About Us

Verve Pictures

At Verve Pictures, we specialise in the release of independent film in cinemas and on DVD, offering audiences the chance to enjoy original and thought provoking cinema from the UK and around the world. 

We are passionate about film and discovering new talent, and are committed to releasing films that have become increasingly lost in today’s multiplex culture.

Since the company was founded in 2003, we have released award winning films such as Red Road, The Arbor, Bullet Boy, Dogtooth and Pavee Lackeen, helping bring important filmmakers such as Andrea Arnold, Dominic Savage, Amma Asante, Saul Dibb and Clio Barnard to wider public attention.

We have a proven track record of working with first time filmmakers who have previously excelled in other visual fields - Over 75% of our releases are from first time feature directors.

Our titles have won the Sutherland Award at the London Film Festival (The Arbor in 2010 and Las Acacias in 2011), the BAFTA Carl Foreman Award (Amma Asante, A Way of Life in 2004 and Andrea Arnold, Red Road in 2007) and BIFA Best Newcomer (Ashley Walters, Bullet Boy, 2004).

Our subsidiary Drakes Avenue distributes acquired titles, specialising in documentaries about icons such as Philip Glass, Lindsay Anderson, Robert Altman, Glenn Gould, Patti Smith, Harvey Milk and Billy Paul, and has alliances with organisations such as ICA Films and The London Turkish Film Festival to release cutting edge World Cinema programming in cinemas and on DVD.

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