again, this time for “Ha Ha”.

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‘EMR‘, Cottonpolis’ first feature film, was completed in early 2005. The film was made on a micro-budget and shot on HD. A work in progress was screened at the DC Independent Film Festival and won the Audience Award. EMR subsequently won the Jury Prize at Raindance 2004 for ‘Best UK Feature’. In early 2005, EMR won Germany’s cult Weekend of Fear Festival, taking the jury prize for best feature, the Golden Glibb. The film also won best feature at San Francisco’s Fearless Tales Festival. The UK cinematic release subsequently by Dogwoof Pictures made history as the world’s first simultaneous release.
For more details please see the Current Projects page.