COMPACT IN THE BIFAs 2024

Compact founder John McKay has been Longlisted as a Breakthrough Producer in this year’s BIFA Awards, for his debut feature film as producer, Aylin Tezel’s Falling Into Place.

“It’s an honour to be recognised among such an amazing group of emerging producers,” says McKay, “and to be part of an exciting new wave of British feature film-making talent, reaching across barriers and borders internationally.”

“Of course it helps if you have a great movie, and writer-director Aylin Tezel’s astonishing film, also a debut, was a pleasure to work on, along with my brilliant German co-producers Yvonne McWellie and the team at Weydemann Bros.

This is a terrific vote of confidence for Compact, and for the movie, ahead of its UK theatrical release next year.”

Compact co-head Laura McBride adds, “It’s great to see a Scottish producer honoured in this way – and it’s a tribute to the great Scottish team of HoDs and crew that worked on this wee gem of a film.”