Compelling narrativebeautifully craftedHomeWild Dream NewsWild Dream Films have just relocated from Cardiff to Brighton.The company is currently in production with a 3 x 60 minute series for S4C/S4CI and The History Channel US, called Ancient Discoveries'. The series is being directed by Stuart Clarke, and written Justin Pollard. Filming is taking place in Rome, Athens, Alexandria and the UK. The series is due for completion by September 2002, and will be available to view at MIP 2002, by arrangement with S4C International. is also in pre-production with a second 3 x 60 minute series for S4C International which will begin production at the end of 2002.A slate of scripts are also in development, as expands into theatric film production. AboutShow ReelContactAwards:Best Factual DocumentaryThe Celtic Film & TV Awards 2001The Kodak AwardThe British Short Film Festival 1999The Audience Award Croydon Film Festival 1999Sharing Stories Two in a Room Pitch 1998Best Documentary Vila do Conde Film Festival 1996Silver Bear Festival Der Nation Urkunde 1996Wild Dream Films is an independent television production company which produces distinctive programmes for both UK broadcasters and international markets.To date Wild Dreams output includes numerous documentaries for UK broadcasters, Hi-Definition documentaries for NHK Japan, and internationally distributed documentary series. The company has also produced childrens period comedy and drama series for Channel 4.Co-production partners have included La Cinquieme, ZDF, NVC Arts, and The History Channel US. Documentary singles and series have aired in over 40 countries World-wide. The company has also successfully produced 35mm cinema shorts, which have screened at International Film Festivals, and sold to broadcasters including Film Four and HBO.Whether in Film, TV, documentary or drama all Wild Dream productions have a common aim; to combine compelling narrative with beautifully crafted images.Ali McGrath is an experienced producer who has successfully collaborated with the director and co-founder of Wild Dream Films, Stuart Clarke since 1988. Having worked in the field as a writer, producer and director, of both documentary and drama, she now acts in an editorial role, overseeing Wild Dream Films production. She combines this with managing Wild Dream Films, and spearheading new project developments. Stuart Clarke is a director who brings a distinctive creative flair to productions. He started his career at the age of 22, working as a director on the popular BBC childrens drama serial Byker Grove. For the past twelve years he has directed many network UK, and international productions. Many of his films have been nominated, and won industry awards. Notably he won the Best Documentary prize at the Celtic Film & TV Festival for a documentary for Channel 4 TV. Wild Dream Films LtdPO Box 131BrightonBN1 1WBT:01273 236168F:01273 236165E:mail@wild-dream.comSubway Cops and the Mole Kings Channel 4 TV (Strand: The Blue Light Zone)Deep underground in the tunnels of New York live a forgotten community of mole people. The documentary ventures into the dark recesses of the City, and uncovers the world of the Subway Cops and Mole Kings."An extraordinary documentary....This eye opening film takes us deep into the New York Subway system, where a substantial population of drifters, odd balls and vagrants make themselves at home as best they can."Critics TV Choice - Daily Express"...Stuart Clarkes Subway Cops and the Mole Kings, a striking study of those who live in New Yorks underground tunnels..."Mark Lawson The GuardianBest Documentary Vila do Conde Film Festival 1996Silver Bear Festival Der Nation Urkunde 1996Short-listed for Best Factual Documentary Indie Awards 1999 Other Production Credits: Beacons Channel 4 Learning ëBeaconsí is a five part drama series for children which follows the exploits of a group of nine children who visit an outdoor pursuits centre in the Brecon Beacons National Park. It features a full range of emotions from laughter to tears, as the children at the centre make friends, face challenges, and deal with conflicts during their time in the Welsh mountains. Writers from Wales Channel 4 Learning An arts documentary series which juxtaposes two writers in each programme, with completely different styles. The series features writers working in film, television drama, poetry, prose and theatre. Newes of the Weeke Channel 4 Learning Newes of the Weeke is a comedy drama series which follows the exploits of hapless scribe, Bodgitt, through Wales during the Stuart period. Each episode explores different aspects of the period, from the Black Death, to the Civil War, Charles I to Buccaneers such as Henry Morgan. The witless Bodgitt become involved in all manner of ëtomfooleryí as he learns about the curious and strange events unfolding around him. Foul Mouths Channel 5 TV There are 15 million malicious telephone calls made in Britain every year. Foul Mouths is a disturbing documentary which looks behind this shocking statistic at some of the stories of those affected by this psychologically terrifying crime. Dark Side of the Web Channel 5 TV Wild Dream Films A documentary which introduces us to the on-line outlaws who exploits the vunerablilities of the net and explores how we may be their potential prey. This cautionary documentary explores what pitfalls await the unwary traveller on the information superhighway. Voices on the Line Channel 4 TV A musical journey which captures the songs and the spirit of the people who live along the Meridian Line. Travelling from Greenwich , through Marseilles, to West Africa, and ending in Antarctica, the series of Wild Dream Films intimate portraits celebrates