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Lovelace and Hall graduated from the UK’s prestigious Bournemouth Film School in 2006. They were shooting music videos for Pulse before making their first film, Werewolves Across America, a documentary about the DIY indie music scene in the US. The film was selected to screen at Denmark’s CPH:DOX and the UK’s Raindance Film Festival. They followed up in 2012 with Part of Me, a historic and intimate look into the life of global pop star Katy Perry, which on release became the 4th highest grossing music documentary of all time, taking in excess of $32,000,000 at the box office.

PULSE FILMS

The Possibilities Are Endless is the latest feature documentary to come from UK based film production house Pulse Films. Founded in 2005, Pulse has cultivated an award-winning aesthetic which focuses on genre-defying films. Previous films include Who Is Dayani Cristal? (Sundance 2013) , Shut Up And Play The Hits (Sundance 2012) and No Distance Left to Run.

ULTRA VIOLET

Established in 2013, Ultra Violet / Violet Films is currently the only company combining social impact strategy and film production in the UK. Ultra Violet is an ethical consultancy specialising in bespoke outreach campaigns for film and media projects to maximise the social change potential of media projects. With extensive experience in documentary film and social justice initiatives, Ultra Violet is perfectly positioned to navigate effectively between both spheres.

Inspired by filmmakers and driven by the potent impact of their work to achieve change in the even the most intractable of situations, Ultra Violet seeks to amplify their messages. Over the last 18 months, Ultra Violet has worked with some incredible film teams on some of the world’s most impactful feature documentaries including, No Fire Zone (2013), The Dark Matter of Love (2013) and The House I Live In (2012). Violet Films is currently producing the feature doc Virunga (2014) as well as directing the impact campaign.

Edward Lovelace and James Hall are a directing duo collectively known as DARYL. Their work in commercials and cinematic documentaries has earned them two Silver Cannes Lions. In 2010 DARYL directed their first feature length documentary WEREWOLVES ACROSS AMERICA which premiered at CPH:Dox Copenhagen and London’s Raindance. The film is a portrait of American youth culture told from within an underground music scene. Over the past 12 months DARYL have filmed a documentary with American singer Katy Perry. KATY PERRY: PART OF ME will be released by Paramount Studios internationally this summer, Executive Produced and filmed by DARYL

KEY PERSONNEL:

Lucas Ochoa (producer) Lucy Cohen (producer) Kurban Kassam (line producer)

Integrated content production company Pulse was set up by Thomas Benski and Marisa Clifford. The company works across television, music, advertising, film and digital media. Pulse was founded in 2005 and has grown from just two people to a company with 30 staff and an office in Los Angles to handle its US based productions. William Morris Endeavour represents the company. Lucas Ochoa (Head of Film) was named as a Hotshot 2010 by Broadcast Magazine.

Pulse produced ‘No Distance Left To Run’, in 2010, about British band Blur, which was theatrically released in the UK, across Europe, Japan and Canada. It has screened on BBC2 and also BBC4. The film has been nominated for a Grammy and was Shortlisted for a Grierson. In 2012, ‘Shut Up and Play the Hits’, about the break up of revolutionary electronic band LCD Soundsystem, was an Official Selection at the SXSW Film Festival and was released across 120 cinemas across the US