Doom-ScrollDoom-Scroll
Clout-chasing YouTubers mess with an occult manuscript and find themselves in The Year Of Our Lord, 1644 — caught between civil war, witch-hunts, and a very nasty outbreak of plague.
Polyrock Films — London
High-concept,
hand-made.
Polyrock Films is a UK-based production company making genre-bending, audience-led stories, founded by director George Moore & producer Hugo Nicholson. Earning international acclaim for a number of award-winning shorts, we’re now developing an exciting slate of features, focusing on character-led films that can connect with mainstream audiences whilst maintaining the cult British sensibility that sets us apart.
Sometimes funny, sometimes dark, but always a bit unexpected.
In development
FEATURE FILMS
Doom-Scroll
The Farewell Tour of Wytch’s TytThe Farewell Tour of Wytch’s Tyt
Heavy-metal havoc ensues when a paranoid rock band mistake a sleepy village festival for a killer pagan sacrifice.
Paul Is DeadPaul Is Dead
A wild, imaginative feature adaptation of the award-winning short film that tells the very not-true story of the infamous Beatles conspiracy theory.
PREVIOUS WORK
SHORT FILMS
Paul Is DeadPaul Is Dead
1967. Hungover and at each other's throats, John, George and Ringo must convince Billy Shears, a sheepish rural lookalike, to join their band after Paul dies during a drug filled musical retreat. A feature film adaptation of Paul Is Dead is in development.
Aesthetica · LSFF · Short of the Week · BIFA 'Best British Short Film' (nominee) · Royal Television Society 'Best Cinematography' (winner)
Free SpiritsFree Spirits
In this paranormal comedy, BAFTA-nominee Spencer Jones leads a star cast (alongside veteran actors from Hot Fuzz, Game Of Thrones & Spaced) as Rev Howard Lee Jr, a bashful local vicar called upon to save a haunted nudist camp from the prudish poltergeist covering their privates.
WINNER 'Best British Film', 'Best Comedy Actor', 'Best Director' — Greenwich Film Festival · WINNER 'Best Comedy' — Portobello · WINNER 'Audience Award' — Landshut Film Festival
The Nun SlayerThe Nun Slayer
Black comedy starring Matthew Cottle and Ellie Nunn. When Donald is released after 30 years of false imprisonment, his wife Ophelia must come to terms with the fact that he's not the psychotic killer she fell in love with.
WINNER 'Best Comedy' — Unrestricted View Film Festival · WINNER 'Best English Film' - British Short Film Awards
The Corpse RoadThe Corpse Road
Psychological horror starring Christopher Brown. A begrudging medieval peasant must traverse the eerie and unrelenting Lakeland fells to deliver the body of his loathed mother-in-law to holy ground.
WINNER 'Best Film', 'Best Horror', 'Best Director' NOMINEE 'Best British Short' 'Best Design' 'Best Actor' — Greenwich Film Festival
Other work
SHORTS MADE WITH OUR COLLABORATORS
GoldenboyGoldenboy
Comedy From Tom Palmer & Tom Stourton, with Daniel Ings.
The Nicky NackThe Nicky Nack
Horror starring Olivier Award winner Alun Armstrong.
Lay-ByTrickle
Comedy from Ravanburn Films, starring Tom Stourton.
Man SpiderMan Spider
A Vimeo Staff Pick, with Liz Kingsman & Harry Michell.
20+ festival wins
40+ selections worldwide
Cult online followings
RECOGNISED by Short of the Week, BAFTA, BIFA & RTS
The team
GMGeorge Moore
Director
Writer-director based in London. After the viral success of his 2018 short, Paul Is Dead, George established Polyrock Films with Hugo, working together on Free Spirits, which went on to receive a number of awards including Best Director, Best Comedy and Audience Awards, on top of his prior RTS win and BIFA nomination.
HNHugo Nicholson
Producer
Producer and location manager. He produced Free Spirits and shorts including Goldenboy, Trickle, The Nicky Nack and the Vimeo Staff Pick Man Spider. His location and AD work spans bigger productions, including Better Man, All My Friends Hate Me, and shows for the BBC, Netflix and the BFI.
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