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Lyre Productions

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Lyre Productions is a Scottish film company making original independent feature films.[1]

History

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Lyre Productions were formed in January 2007 in order to make contemporary, Scottish feature films.[2]

The debut feature film from Lyre was The Inheritance[3] – an award-winning, independent, micro budget Scottish road movie, directed by Charles-Henri Belleville,[4] written and produced by Tim Barrow,[5] and executive produced by David Boaretto. [1] The film stars Tim Barrow, Fraser Sivewright,[6] Imogen Toner,[7] and Tom Hardy.[8] The Inheritance was released on DVD partnered by a 60 minute making-of documentary.[9]

Lyre's second feature was The Space Between[10] – an Edinburgh love story, following 2 strangers, brought together in a redemption tale.[11] Shot in September 2009 in 17 days for £15,000, the film stars Vivien Reid,[12] Tim Barrow,[13] and David Whitney.[14] Written and directed by Tim Barrow, the film premiered at Edinburgh Filmhouse in March 2011. The Space Between was released by Lyre on DVD in December 2012.[9]

The third feature from Lyre is Riptide[15] - a Scottish schizophrenia love story, currently in post-production.[16] The film stars Tim Barrow, Elspeth Turner, David Whitney and David Tudor.[15]

References

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  1. ^ Magnus Bennett (October 22, 2011). "How to make a movie for just £15,000". BBC News.
  2. ^ "Who We Are". 12 July 2012.
  3. ^ https://www.facebook.com/groups/34553882215/ [user-generated source]
  4. ^ Charles Henri Belleville – IMDb
  5. ^ Tim Barrow – IMDb
  6. ^ "Fraser Sivewright". IMDb.
  7. ^ "Imogen Toner". IMDb.
  8. ^ "Tom Hardy". IMDb.
  9. ^ a b "DVDS". 7 July 2014.
  10. ^ https://thespacebetweenthemovie.wordpress.com/ [user-generated source]
  11. ^ "The Space Between". IMDb.
  12. ^ "Vivien Reid". IMDb.
  13. ^ "Tim Barrow". IMDb.
  14. ^ http://www.davidwhitney.org
  15. ^ a b https://www.riptidethefilm.co.uk/
  16. ^ "Riptide". IMDb.