Giles Borg
2021However it was narrative cinema that always interested Giles. The shorts began to get a lot of attention on the festival circuit and soon Giles was asked to move into feature films. Always writing - he has over a dozen feature scripts to his name - Giles chose a story that mirrored his early days playing gigs to be his first feature. 1234, the story of a small indie band falling in and out of love with fame, was nominated as Best Film at the London Film Festival and was released theatrically by Soda Pictures. After 1234 he was hired to direct his second film, Flutter, a darkly comedic tale about gamblers and risk, starring Luke Evans, Mark Williams, Joe Anderson, Billy Zane and Laura Fraser.
He has a number of productions in development including a number of feature projects and long form TV dramas and is represented by Maththew Dench at Dench Arnold.
Giles lives in London and, when not making films, he plays the piano, badly.
Flutter
Giles Borg
Joe Anderson, Anna Schafer
Chancer John lives for playing the odds - and he's always willing to take a calculated risk. But when he meets the mysterious and beautiful female bookie Stan, he discovers there's much more to gambling than just greyhounds and horses. Lured by her huge payoffs, John finds himself sucked into a surreal and dangerous word ruled by money, power and control. The question is how far will John go for the ultimate last big win?
Flutter
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Giles Borg
Ian Bonar, Lyndsey Marshal
Ian Bonar is Stevie, a wannabe musician whose look is a hybrid of Jarvis Cocker and early Elvis Costello. Working with his drummer pal Neil (Matthew Baynton) in a call centre, they dream of breaking into the indie music scene. To do this they require additional band members. Step forward the driven (and drinking) guitarist Billy (Kieran Bew) and slightly scatty bassist Emily (Lyndsey Marshal), who has a sideline in making sculpture from hair.
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