Factory Noir is an independent production company rooted in the North West of England, focusing on film, creativity, and practice-based research in storytelling.Founded by Martin Law, his debut feature film ’REPUTATION’ is currently on the international festival circuit, and we have other projects in development.Factory Noir loves to explore the grittiness of real life through cinema.

REPUTATION
(2024)

'Reputation' is an upcoming psychological crime drama set in the fictional Northern town of Dennings, in the beautifully scenic Ribble Valley.Raw, violent and darkly comic, this is the nano-budget feature film debut of Preston-based writer/director Martin Law. Starring James Nelson-Joyce (A Thousand Blows) & Kyle Rowe (The Devil’s Hour), the film is currently on the international festival circuit, set for general release in 2025.

MARTIN LAW

Martin is a filmmaker and university lecturer from the North West of England. 'Reputation' is his debut feature film.His 2023 short film,'Vacant', was nominated for Best Micro Short at Birmingham Film Festival and screened at the BIFA-qualifying Wigan & Leigh Film Festival.In addition to the production company Factory Noir, Martin runs the North West Independent Film Festival, a brand new short film festival in his home city of Preston. Martin also produces his own podcast all about the British film and television industry, and he is a voting member of the British Independent Film Awards.

VACANT (2023)

'Vacant' is a no-dialogue short film about a wandering homeless man who seizes an opportunity.-Directed and Produced by Martin Law
-Written by Richard Parkinson
-Cinematography by Heather Willow Gaywood
-Starring Martin Clarke
Distributed by M62 Films

Runtime: 4 minutes

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