Mogul & the Prawn

News: a bit of an announcement

19 Jan, 2012:

We are delighted to be able to say that the Mogul has a) accepted a place on the Women in Film & TV mentoring scheme and b) agreed a deal with Orion to publish her upcoming novel The Beauty of Murder.

Because of this, she’ll have less time for music, so:

For film or TV drama, please contact us as usual.
For all other commissions, contact the Prawn directly via tristaylor.com.

Thank you so much for your support thus far!

For more on Alexandra’s writing please visit akbenedict.com.

Film: Shackled title sequence for crowdfunding drive

Dec 6, 2011:

Off the back of 15 international festival screenings of her last film Habibti, director Nour Wazzi is now crowdfunding her next short, Shackled.

A psychological thriller, it’s co-produced by Shirine Best and Ellie Emptage through Panacea Productions and Traveller Films. They sent us a beautiful hand-drawn title sequence and an irresistible brief – sinister 1950s circus music.

Here’s the result – a score for two music boxes, soprano voice, violin, accordion, calliope, tuba and orchestral percussion:

And here’s the music:

Film: Shackled – Titles (Panacea Productions/Traveller Films) by A.K. Benedict/T. Taylor

Please visit the crowdfunding page for Shackled now! For a few dollars you can get an on-screen ‘Special Thanks’; for a few more you can get even better perks…

Film: Habibti gets special mentions in Cyprus and Montréal

Oct 20, 2011:

Habibti has won the ‘Special Mention for a Leading Female Role’ award in Cyprus and got this special jury mention at the Montréal International Black Film Festival too:

“It’s impossible not to mention this film in which family, religion and opening oneself up to others are really put to the test through images that are as powerful as they are piercingly truthful. A powerhouse of a film.”

Huzza!

Plus it has added more screenings to the list – here’s an updated one: