New Town Killers

Teenager Sean lives with his sister Alice on a rough housing estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh. With their parents gone and prospects limited, the pair struggle to get by. Alice has accumulated serious debts, and now lenders are ruthlessly calling them in. Desperate to get his sister out of trouble, Sean is presented with the chance by two mysterious strangers, Alistair and Jamie, who will give him the money he needs if he takes part in a hide-and-seek game over the course of one night. Sean is not long into the hunt before he realizes that the men have sinister intentions, and that he will be lucky if he survives the night.

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Script: Richard Jobson

Cinematography: Simon Dennis

Editing: Steven Sander

Music: Stephen Hilton

Actors: Dougray Scott (Alistair), Alastair Mackenzie (Jamie), James Anthony Pearson (Sean), Charles Mnene (Sam)

Production: Independent Film Company & Str8jacket Creations, Scottish Screen & The Screen East Content Investment Fund

Producers: Luc Roeg, Richard Jobson

Art Direction: Andy Drummond

Costumes: Bobby McCulla

Production Design: James Lapsley

Format: 35mm Color

Production Country: U.K.

Production Year: 2008

Duration: 90

Contact: Independent Film Company, UKT. +44 207 257 8734F. +44 207 240 9029sarahl@independentfilmcompany.comwww.independentfilmcompany.com

Richard Jobson

At only 17, he first gained success as front-man with Scottish punk band "The Skids", who had a string of hits including “Into the Valley” in 1979. He turned his attention to modeling for a few years and for the past decade has been working for Sky TV in Britain, presenting predominantly film shows on VH-1 Britain. He produced his first film for Channel 4 with New York satirist Joe Queenan, which was an adaptation of the writer’s legendary essay where he became “Mickey Rourke for a Day”. He went onto produce "Just Another Day in London" which premiered at the London FF 1996. He followed that film by producing "Tube Tales" for Sky TV in 1999 which also premiered at the London FF.