Frozen General Release

UK-Wide Release of 'Frozen' - January 27th, 2006

Frozen, a feature film made by Shoreline films and part funded by North West Vision, will go on general release on 27th January 2006.

The first feature of award-winning director Juliet McKoen, Frozen is an evocative, layered film that lets the audience decide whether it's a murder mystery or ghost story.

It has won an array of prestigious awards including BAFTA Scotland Best Actress for Shirley Henderson, the BBC Audience Award for Best Feature - Commonwealth Festival 2005, Best Feature - Dubrovnik International Film Festival 2005, Best Actress - Marrakech International Film Festival 2005, the Kodak Vision Cinematography Award - Slamdance 2005, Best Cinematography - Dubrovnik International Film Festival 2005, Runner up - Audience Award Slamdance 2005, Special Jury Mention - Films de Femmes Creteil 2005, Silver Jury Award - Houston Worldfest 2005, Special Jury Mention - Britspotting Berlin 2005.

FROZEN 15
Finding someone can be worse than losing them
Director: Juliet McKoen
Running time 90 minutes
www.frozenfilm.com
Set in the stark beauty of Morecambe Bay, north west England, Frozen is a story about unresolved loss and the inherent danger of hope turning into obsession.

Starring: Shirley Henderson, Roshan Seth, Ger Ryan, Ralf Little, Jamie Sives, Richard Armitage, Sean Harris, Shireen Shah, Rebecca Palmer and Lyndsey Marshal.

Synopsis
Shirley Henderson plays Kath, a woman still haunted by the mysterious disappearance of her sister Annie two years earlier. When she steals a CCTV videotape from the police that captures Annie's last moments, Kath believes she finds a mysterious image on it. As she retraces Annie's last steps, she has recurring visions of Annie in an otherworldly landscape. Whilst Kath becomes increasingly convinced that her sister is trying to reach her, those around her become increasingly sceptical of her claims.

So has Kath really found a way to access the afterlife. or is she losing her grip on reality? And what exactly did happen to Annie?

Below are details of screenings and special Q&A sessions and screenings taking place across the Northwest in the coming months (available to download in Word and PDF format).

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Reviews
"...chilling drama…a real delight.."
Film Review

"For those of us in professional despair about the future of British cinema, there was precious little to gripe about. Juliet McKoen's ghost story, Frozen, is a brave choice. It gives Shirley Henderson, so often the viola player in a string quartet, the chance to show how haunting she can be as a lead. In McKoen's subtle hands Frozen becomes a poem about the limbo of not-knowing; of not being able to grieve for a loved one who keeps calling in dreams; and how this appalling ache reshapes the place where you live and the people you grow up with. It is also an exceedingly topical film about how horror is becalmed." The Times, November 2004

"A thoughtful, beautiful film that puts Shirley Henderson's capability as a female lead beyond question." Gareth McLean, Guardian Weekend Magazine

"Henderson is such an engaging and gifted actress that we can't take our eyes off her. Meanwhile, McKoen captures it with a real eye for beauty - each frame looks like a work of art, using the coastline as another character in the story. As the mystery deepens, McKoen draws us in, revealing the characters slowly enough that we never get ahead of Kath in her quest and adding an ethereal parallel layer in Kath's fantasies." Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

"This well crafted film sees the first true lead role for this excellent, versatile and omnipresent Scottish actress. McKoen makes much photographically of the grim mud flats and decaying industry of this north-western corner." Time Out London

"Henderson's performance is childlike and her seeming innocence increases our fears for her wellbeing. In contrast, Roshan Seth is the very essence of stillness and maturity in what is an excellent performance. McKoen shows a skill for finding the heart of a place, for pinpointing the mood and it is a beautifully stark film. Recommended." Alex Crawford, BBC

Shirley Henderson in FROZEN

Scene from Frozen