Causeway Films, the Australian film production house behind recent breakout “Talk to Me,” has opened a U.K.
operation.The company has hired Daniel Negret, formerly of Head Gear Films, as its CEO.Causeway Films was established by producers Kristina Ceyton and Samantha Jennings in 2014, launching with Jennifer Kent’s Sundance hit “The Babadook.” It followed that by producing Kent’s follow up feature “The Nightingale,” which won the special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival in 2019.Innovative horror film, “Talk to Me,” from filmmaking duo Danny and Michael Philippou screened in Sundance, Berlin and SXSW 2023 and was acquired by A24.
It became A24’s top genre release in North America with a box office of $48.1 million to date, taking the film’s global box office to over $89 million.In 2020-21 Causeway completed four other features.
These included “You Won’t Be Alone,” by the Serbian Australian director Goran Stolevski…
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