The Cost of the Crown

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The Cost of the Crown Wins Best Film

The Cost of the Crown has had another major win – Best Film at the WLV Screen Awards.

Moe travelled to Wolverhampton yesterday to see our latest film screened at the Wolverhampton-based festival, and came away with the award for Best Film.

It’s our second screening, and our second award. The film won Best Cinematography at Leavesden in April.

The Cost of the Crown is an historical drama. It follows a king as a mob of his angry followers try to knock down his door. It takes place over just a few minutes.

We made the film at Nu Boyana studios in Sofia, Bulgaria, and shot it at more or less the same time as The Haunted House Hotel.

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The Cost of the Crown to Screen at WLV Screen Awards

The Cost of the Crown has been selected for its next festival. The film will screen at the WLV Screen Awards next month.

It comes hot off the back of its award winning screening at the Leavesden Short Film Festival in April. A fresh audience will be able to see The Cost of the Crown on June 3rd.

Director Moe Acharki said: “This is my third time taking part in this festival, and it’s particularly meaningful that my latest work will be screened in the same city where I shot my first official film.”

The Cost of the Crown is an historical drama. It follows a king as a mob of his angry followers try to knock down his door. It takes place over just a few minutes.

We made the film at Nu Boyana studios in Sofia, Bulgaria, and shot it at more or less the same time as The Haunted House Hotel.

It’s had a fantastic start, and we’re really proud of how it’s doing. Moe and I wrote this one together. I think everybody involved are excited to see where it goes from here.

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The Cost of the Crown Wins Award at Debut

The Cost of the Crown had its premiere at Leavesden Short Film Festival late last month, and it won an award.

The film, which was directed and co-written by Moe Acharki, was shown to an audience of Warner Bros. Studios staff and came away with an award for best cinematography. And it really is a beautiful film!

It’s a fantastic start for the film. We now obviously hope will go and get a few more screenings in the near future.

The Cost of the Crown is an historical drama, following a king as a mob of his angry followers try to knock down his door. It takes place over just a few minutes.

Here’s the synopsis:

With his kingdom in tatters and his subjects baying for his blood, the king hides in his throne room praying for a last-minute reprieve. But with the mob at the door, who can he trust?

We made the film at Nu Boyana studios in Sofia, Bulgaria, and shot it at more or less the same time as The Haunted House Hotel. It’s exciting to finally have both films out in the wild.

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The Cost of the Crown Selected for Leavesden Festival

The Cost of the Crown will have its first festival screening next month.

The short film, written by me and Moe Acharki, was filmed at Nu Boyana in 2023. It was completed earlier this year and will premiere at the Leavesden Short Film Festival on April 23rd.

Obviously we’re excited for it to be shown as widely as possible and we’re hoping this is the first of many. I’ll update as and when news comes in.

The Cost of the Crown was filmed at around the same time as The Haunted House Hotel. We’ll have some exciting updates about that one in the coming days as well.

I said in my post about One Step Ahead that I’ve got a lot of updates over the next few days, and I’m not kidding. It’s going to be a busy few weeks!

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