37 Degrees Films together with Reel Life Fiction have worked on several projects notably two short anti knife crime films Blame and Bullies. Both films were initiated by Tower Hamlets Council and were made with the input and participation of excluded young people.
The team was short listed for Film London's Pulse Scheme with short film 'Growing Pains' and were also awarded funding by Screen West Film Agency, recently transferred to Creative England, for the development of feature script Wooden Bat based on the life of Desmond Douglas, UK Table Tennis champion.
Séverine Hamilton is a Producer in the film and Television industries. Following work on features, documentaries and TV drama, she was Co-Owner and Managing Director of production companies Severe Pictures and Notorious Films which dealt primarily with the Advertising and Music Industries. Simultaneously, she worked between London, Paris and Rome pursuing projects that reflect the UK’s as well as Europe’s diverse cultures and has done substantial work developing feature projects throughout. She is currently developing two feature films through 37Degrees Films and Story of A as well as an Italian TV series through Flagship Films.
Kolé’s work as writer/director is predominantly people based combining interesting characters with strong visuals. He has worked in film, theatre, television drama, commercials and music videos and has taught film to eleven year olds right through to adults. He has completed three short films, two of which revolve around the subject matter of Knife Crime, but all three are based on youth’s outlook and predicament in a regional and universal way. The latest two films were part of a series commissioned and funded by local government bodies on the back of making the short film The Virus commissioned by the Arnolfini gallery in Bristol. Kolé was invited as part of the Accelerator Directors’ Programme to present his film at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August 2007.
Growing Pains, another of Kolé’s short film scripts was short listed for the Pulse Scheme in 2010 before being awarded a grant by Screen West Midlands to develop the feature film script Wooden Bat based on the life of UK table tennis champion Desmond Douglas.