SYNOPSIS FESTIVALS AND NOMINATIONS

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2 SYNOPSIS Pippa (Daisy Lowe) is a physically and emotionally scarred former model living as a recluse in her meticulous Georgian flat. When a heist taking place in the same building goes wrong, Pippa s home is broken into by the charismatic Kayleigh (Eliza Bennett). Pippa is taken hostage by this unpredictable and volatile thief who s looking for a temporary hideout, but when outside forces close in, Kayleigh takes a darker path to get her way. As the confined space becomes a fighting ring, in a tense struggle to get out Pippa learns how to stand up for herself once again. FESTIVALS AND NOMINATIONS Winner of Award of Excellence at Canada International Film Festival 13 Winner of Platinum Reel Award at Nevada Film Festival 12 Winner of Best International Feature, Best Editing and Best Make-up and Distinctive Achievement Award for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Soundtrack and Best Ensemble at Wild Rose Film Festival 12 Winner of Diamond Award at the California Film Awards 13 Winner of Golden Pegasus Award at Peloponnesian International Film Festival 12 Honourable Mention for Best Actress at Idyllwild CinemaFest 13 Honourable Mention at Fargo Film Festival 13 Official Selection Omaha Film Festival, Nebraska 13 Official Selection Berlin Independent Film Festival 13 Official Selection at Sunscreen Film Festival 13 Official Selection at River Bend Film Festival Official Selection at Cyprus International Film Festival 13 Official Selection at International Film Festival, Manhattan 12 Official Selection at International Film Festival, Antigua Barbuda 12 Official Selection at S.N.O.B. (Somewhat North of Boston) Film Festival 12 Nominated for Best Film at Seattle True Independent Film Festival 13 Nominated for Best Soundtrack at Beloit Film Festival 13 Nominated for Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress at Studio City Film Festival, LA 13 Nominated for Best Feature at Anchorage Film Festival 12 Nominated for Best Director, Best Script and Best Feature at Arpa Film Festival 12 Nominated for Best UK Feature at Raindance Film Festival 12

DAISY LOWE An internationally recognised model and British

Sony Ericsson, Marc Jacobs, Converse, Louis Vuitton, Biba

She has walked for Chanel and Vivienne Westwood, and

young men, and she has over 100,000 followers on Twitter.

3 DAISY LOWE An internationally recognised model and British Fashion icon, Daisy has featured in campaigns for Braun, Sony Ericsson, Marc Jacobs, Converse, Louis Vuitton, Biba and Agent Provocateur. She has walked for Chanel and Vivienne Westwood, and appeared on the covers of dozens of magazines including Playboy, Vogue and Esquire. Daisy s popularity is enormous with both young women and young men, and she has over 100,000 followers on Twitter. Having previously acted in two feature films, Geography of a Hapless Heart and First Days of Spring, Confine is Daisy's first major film role.

ALFIE ALLEN Alfie has recently been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his

Alfie comes from a very well known family; his sister is singer Lily Allen, his father is actor

ELIZA BENNETT Eliza started acting as a child as part of the original cast of the stage show

She then appeared in the TV miniseries Supernova as Haley Richardson.

Eliza went on to play Meggie Folchart in the film Inkheart opposite Brendan Fraser and Jim

4 ALFIE ALLEN Alfie has recently been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as Theon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones, soon to be reprised in the upcoming third season. He has appeared in 14 feature films, including Atonement, The Other Boleyn Girl, and Elizabeth. Alfie comes from a very well known family; his sister is singer Lily Allen, his father is actor Keith Allen, and his mother is producer Alison Owen. ELIZA BENNETT Eliza started acting as a child as part of the original cast of the stage show Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Her first big movie role was as Princess Arabella in The Prince & Me. She then appeared in the TV miniseries Supernova as Haley Richardson. Her big break came with Nanny McPhee. Eliza went on to play Meggie Folchart in the film Inkheart opposite Brendan Fraser and Jim Broadbent. Following that she got the role of Susan in Julian Fellowes' film From Time to Time, broadcast on the BBC. Most recently Eliza starred in Johannes Robert s horror film F which was chosen for Channel 4 FrightFest. Eliza worked with the same director again in Sci-Fi horror for the US Syfy Channel Roadkill which was released April 2011.

5 CONFINE WRITER/DIRECTOR Born in 1979, British writer-director TOBIAS TOBBELL began writing plays and making short films as a young teenager. He read Classical History at Reading University, where he swiftly joined the university drama society (RUDS). After becoming Artistic Director of RUDS, Tobbell and a handful of similarly driven friends promoted new writing, took several shows to Edinburgh Fringe and turned RUDS into a flourishing and prolific drama society. During his three years at the university, Tobbell took part in over 25 shows as writer, director and/or actor, winning an audience award for 'Best Original Play' in In the following decade, Tobbell created Two Bells Productions, co-founded AntHill Media, and produced over 300 short films, videos, sketches and how-tos; many of which accrued well over a million Internet hits each. In 2010 he produced the festival hit The Drummond Will, a black comedy which picked up 8 Best Feature awards. His latest film, Confine (both written and directed by Tobbell), is due for release in the UK in summer CONFINE PRODUCER EMILY CORCORAN wrote and produced the feature film 'Sisterhood'. 'Sisterhood' had a theatrical release in the UK and sold on DVD and Blu Ray in the USA, Australia and New Zealand. The film made the official selection of 4 international film festivals and won 'Best First Film' at the British Film Festival in Los Angeles as well as being nominated for 'Best Comedy' and 'Best Actress'. 'Sisterhood' also won 'Best Actress' at The Marbella International Film Festival and was nominated for 'Best Feature'. In 2013 Emily is shooting the feature film 'The Stolen' as a writer/producer. It is being distributed in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil by Universal and guaranteed limited theatrical in the USA in Emily also heads up the Filmscape Film Fund in London, on behalf of Filmscape Media.

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8 CONFINE CONTACT DETAILS Two Bells Productions in association with Cork Films Tobias Tobbell (Director) c/o Two Bells Productions Ltd 105 Shepperton Road London N1 3DF UK Emily Corcoran (Producer) c/o Cork Films Ltd Unit Notting Hill Gate London W11 3JE Official Website: Trailer at: Imdb page: TECHNICAL INFORMATION Complete June 2012 Run-time - 81m 2k (shot Alexa) Colour / Stereo and 5.1 SR 2.35 (Scope)

International theatrical results for UK films, 2008

International theatrical results for UK films, 2008 UK Film Council Research and Statistics Unit 19 May 2009 Key points Worldwide the gross box office for films of all countries of origin increased by