OUR STORIES EDUCATE, ENGAGE AND INSPIRE

Crafted and produced by award-winning artists and activists

We are a female-led, independent London-based film production company. We produced the BAFTA-nominated feature film, APOSTASY (Frank & Lively, iFeatures, BFI, Creative England, BBC). Released by Curzon Artificial Eye in 2017, this film centres around three female leads and boasts a 50% female crew. Critically acclaimed, APOSTASY went on to earn a total of 17 international nominations, taking home five, including Screen International’s film of the year.

In the narrative space, our films have premiered at high profile film festivals globally, including Toronto International Film Festival, San Sebastian and London International Film Festival. Favouring stories that tackle gender inequality, our debut documentary, Summer School, premiered at the Women of the World (WOW) Festival (2010) and was presented by the Gender Research Group. Today, we continue to develop features and shorts with female characters at the heart. 

Carrying this ethos through to the learning space, we continue to challenge stereotypes and provide opportunities for diverse voices. With over 25 industry-recognised awards earned for the stories we tell, our creative-first approach raises the bar on learning in uniquely inclusive and engaging ways.

Meet our leaders

Marcie MacLellan

Founder, Executive Producer, Writer

Amelia Leeson

Writer / Director

Awards and nominations

2021
  • Winner – Best Short Doc – Big Sky Doc Fest
  • Nominee – The Aesthetica Awards
  • Nominee – Best Director – Underwire Film Festival

2020

  • Best Short Film – Winner – Canada Shorts Film Festival
  • Best Short Film — Winner – Rhode Island International Film Festival
  • Best Cinematography – Nominee – Underwire Film Festival
  • Best Cinematography – Nominee – Film with Pride Festival

2019

  • Winner – Best Short – Rhode Island Film Festival
  • Entrepreneur of Excellence – Nominee – National Diversity Awards
  • Outstanding Debut Feature – Nominee – BAFTA
  • Best Producer – Nominee – National Film Awards
  • Best Director – Nominee – National Film Awards
  • Best Debut Screenplay – Winner – Writer’s Guild of Great Britain Award

2018

  • Best British Film of the Year – Winner – SCREEN
  • Best Specialist Campaign of the Year – Winner – SCREEN
  • Breakthrough Producer – Nominee – British Independent Film Awards
  • Best Debut Screenwriter – Nominee – British Independent Film Awards
  • Best Casting – Nominee – British Independent Film Awards
  • Best Debut Director – Nominee – British Independent Film Awards
  • Best Film – Nominee – Ubi Banca Prize
  • British/Irish Film of the Year – Nominee – London Critics Circle Film Awards
  • Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year – Nominee – London Critics Circle Film Awards
  • Best Screenplay – Nominee – Dublin Film Circle Awards

2017

  • One to Watch – Campaign Magazine’s Future Female
  • IWC Bursary Award – Winner – BFI London Film Festival
  • International Competition – Nominee – Golden Gateway Award
  • New Directors Award – Nominee – San Sebastian International Film Festival

2016

  • Best Advertising Film – Nominee – Creative Pool

2015

  • Chartered Institute of Marketing – Finalist – Marketing Performance Management
  • Chartered Institute of Marketing – Finalist – Innovation
  • Chartered Institute of Marketing – Finalist – Digital Transformation

2010

  • Writer – Best Screenplay Nominee – Underwire Festival
In a league of their own. Frank & Lively is an extremely talented content agency. Regardless of the type of project, their command of visual imagery and the written word is second-to-none. Their ability to distil messages to its core and create attention grabbing stories is truly amazing. It is an honour and pleasure to work with them. Steve Kim, Founder, Boiling Point
Frank & Lively did an exceptional job on the production of our film. The team is made up of detail oriented, innovative and careful perfectionists – their ideas, skills, creativity and understanding of changing requests in the script made the film a dream shoot. The team has extensive knowledge, and their open-minded approach and enthusiasm cannot not be overestimated. Lord Lewis Martin, Director, PLUS BELLE LA VIE
We have worked with Frank & Lively for almost a decade – this is a testament to the quality and innovation that their work and approach delivers. The team’s ability to flex their storytelling muscles and challenge our thinking has been a key feature of our relationship. Frank & Lively understands the needs of a progressive, growing business and delivers accordingly. Colin Hunter, CEO of Potential Squared International
APOSTASY is a knockout debut about the insidiousness of blind faith. This gripping, thorny film tackles religious fundamentalism through the lens of an all-female Jehovah’s Witness family. This is a standout British drama that pointedly asks us to question the strictures of institutionalised religion. TIME OUT
This intimate drama — about a mother and daughters battling and being beguiled by faith — is one of the most assured and compelling British films in years. With a trio of fine performances and remarkable poise and control, this intimate and compelling drama manages to explore and expose authoritarian religion. EMPIRE MAGAZINE
Severity in visuals and content, and an audacious storytelling approach, will make this a hard theatrical sell, but Apostasy should register internationally as one of those too rare films which fly the flag for a convincing British art cinema. SCREEN DAILY
Blood proves thicker than (holy) water in one of the year’s strongest British films. A beautifully balanced glimpse into the world of Jehovah’s Witnesses set in a humdrum corner of Manchester, it’s a timely, sensitive and intelligent work of cinema for which opportunity will now surely knock. It restores faith in British cinema. HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

A shout-out to our brands and funders 

  • Potential Squared
  • Reuters
  • Veeam
  • The Industry Club
  • Now: Pensions
  • Duracell
  • H&M
  • Sony
  • Intel
  • P&G
  • Give as You Live
  • Mumsnet
  • Unilever
  • Coca Cola
  • Citi
  • Reebok
  • BT
  • Blippar
  • The Guardian
  • Financial Times
  • Auriens
  • The Drum
  • Trivelhus
  • Feltham Prison
  • ASUS
  • PwC
  • BBC
  • BFI
  • Creative England
  • EFT
  • HSBC
  • London School of Marketing
  • Metfilm Film School
  • Oracle
  • What If
  • Jubilee Debt Campaign
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