Richard Laxton and Carl Hunter

The film tells the story of refugee asylum seekers who were helped by a Liverpool allotment project.

“The film is all about acceptance,” says Carl Hunter, the film’s co writer and producer.

 “It explores the relationships between members of a community after the arrival of refugees, who are given allotments to help them overcome their trauma.”

A number of the region’s actors and film industry personnel attended the  performance including John Henshaw (Early Doors, Confessions of a Diary Secretary, Rodney Litchfield (Coronation Street), Alan Williams (Rome, Life Begins),  Philip Jackson (Pennies From Heaven, Funland).

They were joined by Manchester child actor, Sophie Lee, who plays the central character Phoenix.

The film’s director, Richard Laxton and producers Barry Ryan and Luke Alkin were joined by Chris Moll, who was an executive producer on the film and is also North West Vision’s head of funds.

“We were very proud to support this project from its very early seeding as a series of three minute shorts for Channel 4, through to its blossoming into a full-length feature” he said.

“The idea germinated and was filmed entirely in Liverpool, bringing together some of the city’s most exceptional creative talent.”

Frank Cottrell-Boyce added that ““Carl Hunter took me to a real place with the real people and it’s a day I’ll never forget. I met people on that allotment who’d walked through minefields and swum through rivers while being shot at, people who had very little, but still found a way to be happy. I found that very chastening and very uplifting. And very worth telling.”

Grow Your Own can be seen from this Friday in the region at Ashton Cineworld, Bolton Cineworld, Bromborough Odeon, Bury Vue, Liverpool Switch, Liverpool Cineworld, Manchester Cornerhouse, Manchester Filmworks, Wigan Empire, Woolton Cinema.

www.northwestvision.co.uk
 

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