Warp Films

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Warp Films, a side project of Warp Records, was set up in 1999 with funding from NESTA.

They state: Warp Films is an independent film production company which aims to mirror the ethos of its partner music label Warp Records. By keeping the creative process at the core of our approach to filmmaking, Warp Films aims to create fresh and innovative feature length and short films to be viewed by a wide audience. Our current priorities are nurturing and developing existing talent, as well as discovering new exciting filmmakers.

At present there have been three releases on Warp Films: My Wrongs #8245-8249 & 117 by Chris Morris, which won the Best Short Film award at the BAFTA Awards, and Dead Man's Shoes, which has received good reviews. Chris Cunningham, responsible for Aphex Twin's videos Come To Daddy and Windowlicker, has recently joined the production firm. He is responsible for an abstract short film called Rubber Johnny, which features the music of Aphex Twin and was released on May 23, 2005. Rubber Johnny was originally scheduled to be released two weeks earlier, but was postponed due to the original printing firm objecting to the film's content.

According to Rob Young's book about Warp they are currently developing their first feature documentary production, a film about disinformation directed by John Lundberg and written by Mark Pilkington.

Warp Films are based in Sheffield and have 3 full-time staff.