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Marco van Belle’s Irish female vampire origin feature Feed has begun shooting in Ireland’s coastal region of County Wexford, which also recently hosted the shoot of Small Things like These, as Metro International Entertainment gears up to launch sales at the AFM.
The film follows a group of twenty something social media influencers who spend a weekend at a remote contemporary house in an Irish forest, and must fight for their lives when they awaken the world’s original vampire from her slumber. Van Belle previously wrote sci-fi Mercy starring Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Annabelle Wallis, which is currently in post-production.
It gathers an ensemble cast of emerging Irish and UK talent, including Grace Collender (Fréwaka), Clinton Liberty (House of The Dragon, Touchdown, Normal People) Daisy Jelley (How To Have Sex, Geek Girl), Niamh Hogan (In The Land of Saints and Sinners, Vikings), Rhys Mannion (Freud’s Session, Silver and The Book of Dreams) and Oskar Smith (Dead & Buried, The Young Offenders).
Feed takes its cue from the Irish myth of the Dearg Due, which also inspired Irish writer Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’.
Writer and director Van Belle previously wrote sci-fi Mercy starring Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Annabelle Wallis, which is currently in post-production.
“With people using social media to make their mark and get rich quick, I’m fascinated to explore the fragility of modern influencer culture by putting our characters against a ruthless creature that has the true power of influence,” said the director
Producers are Ripple World’s Jac Kerrin and Dominic Wright (The Last Rifleman, Never Grow Old), with Big Safari’s Richard Kondal and Tianna Roberts (Get Away, Giant) as UK co-producers.
Niamh Fagan is Executive Producer for Screen Ireland/Fís Éireann, who are providing production finance and financed development. Creativity Capital is providing production finance, with Patrick Fischer executive producing.
Will Machin, Sam Parker and Michael Yates are Executive Producers for Metro International Entertainment who are handling international sales and will launch the film to buyers at the AFM.
Feed is financed by Screen Ireland/Fís Éireann, Ireland’s Section 481 Producer tax credit, the UK’s Independent Feature Tax Credit, Creativity Capital, Creativity Media, Koala FX, Screen Ireland’s Nationwide Fund, with Metro International providing an MG and arranging presal
