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We are the UK’s leading production company and training provider focussing on disability. 104 films were established in 2004 with the aim of creating a tectonic shift in the representation of disabled people both in front of and behind the camera.
104 Films is a film production company founded by director Justin Edgar and producer Alex Usborne in 2004. They specialise in the representation of disabled and disadvantaged talent, both on screen and behind the camera.
FilmYearDirectorNotesThe Marker2017Justin EdgarFeature film2016James Middleton and Peter SpinneyFeature filmBattle Lines2014Julian Peedle CallooTelevision drama2013Justin EdgarFeature film- Verisimilitude
- The Marker
- Unrest
- Notes on Blindness
- Battle Lines
- We Are The Freaks
- I Am Breathing
- No Fixed Abode
- Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
- Special People
An unemployed disabled actress is frustrated at how all the disabled acting jobs go to able bodied actors. Out of work, she is engaged as an advisor to a spoilt up and coming British film star, showing him how to be disabled for his latest role. A role which might just win him a BAFTA… Funded by BFI and Uncertain Kingdom, Verisimilitude was praised...
Gritty thriller about a criminal tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed whilst haunted by the ghost of his victim. Writer and Director Justin Edgar’s film noir premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017 and was released on Netflix in 2018. It stars Frederick Schmidt, John Hannah, Golden Globe nominee Cathy Tyson and Cosm...
When Harvard Ph.D. student Jennifer Brea is struck down by a fever that leaves her bedridden, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story as she fights a disease that medicine forgot. This impassioned documentary premiered at Sundance 2017, played at SxSW 2017, won the innovation award at Sheffield Docfest and was shortlisted for Best D...
In 1983, after years of deteriorating vision, the writer and theologian John Hull lost the last traces of light sensation. For the next three years, he kept a diary on audio-cassette of his interior world of blindness. This film is a dramatization that uses his original recordings. 104 films co-produced with Archers Mark based on the New York Times...
Short television drama about the experiences of deaf men during World War One. The film is shot entirely in sign language and directed by deaf director Julian Peedle Calloo. It won a Royal Television Society Diversity Award. Funded by the British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust. Watch the full film HERE
Surreal and anarchic anti-teen movie about three friends having the night of their lives against the backdrop of the end of the Thatcher era. Winner of the best film award at Las Vegas Film Festival 2013 and a Michael Powell Award nominee at Edinburgh International Film Festival, the film premiered on Netflix.
Powerful documentary following the final months of a man with motor neurone disease co-produced with the Scottish Documentary Institute for Channel 4. Winner of the 2014 Scottish BAFTA for best director.
Improvised drama starring Patrick Baladi as a man who wakes up to find himself homeless. The film was improvised by a cast of homeless people with mental health issues and received rave reviews following its premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival. Distributed in the UK by Ballpark.
BAFTA-nominated biopic of iconic UK punk rocker Ian Dury starring Andy Serkis, Olivia Williams, Ray Winstone and Toby Jones. Distributed by Entertainment.
Groundbreaking comedy about a filmmaker working with a group of young disabled people. The film won a raft of awards including the BBC Drama Award, Royal Television Society award for Best Drama and was shortlisted for an Oscar.
In 2004 I set up 104 films, a production and training company specialising in disability and film. We worked on BAFTA nominated films such as the Ian Dury biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Notes on Blindness and Oscar shortlisted documentary Unseen.
Jun 18, 2013 · As 104 Films prepares to screen two films at Edinburgh, Sarah Cooper speaks to founders Justin Edgar and Alex Usborne about giving disabled and disadvantaged talent opportunities in the...
104 films make British feature films for a global audience. We are the world leaders in disability and disadvantaged cinema and it is our mission statement to create…
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