Shooting Has Begun On Alice Lowe’s Timestalker
Shooting has commenced in Wales on Alice Lowe’s reincarnation rom-com Timestalker, a tale of one woman’s unrequited love spanning several centuries.
Starring writer & director Alice Lowe in the lead role, she is joined by a talented ensemble cast in Jacob Anderson (Interview with the Vampire) AKA music artist "Raleigh Ritchie", Aneurin Barnard (Dunkirk), Tanya Reynolds (Sex Education) and Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, Paul).
The lead cast is also joined by Kate Dickie (The Witch), Dan Skinner (High-Rise), Mike Wozniak (Man Down) who all starred in Lowe’s successful directorial debut Prevenge which played at Venice, TIFF, London, AFI & SXSW. Timestalker will again bring Lowe’s subversive, irreverent and hilarious dark sense of humour to film audiences in 2023.
Timestalker follows hapless heroine Agnes (Alice Lowe) through time as she repeatedly falls for the wrong guy, dies a grim death, gets reincarnated a century later, before meeting him again and starting the cycle anew. It is one story told over many periods, all with the messy thrills and spills that come with daring to follow your heart. Or maybe your loins...
The cast will recur throughout each historical period depicted in the romantic comedy, as the film playfully travels in time. Audiences will enjoy seeing Alice’s heroine Agnes pursue the love of her many lives through various moments in history and into the future: 1680s Western Scotland; 1790s Rural England; 1980s Manhattan; and an apocalyptic 22nd Century.
With Timestalker, Alice teams up again with Prevenge producer Vaughan Sivell and Western Edge Pictures.
Timestalker is in co-production with Popcorn Group, and funded by the BFI (awarding National Lottery funding), Head Gear Films, Popcorn Group and Ffilm Cymru Wales with funding from the National Lottery and Welsh Government via Creative Wales.
Hanway Films have worldwide rights.
Hanway will be sharing materials from Timestalker at the AFM (1 – 6 November).
“This is such a magical project that has come together at the perfect time with the perfect cast and crew. It's a time travelling journey we’re all on together and it feels extraordinary.” Alice Lowe, Writer, Director & Actor.
“It’s great to be shooting this new adventure with Alice and this amazing cast. I can’t wait for audiences - to experience her version of history!” Vaughan Sivell, Producer.
Timestalker is the first project to be supported by Ffilm Cymru Wales and Creative Wales’ feature film production fund.
Earlier this year it was announced that Creative Wales’ production funding for film would be delivered via Ffilm Cymru Wales through a new collaboration for independent feature film with Welsh talent at its heart. Ffilm Cymru Wales will administer the new fund of £1million a year for an initial two-year period, which will be integrated with their delegated National Lottery funds from the Arts Council of Wales. Producers can now access up to £600,000 per project through a single application process, subject to an assessment of Welsh benefits, including Welsh talent, Welsh spend, training and strategic benefits.
Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, Dawn Bowden, said: “I am very pleased to see filming for Timestalker underway in Cardiff, made in Wales by Western Edge Pictures, and the first film made possible thanks to the new Feature Film Production Fund.
Deputy Director for Creative Wales, Gerwyn Evans, added: “Combining Creative Wales and Ffilm Cymru Wales’ funding is a great example of partnership working, which creates a more streamlined way for independent film makers to access the support and resources they need to succeed. As with our other production funding, improving access to Welsh talent and opportunities for trainees is a key priority and I was glad to see eight trainees working on this film. I look forward to more exciting films being announced in the near future.”
Ffilm Cymru’s Chief Executive Pauline Burt says: “It's fantastic to see producers playing their part in building sector capacity and advancing working practice, wholeheartedly adopting the sustainability values of the Independent Film Production Fund. On Timestalker, Western Edge Pictures recruited trainees across the script, sound, camera and locations departments, and are focused on everyone in the cast and crew having a positive experience, learning from each other, and sharing that learning with the wider sector.”
