The Cost of the Crown has been named a finalist in the third NSBM International Youth Film Festival.
The festival will take place September 24th. The film will be screened at the NSBM Green University Main Auditorium in Sri Lanka.
I wrote The Cost of the Crown, which was filmed at Nu Boyana in Bulgaria. Director Moe Acharki said: “My sincere thanks to the jury for this honour and recognition. I’m truly grateful for this opportunity and look forward to sharing the film with audiences at the festival.”
For more information about the Festival, click here.
It’s a busy week for me and Moe, with The Haunted House Hotel also getting a screening on Saturday.
The Haunted House Hotel will screen at the REVEEU Finale and Awards Night this weekend.
The screening is at the Lockworks Cinema in Wolverhampton. It takes place on Saturday. Films will be screened between 4pm and 7pm. Tickets cost £5.
It follows a voting campaign that saw more than 200 people back The Haunted House Hotel in the competition.
Director Moe Acharki will be in attendance. He said: “This film continues to find new life, and that’s a testament to the incredible work of the cast and crew who helped bring it to the screen.”
The film, which I wrote in a single session, was shot at Nu Boyana in Bulgaria, and was screened at the Oscar-qualifying In The Palace festival.
For more information or to buy tickets, check out the Reveeu website.
The Haunted House Hotel will be shown at the Realtime International FILM Festival 2026.
The film will be shown during the festival, which takes place from October 23 to 25. It’s in Worcester. Tickets are available now.
It’s always fun when a new audience gets to watch The Haunted House Hotel, and I hope everybody at Realtime International enjoys it. You could also see lead actor Bojidar Nikolov as the main image on the announcement of the Realtime selections for a while.
I have a real soft spot for this film, and loved making it. To celebrate its release to YouTube, I revisited the characters for a sequel, set in the modern day.
The Cost of the Crown had its latest screening. It was shown at Amenno at The Hub, in St Albans.
The team behind the festival do a great job – certainly always leaving Crown director Moe Acharki impressed. I’ve got a program from when they screened The Eyes in the Box. They do an excellent work on the presentation, which is so important.
I couldn’t go, so I’ll quote Moe’s report of the evening:
He said: “I’m incredibly proud of how well the film is doing, and I’d like to thank the folks at The Amenno Project for selecting it to be screened at their latest event. I always say this, but I love what the Amenno team are doing for independent and local cinema.
“A huge thank you as well to everyone who came along to support both my film and the event. Your support is truly appreciated.”
The Cost of the Crown had a screening at Wolverhampton’s Lockworks Cinema, with both Moe and I signing posters and talking about our future plans.
The screening was part of The Hive Connect (June Edition), during which two films were shown. As well as The Cost of the Crown, we also watched I’m Toby.
After the film was shown, director Moe Acharki and I answered questions, then took part in a networking session. It was tremendous to meet so many passionate filmmakers, and I love what the guys behind The Hive are doing. We heard about lots of exciting projects. Some are in post-production, others in pre-pre-pre-production. I can’t wait to see them all come to fruition.
As part of the event, a signed Cost of the Crown poster was given to a member of the audience, and we were signing copies as part of the network event. It’s a beautiful poster, and that was reflected in the interest. Thanks to everyone who bought one, or who came and chatted with us.
We managed to talk a little bit about our next project together – a feature film set against the backdrop of an historical event in Morocco. We also were asked a few times about a sequel to The Cost of the Crown, although neither of us really wants to do it. Don’t forget, I wrote a sequel to The Haunted House Hotel here.
We both really enjoyed our time with The Hive. I’d seriously recommend them to filmmakers in the West Midlands. Check out their Instagram for details of any upcoming events.
