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Known for taking on projects with ambitious creative or logistical demands, our team combines creativity, technical expertise, and strong industry connections to bring films to life.
In 2025, we were proud to be part of four acclaimed features: James McAvoy’s California Schemin’, Brian Cox’s Glenrothan, John McPhail’s Grow and Mary Darling’s Cast Aside the Clouds. Paul Andrew Williams’ Faith, starring BAFTA winner James McAvoy and Golden Globe winner Erin Doherty, is set to celebrate its world premiere at TIFF 2026.
Our films don’t stay close to home. From world premieres at Toronto, Zurich, and Rome to closing nights at Glasgow Film Festival, they’ve screened at some of the world’s most celebrated festivals, picking up awards along the way.
Behind every film is a team who care deeply about cinema. We back bold projects because we believe in them, and we work hard to make sure they reach the screen the way they deserve to.
Every film we make is driven by bold storytelling and a genuine commitment to the work. This is a selection of the projects we're proud to have brought to the screen.
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Naysun Alae-Carew is Founder, Managing Director and Executive Producer at Blazing Griffin, the Glasgow-based studio he has led since 2015. A storyteller at heart, Naysun started in film and built Blazing Griffin into one of Scotland’s most distinctive creative studios — spanning game development, feature film production, and high-end post-production.
A firm believer that platform comes second to story, he has always seen film, games, and television not as separate industries but as different expressions of the same creative thread.
He is known as producer of Anna and the Apocalypse, which was nominated for Best Feature Film at the 2018 British Academy Scotland Awards. More recently, he has served as executive producer across Blazing Griffin’s film slate, overseeing three acclaimed features in 2025 — James McAvoy’s California Schemin’, Brian Cox’s Glenrothan, and John McPhail’s Grow.
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DANNY PAGE is founder of Homefront Productions and Head of Pictures at Blazing Griffin. He was lead producer on CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN’, James McAvoy’s feature directorial debut, which premiered at TIFF 2025 and was released theatrically in the UK by StudioCanal and in the US by Magenta Light (96% on Rotten Tomatoes). FAITH is his second collaboration with James McAvoy and will premiere at TIFF 2026, with UK release through True Brit. He is also producing FARIDA: THE GIRL WHO BEAT ISIS, based on the acclaimed memoir of a Yazidi woman who survived enslavement by ISIS, currently in pre-production. Previously a development consultant for Endemol and Skydance, Danny brings experience spanning independent cinema and large-scale international production.
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Matt Schichter is a Glasgow based, Canadian filmmaker working primarily as a producer and line producer on independent feature films including the James McAvoy/Erin Doherty starring FAITH written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams, the multi-festival award-winning MOTHER FATHER SISTER BROTHER FRANK and James McAvoy’s directorial debut CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN’. His next film is called PHOEBE AND THE ROBOT directed by Ted Lasso’s Matt Lipsey.
Alongside producing, Schichter has directed feature documentaries including CFNY: The Spirit of Radio and Write Record Tour. Earlier in his career, he worked as an actor, radio host, music director, and talk show host, interviewing artists and cultural figures across film and music.
Adam Richman (Partner, Double Nickel Entertainment)
"Their relationships throughout the UK film community run deep and they are able partner with companies not just for an excellent post experience, but also in every area of production including working with writers, directors, talent representation, financing, distribution, and marketing. Run, don’t walk to work with Blazing Griffin in their truly fabulous and charming schoolhouse facility."
Grow
Neil Zieger (Producer)
"The experience of working with Blazing Griffin on our movie Glenrothan was collaborative, productive and a joy from start to finish. I would work with them again without a second thought."
Glenrothan