the rich diversity of lives bound together by time and song. Commissioned by Channel 4 as part of a season to celebrate the Millennium. Craftsmen of the World High Definition series for NHK Individual documentaries for broadcast in Japan which feature traditional arts and crafts, set within the landscapes of rural Britain. Features characters such as Irish musical instrument makers, Romany Caravan craftsmen, the creators of the hand built Morgan car, and Woodsmen from rural Wales. Corners of the World High Definition for NHK Documentaries for broadcast in Japan focusing on life in Britain. From Mountain farmers in mid-Wales, to steam railway enthusiasts, a glimpse Wild Dream Films into the lives of men an women living and working today. Flying High Channel 4 (Strand: Short Stories) A documentary based around a series of characters whose passion for flying brings them together at Swansea flying club. In Search of the Amber Room Channel 4 TV/NVC Arts (Strand: Arthouse)The Amber Room was one of the Worlds greatest cultural treasures, until the Nazis invaded Russia in 1941, and ripped it from the Walls of the Catherine Palace. The secret of its fate has been kept for over fifty years. The documentary focuses on the Wild Dream Films relationship between art and war and encounters some of the many people who have become obsessed with revealing the dark secrets of the Amber Room. "...there is a paper chase through the files of the East German Secret Police, the Stasis, and the KGB trying to reconstruct the movement of a treasure, in the chaos of the dying days of the Second World War. These strands have been brought together in the documentary Art House: In Wild Dream Films Search of the Amber Room to be screened by Channel 4 at 9pm tomorrow. The reporter Anthony Wilson enters into the spirit of this great cultural whodunit...he captures the mood, the sense that a least part of the Amber Room mystery will soon be solved."Roger Boyes - The TimesAired in over 26 countries.The Vanishing of Richey ManicChannel 4 TV (Strand: The Fame Factor)On the 1st of February 1995, Richey James Edwards, guitarist of the Indie pop band the Manic Street Preachers, disappeared without a trace. The documentary explores the darker side of fame, and contains interviews with Boy George, Steve Lamaq and Shaun Ryder."Some very odd looking people with multi-coloured hair and lots of make up help tell the intriguing story of Richey Edwards. The Wild Dream Films Daily Telegraph"There are interviews with famous and not-so-famous people about Richeys role in the Manic Street Preachers, his personal/lyrical anxieties and his fragile - yet self-analytical emotional condition... and his final withdrawal from a world which still does not know what has happened to him."Melody MakerDressed to KillChannel 4 TV (Strand: A Very British Murder)In November 1996 an apparently respectable cinema owner from Kinmel Bay was found guilty of four brutal murders. The murderer was Peter Moore, a covertly gay man who Wild Dream Films was known locally as a gentle and polite businessman. However the trial revealed a cruel and sadistic character who for over 20 years has terrified the community of North Wales in a series of violent assaults on lone men. The film explores Moores background, and the link between his homosexuality, penchant for S&M, obsession with cinema, and his desire to be famous."...A well researched, haunting, chilling film."The Daily Telegraph "...This particularly disturbing episode of an outstanding Wild Dream Films series is minutely researched there are contributions from Moores neighbours, family members, school mates, a criminologist and the police, all of whom give their own ideas about why Moore acted as he did"The Radio Times"....The film was the story of the serial killer Peter Moore. Quite simply it was good television and all the better for being rooted in a very specific place."Michael Jackson, Channel 4 keynote speech, Nations & Regions Conference 2001Best Documentary: The Celtic Film & TV Festival 2001Space TouristsPassport to the Stars S4C/S4C InternationalSpace Tourists is an aspirational film which explores the possibilities of space travel for all. The documentary questions whether it will really be possible for fee paying Wild Dream Films passengers to go in to space within the foreseeable future, and reveals the most exciting innovations in space tourism."If you buy Wild Dream Films Space Tourists at Mipcom, youll get a free plot on the moon. The science doc about space tourism, shot in Russia and the Mojave Desert, features Dennis Hope the real estate man who "owns the moon..."TelevisualDistributed by S4C InternationalFuture VisionsS4C/S4C InternationalA documentary which questions how mankind will be effected by the life changing technological advances which could occur within our own futures. It explores the line between science-fiction and science-fact and asks the question: Are we improving our lives through technological advance, or creating a dangerous World which we cannot ultimately control?Distributed by S4C InternationalTruth or Dare Cinematic Short FilmA cheeky tale of four young characters who embark on a revealing drinking game with dangerous consequences. Starring Donna Air, Jake Wood, Delma Walsh, and Paul Williams. "Truth or Dare promises to be the most exciting pre-film entertainment since the Star Wars trailer."Ministry of Sound Magazine"...Beautiful women, guns, crime and a cunning plot if this film is starting to sound like a must-see, do not be put off by it being just 10 minutes long..."The Western MailThe Kodak Prize The British Short Film Festival Screened at numerous international festivalsPurchased by Film Four and HBO Home