104 Films

{{Short description|Film production company}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}

{{Infobox company

| name = 104 Films Limited

| founded = {{start date and age|2004|02|06}}

| founders = {{ubl|Justin Edgar|Alex Usborne}}

| industry = Film production

}}

104 Films Limited{{Cite web |date=2004-02-06 |title=104 Films Limited overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05036602 |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Companies House |language=en}} is a film production company founded by director Justin Edgar and producer Alex Usborne in 2004. They specialise in the representation of disabled and disadvantaged talent, both on screen and behind the camera.{{Cite web |title=Birmingham Film Company Premiers New Movie at Prestigious Festival |url=http://www.filmbirmingham.co.uk/news/birmingham-film-company-premiers-new-movie-at-pres/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606040144/http://www.filmbirmingham.co.uk/news/birmingham-film-company-premiers-new-movie-at-pres/ |archive-date=2015-06-06 |website=11 July 2013 |publisher=Film Birmingham |accessdate=12 August 2013}}{{Cite web |last=Shannon |first=Roger |date=5 July 2013 |title=Birmingham Film Company Premiers New Movie at Prestigious Film Festival |url=http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/whats-on/film-tv/birmingham-independent-film-company-premiered-4863529 |website=Birmingham Post |accessdate=12 August 2013}}

The first feature film released by 104 Films was 2001's Large. They have since produced various short films. In 2007 they released the feature film Special People. The feature film We Are the Freaks premiered at the 2013 Edinburgh Film Festival,{{Cite web |last=Hunter |first=Allan |title=We Are The Freaks |url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-latest/we-are-the-freaks/5057654.article |website=24 June 2013 |accessdate=12 August 2013}}{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Sarah |date=18 June 2013 |title=Justin Edgar and Alex Usborne, 104 Films | Features | Screen |url=http://www.screendaily.com/reports/justin-edgar-and-alex-usborne-104-films/5057470.article |publisher=Screendaily.com |accessdate=12 August 2013}}{{Cite web |last=Lodge |first=Guy |title=Justin Edgar's third feature is amusing, appealingly performed and sensibly brief |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/edinburgh-film-review-we-are-the-freaks-1200562378/ |website=12 July 2013 |date=13 July 2013 |publisher=Variety |accessdate=12 August 2013}}{{Cite web |title=We Are The Freaks{{!}}Film Archive |url=http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/films/2013/we-are-the-freaks |website=Summer, 2013 |publisher=Edinburgh International Film Festival |accessdate=12 August 2013}} competing for the Michael Powell Award.

In September 2013 the British Film Institute unveiled a £3m annual talent support network, through which they are working with 104 Films to support emerging filmmakers with disabilities.{{Cite web |title=BFI Talent Network |url=http://www.screendaily.com/territories/uk-ireland/bfi-unveils-3m-talent-network/5060649.article?blocktitle=Most-popular&contentID=-1 |website=20 September 2013 |publisher=Screen Daily |accessdate=25 September 2013}}

104 Films co-produced the acclaimed feature documentary Notes on Blindness on the blind academic and theologian John M. Hull. The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film and won an Emmy in November 2015.{{Cite web |title=EMMY AWARD WIN FOR 'NOTES ON BLINDNESS' |url=http://www.mymanagement.co.uk/blog/emmy-award-win-for-notes-on-blindness-/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421214740/http://www.mymanagement.co.uk/blog/emmy-award-win-for-notes-on-blindness-/ |archive-date=2016-04-21}}{{Cite web |last=Ide |first=Wendy |date=22 January 2016 |title='Notes on Blindness': Sundance Review |url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/notes-on-blindness-sundance-review/5099214.article |website=Screen Daily}} They also produced Battlelines, a drama about deaf soldiers in WW1 which was shown at the imperial war museum film festival and won a Royal Television Society Award.{{Cite web |title=Interview with Battle Lines producer Justin Edgar |url=http://www.bslzone.co.uk/latest/interview-battle-lines-producer-justin-edgar/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420214628/http://www.bslzone.co.uk/latest/interview-battle-lines-producer-justin-edgar/ |archive-date=20 April 2016 |access-date=11 April 2016}}

Currently they are in production on Justin Edgar's fourth feature film The Marker, starring John Hannah and backed by Creative England.{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=7 January 2016 |title=Creative England, cast find 'The Marker' |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/creative-england-cast-find-the-marker/5098597.article |website=Screen Daily}}