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Tiger House is a sophisticated home invasion film that tells the story of Kelly, a teenager faced with an armed gang who have broken into her boyfriend’s home and taken him and his family hostage. Unseen but cornered, Kelly is left with no alternative but to fight back…

One fateful night, troubled teenager Kelly sneaks into her boyfriend Mark’s house to deliver some sobering news, but she’s not the only unwelcome visitor. An armed gang breaks in, planning to use Mark’s father to help carry out a daring heist, using his captive family as leverage. Unseen by the intruders, a terrified Kelly hides and in overhearing everything, puts herself in terrible danger. As tensions escalate, the suburban house becomes a terrifying arena for violence. Faced with no alternative, Kelly must fight back.

Directed by theatre director Thomas Daley, gripping thriller Tiger House brings together top-class UK cast including Kaya Scodelario (Wuthering Heights, Skins TV), Ed Skrein (Ill Manors, Game Of Thrones, Transporter 4), and Dougray Scott (Mission Impossible 2, My Week with Marilyn). Daley is a former Assistant Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Associate Director at the Royal National Theatre, and has also directed opera for the English Touring Opera. Shooting commences in Cape Town.

Tiger House is the first film by to be produced by Glass Man Films, comprised of producers Richard Mansell (Only Lovers Left Alive, Dom Hemingway, A Dangerous Method) and Tarquin Glass, in partnership with established South African producer Ronnie Apteker (Material). Ten10 Films Tendeka Matatu (Jerusalema) exec-produces, as does Gary Millner. Will Clarke, Andy Mayson and Mike Runagall serve as executive producers for Altitude. Altitude Film Sales in handling international sales and will debut footage in Cannes.

Financing is provided by South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation, and UK’s Creativity Capital.  Produced by Glass Man Films and Tiger House Film SA.

The film is set for completion in late 2014.

Based on a novel by multi-award-winning author Shuichi Yoshida (Villain, Parade), this bittersweet film is the latest offering from the director of The Woodsman & the Rain and stars Kengo Kora (Norwegian Wood, Fish Story) & Yuriko Yoshitaka (Gantz, Robo-G).

Yonosuke is a typical Japanese on-screen hero: socially awkward, childish and naive, but always cheerful and charming. We meet him when he moves from Nagasaki to Tokyo in the late eighties at the height of the city’s economic boom. Despite his odd character he manages to make new friends at university, joins a samba class and falls in love with an older woman. Sixteen years later his friends are all reminiscing over their college days, thinking back on how Yonosuke changed their lives. A heart-warming, crowd-pleasing comedy that takes a sudden dramatic turn.

Out on Blu-Ray & DVD April 14th

British audiences have been going to see films at Raindance for over 21 years because of the brand’s cutting edge, unique, alternative cinema. Raindance Releasing aims to continue that tradition year round, giving film fans more opportunities to watch the newest work from the world’s up-and-coming filmmakers.

Films that will be released for the first time in the UK and Ireland on the platform include documentaries FALL AND WINTER (dir: Taylor Feltner), DISRUPTED (dir: Roberto Fiesco) and SOKA AFRIKA (dir: Suridh Hassan); thrillers MONK3YS (dir: Drew Cullingham) and INDEBTED (dir: Marton Jelinko); and dramas MESOCAFE (dir: Ja’far ‘Abd Al-Hamid), MY DESTINY (dir: Peter Marcias) and BLACK SMOKE RISING (dir: Drew Cullingham).

Raindance and British Independent Film Awards founder Elliot Grove said:

“Raindance was the first film festival to launch online festival screenings way back in 2006 so it’s always been our ambition to bring our movies online to audiences year round. In today’s age of mass communication, the web and social media, every filmmaker needs a brand to stand behind them and help get their work seen. We want to use Raindance Releasing to discover, foster and promote filmmaking talent in the same way we have been doing for 21 years with our film festival and the British Independent Film Awards.”

The Raindance Releasing site has been set up to work with Scotland based online distribution platform Distrify, which turns the entire internet into a viral distribution platform by allowing audiences to watch a trailer and then decide whether to purchase the film or not. Fans can easily share their favourite films with their own social networks, thereby integrating filmmakers and film fans into the distribution model. Distrify’s CEO, Peter Gerard, said:

“Raindance has been at the forefront of independent film promotion and education for many years and its festival is known worldwide as a tastemaker. This new Distrify-powered initiative allows Raindance to curate and promote high quality independent films year-round to a passionate online audience of film lovers.”

The site aims to release 2-3 new films every month.