Tide Movie – A Fisherman's Tale

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The slow decline of an ageing trawler exposes harsh realities and personal tragedy for a north sea trawler crew as they embark on one last voyage.

SYNOPSIS

TIDE is a story about place, identity and mental health within a community fighting for its very existence. A fishing community whose identity is unraveling apace.

Skipper, a genial modern day ‘Ahab’ who has fished the North sea all his life is blindsided when an onboard issue threatens his beloved trawler, the Annie. His reaction pulls into sharp focus the reality of life and friendship in a once proud trawler town.

At its heart, Tide it is the story of a way life that is slowly passing and the dignity of those involved.

LIAM THOMAS

WRITER

Actor, Liam Thomas (The Damned United, God’s Own Country, Ammonite) grew up in a Northern fishing community. He spent a number of years at sea before moving inland. His younger brother worked as a fisherman for many years, continuing until it became economically unviable. Struggling to find a new direction, his pride and self esteem were further undermined by bouts of unemployment and related mental health issues. In 2010 he took his own life. He left a note and put himself into the sea. His body, was recovered at dawn the following day by the skipper of one of the last working boats in the port. He was spotted floating by a large shoal bank ‘held aloft by the ebb tide’. This film is born of an anecdote he shared with Liam shortly before he died.

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DAN HARTLEY

DIRECTOR

Dan Hartley As a video assist operator on studio films such as Harry Potter and Star Wars has worked with directors such as Alfonso Cuaron, Ridley Scott and Ron Howard. A director in his own right, Dan’s work includes BAFTA nominated short film Love you, Joseff Hughes and his multi-award winning debut feature film Lad : A Yorkshire Story. The film has won over 20 International festival awards and has one of the highest IMDB ratings of any British film release.

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ADAM LYONS

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Rising star Adam Lyons is a much sought after Leeds based cinematographer whose work covers Film, TV and Commercials. He worked on multiple award winning shorts Falsified and Shok and recently completed filming season 6 of Endeavour for ITV. He recently shot the stunning National geographic documentary, The Final Challenge, which was filmed across 3 continents over two months.

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KEELEY LANE

PRODUCER

Keeley Lane has several years experience in factual television production across all the main broadcast television channels and has worked on several award winning shows. As Artistic Director of BugLight Theatre Company she works with other arts organisations up and down the country.

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