Welcome to Authentive. We are an independent film production company, based in Brixton in south London. This is a holding page, but do scroll down to see some of our work below.
Currently we have a short on the international festival circuit, THE STUPID BOY, which has won more than 20 awards at prestigious festivals. We are also pitching our psychological drama thriller series DRIVEN, in pre-production on another short, and writing 2 feature films.
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Currently we have a short on the international festival circuit, THE STUPID BOY, which has won more than 20 awards at prestigious festivals. We are also pitching our psychological drama thriller series DRIVEN, in pre-production on another short, and writing 2 feature films.
Please do get in touch, subscribe to our mailing list or follow us on social media for the latest updates:
THE STUPID BOY (2022)
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THE STUPID BOY has accrued more than 20 awards at prestigious international festivals during its ongoing circuit, as well as being nominated 4 times for the Academy Award-qualifying prize. Notably, it won the Audience Award at Oscar-qualifier Odense FF, Denmark, where it was voted for by thousands as their favourite out of 120 selections, including this year’s Oscar winner, AN IRISH GOODBYE.
Logline:
London is being terrorised by christian white supremacists. While a broken man is groomed for the next attack, a boy from Brixton sees the world in a different way. But seeing things differently can be dangerous.
For reviews, awards and more please visit the website: THESTUPIDBOY.COM
ABOUT (2020)
WATCH IT HERE: ABOUTSHORTFILM.COM
WATCH IT HERE: ABOUTSHORTFILM.COM
Logline:
Amid the streetlights of Brixton, two women share a taxi home from the party of a mutual friend, Tom. They soon discover that they have quite different ideas of who he is. But who has the full picture? Does Tom? Do we?
BOX OFFICE SMASH (2018)
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Logline:
The story of Office Man, who works in a box. He seems content fulfilling the requirements of his daily routine, until a computer error changes everything.
Find out more about the film here: phildunn.uk/film/box-office-smash
JUGGLER (2016)
A short documentary about William - a street performer with a uniquely quiet and focussed approach, juggling for a living on the pavements of Chelsea. William lives an unconventional life and has “never really found showmanship to be a greatly interesting or entertaining thing”. Yet his art influences the people who pass him by.
We have been making films for clients for 17 years. Do you have a fashion, music or advertising project that we could make for you? Get in touch.
OUR TEAM
We are a multi-award-winning production company with two core values behind all our filmmaking: authenticity and creativity. With each project we take on, we seek to find its authentic voice and then convey that using all the imagination, skill and experience that we have honed over the last 17 years.
Our team has extensive expertise in every stage of production; concept creation, writing, storyboarding, directing, producing, cinematography, editing, animation, motion graphics, soundtrack composition and colour-grading. We bring each and any to every project, whether it be to tell a story in a narrative film or series, to sell a product in a commercial or to provide a visual counterpoint to a song or track. Whatever the project, we are used to working within budget and timescales to deliver astounding results.
PHIL DUNN
OWNER / DIRECTOR / WRITER
Phil is a multi-award-winning Director, Producer and Screenwriter. His short film "Box Office Smash" (2018) won 14 awards and numerous nominations in Film Festivals around the world, including LA, New York and London. He followed this with another short, "About" (2020), co-written with Theodore Brun, which also gained 14 awards and multiple nominations. They are now developing it into a TV series called DRIVEN. The latest short, The Stupid Boy is heading to festivals throughout 2022 and is his most ambitious film to date.
Phil is highly skilled in all areas of production, from writing and concept creation, to working with a broad range of cameras and crews, and through to editing in Premiere and animating or compositing with After Effects.
In previous years he has honed those skills creating films for Pirelli, ICICLE and Liberty London, multi-unit productions for Jaguar Land Rover, music sessions at Abbey Road and Sticky Studios (of Ed Sheeran fame) and more recently, to tell stories through his own short films. Away from filmmaking, Phil writes and performs poetry, enjoys surfing and carpentry, and likes fixing things.
OWNER / DIRECTOR / WRITER
Phil is a multi-award-winning Director, Producer and Screenwriter. His short film "Box Office Smash" (2018) won 14 awards and numerous nominations in Film Festivals around the world, including LA, New York and London. He followed this with another short, "About" (2020), co-written with Theodore Brun, which also gained 14 awards and multiple nominations. They are now developing it into a TV series called DRIVEN. The latest short, The Stupid Boy is heading to festivals throughout 2022 and is his most ambitious film to date.
Phil is highly skilled in all areas of production, from writing and concept creation, to working with a broad range of cameras and crews, and through to editing in Premiere and animating or compositing with After Effects.
In previous years he has honed those skills creating films for Pirelli, ICICLE and Liberty London, multi-unit productions for Jaguar Land Rover, music sessions at Abbey Road and Sticky Studios (of Ed Sheeran fame) and more recently, to tell stories through his own short films. Away from filmmaking, Phil writes and performs poetry, enjoys surfing and carpentry, and likes fixing things.
GABRIELLE OLIVER
PRODUCER
Gabrielle is a freelance Producer and Project Manager with over 17 years experience working in television and film production. She started her career in broadcast television, working on a variety of factual and entertainment programmes for BBC, Channel 4 and SKY.
Using her excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills, as well as being able to problem solve and multi-task (a must in production!), she moved into film production where she has gone on to produce more than 30 films for a broad range of clients. In the corporate sector they include Mars, Octopus Investments, Boden and Naked Wines. She has also worked on numerous campaign films for the charity sector for clients including, Mental Health Foundation, AgeUK and Childnet. For Authentive, she has worked on many client projects, as well as being sole producer for our latest short, The Stupid Boy.
Gabrielle is passionate about making films in a way that connects people and helps them to express their authentic voice, whatever part of the process they are involved in. She loves collaborating with our team to produce creative and powerful films.
PRODUCER
Gabrielle is a freelance Producer and Project Manager with over 17 years experience working in television and film production. She started her career in broadcast television, working on a variety of factual and entertainment programmes for BBC, Channel 4 and SKY.
Using her excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills, as well as being able to problem solve and multi-task (a must in production!), she moved into film production where she has gone on to produce more than 30 films for a broad range of clients. In the corporate sector they include Mars, Octopus Investments, Boden and Naked Wines. She has also worked on numerous campaign films for the charity sector for clients including, Mental Health Foundation, AgeUK and Childnet. For Authentive, she has worked on many client projects, as well as being sole producer for our latest short, The Stupid Boy.
Gabrielle is passionate about making films in a way that connects people and helps them to express their authentic voice, whatever part of the process they are involved in. She loves collaborating with our team to produce creative and powerful films.
MARIO GENOVESE
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Mario is a multi-award-winning Director of Photography and Camera Operator with seventeen years' experience in the industry. His career spans current affairs, documentaries, music videos, corporate branding as well as studio work and broadcast television. But where he really comes alive is when he is making narrative films. He loves experimenting with lights and shooting on a wide range of cameras, and is always looking for a creative angle to make stories unique.
Mario won Best Cinematography (Platinum) for his work on "Box Office Smash" in LA, and also was DOP on our latest short "About", for which he received awards for cinematography at Festivals in Italy, New York and LA. His work on The Stupid Boy has been stunning once again, so we are looking forward to more accolades for him as it hits festivals in 2022!
Mario has worked with us for many years, including on projects for Pirelli, Pearson, Virgin and Jaguar LandRover. He is very creative and thorough in his approach and always brings an incredibly high degree of professionalism to every project.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Mario is a multi-award-winning Director of Photography and Camera Operator with seventeen years' experience in the industry. His career spans current affairs, documentaries, music videos, corporate branding as well as studio work and broadcast television. But where he really comes alive is when he is making narrative films. He loves experimenting with lights and shooting on a wide range of cameras, and is always looking for a creative angle to make stories unique.
Mario won Best Cinematography (Platinum) for his work on "Box Office Smash" in LA, and also was DOP on our latest short "About", for which he received awards for cinematography at Festivals in Italy, New York and LA. His work on The Stupid Boy has been stunning once again, so we are looking forward to more accolades for him as it hits festivals in 2022!
Mario has worked with us for many years, including on projects for Pirelli, Pearson, Virgin and Jaguar LandRover. He is very creative and thorough in his approach and always brings an incredibly high degree of professionalism to every project.
THOMAS BELL
COMPOSER / SOUND DESIGNER
Tom is an award-winning freelance composer and sound designer with experience in short film, documentary and animation. He has also worked on promotional video material but prefers to work on longer form narratives. His main inspirations are composers such as Trent Reznor, John Barry and Gustavo Santaolalla.
Tom composed the soundtrack for ‘Juggler’ (2016), which signified the start of him combining his composing work with his filmmaking skills. More recently, his work on the soundtrack for "Box Office Smash" won the top award (Platinum) for Best Original Music Score at the Pinnacle Film Awards in LA, amongst other awards in USA, Austrailia, and multiple nominations.
At the end of 2021 Tom released his first EP called Mesmer whilst also working with Phil to write the soundtrack to The Stupid Boy (2022). He uses a mixture of electronic and acoustic instruments and likes to collaborate with other musicians wherever possible.
COMPOSER / SOUND DESIGNER
Tom is an award-winning freelance composer and sound designer with experience in short film, documentary and animation. He has also worked on promotional video material but prefers to work on longer form narratives. His main inspirations are composers such as Trent Reznor, John Barry and Gustavo Santaolalla.
Tom composed the soundtrack for ‘Juggler’ (2016), which signified the start of him combining his composing work with his filmmaking skills. More recently, his work on the soundtrack for "Box Office Smash" won the top award (Platinum) for Best Original Music Score at the Pinnacle Film Awards in LA, amongst other awards in USA, Austrailia, and multiple nominations.
At the end of 2021 Tom released his first EP called Mesmer whilst also working with Phil to write the soundtrack to The Stupid Boy (2022). He uses a mixture of electronic and acoustic instruments and likes to collaborate with other musicians wherever possible.
