Micro · Shorts · Music Videos
First Frame by Grimm Pictures — accessible cinema-quality production, scaled to your budget.→
A Motion Picture Company
Grimm Pictures develops character-driven films across drama, horror, fantasy, and period — rooted in myth, place, and the full range of human experience. Belfast-based, serving Northern Ireland, Ireland, and the UK — with branches in Ireland and a development partner in the US.
What We Do
We produce feature films and provide bespoke production services across the UK, Ireland and the United States. What we bring to a production is craft, crew and structure — the people and the kit to shoot it, the pipeline to finish it, and the pathway to official co-production and government-backed incentives.
We take the producer role
Over 25 years across feature film, television and commercial production — a working knowledge of every stage, from development and financing through principal photography to post.
Our own crew and kit
We are on set with our own people and our own cinema camera and lens packages. Not a broker assembling a crew from scratch for every job.
A finished image, not just footage
ARRI and RED acquisition on Super 35 and large format, finished through ARRI Film Lab, ARRI Look Library and Genesis Pro to a final grade in Resolve Studio — the same look pipeline whatever the budget.
A pathway to co-production
A Northern Ireland company for UK production and credits, an Irish operation for Section 481 and official European co-production, and a US arm for state credits. Structural, not aspirational.
A pathway to the incentives
Four government-backed programmes across three territories, up to 53% gross on qualifying spend. We structure the pathway and make the introductions. Eligibility stays project-dependent.
Scaled to your budget
The same crew and standards at every size — from a feature to a music video or brand film through First Frame.
Engagement One
Feature films.
Grimm develops and produces selectively, taking the producer role and the pathway through UK and Irish incentive structures. We're deliberately choosy about what we take on as producer.
Engagement Two
Production services.
For commercial, corporate, music video, and independent work, we provide bespoke services — cinematography, editing, and cinema camera and lens packages — without taking the producer role. You own the project. We bring the craft.
Disciplines
Northern Ireland · United Kingdom · Republic of Ireland · European Union · United States
DoP with ARRI ALEXA LF Studio package — from £2,500 a day (€2,800 in the EU).
DoP with RED cinema camera package — from £700 a day. Ex VAT. The same look pipeline either way.
Showreel
On Set
Crews, cameras, lighting and location builds, photographed on location in Northern Ireland and Ireland.
Production stills and behind the scenes.
View the full galleryCraft & Technology
The same post pipeline on every project, whatever the budget — ARRI and RED acquisition, finished through ARRI Film Lab, ARRI Look Library and Genesis Pro to the final grade.
Acquisition
ARRI · RED
Super 35 and large-format sensors. ARRI on full-scale productions; RED where the budget is tighter, at a more accessible day rate.
Shot log into a wide-gamut, colour-managed pipeline, so the image holds up all the way to delivery — and to the grade your distributor expects. The camera scales with the budget. The look pipeline does not.
Post & Finishing
ARRI Film Lab
Look development and film emulation — grain, halation and gate weave, at 4K in real time.
ARRI Look Library
The full library — 87 looks, each in three strengths, for on-set look management and reference.
Genesis Pro
Photochemical look development — modelled negative and print stocks, printer points, grain and halation.
Custom look library
Our own LUTs, built and refined against reference feature photography — so you can point at a film you love and we can get there.
DaVinci Resolve Studio
Grade, conform and finish.
Cinematography & Camera Packages
DoP + ARRI ALEXA LF Studio camera package
Large-format acquisition for feature, commercial and high-end branded work. Cinematographer, camera, lenses and support.
UKFrom £2,500 / day
EUFrom €2,800 / day
DoP + RED KOMODO camera package
Super 35 sensor. The accessible tier for shorts, music video, documentary and brand films, through First Frame. Identical look pipeline.
UKFrom £700 / day
Music video — full three-day package
Prep day, shoot day, then edit and grade — delivered. Shot on our RED KOMODO Super 35 package with the same ARRI Film Lab look pipeline. One flat price, not a day rate.
UK£1,500 / package
Until 30 October 2026Ends 30 October 2026
£700
£500
Ten-hour day
£350
Half day
Save £200 on a full day
Cinematographer with our RED KOMODO Super 35 camera package and the full ARRI Film Lab look pipeline. Ex VAT. Quote the code when you call. Offer ends 30 October 2026.
20 November – 20 December 2026Ends 20 December 2026
£700
£455
Per shoot day
Save £245 a day
Thirty-five per cent off any RED KOMODO Super 35 shoot day booked inside the window — cinematographer and camera package. Ex VAT. Quote the code when you call. Offers don't stack. Offer ends 20 December 2026.
Multi-day & weekly
Four days booked, the fifth is half price. Standing term on every package, every time.
Equipment: four days’ rental is charged as the week. Crew and operator days are not discounted on that basis, so a week is quoted as four days’ kit plus the days actually worked.
Multi-day terms don’t combine with the promotional rates above. A standard 25% discount can be applied for qualified productions — ask when you call.
Ways to pay
Credit and debit card and bank transfer on any booking, handled securely by Stripe. However you fund it is up to you — most clients pay on a company card, which spreads the cost through their own issuer. Buy now, pay later options are available, subject to status and credit approval. Smaller bookings can be spread with Klarna — three interest-free instalments up to £2,000, or a longer term up to £5,000. Companies can spread up to £30,000 over twelve months with iwocaPay. We’re a film company, not a lender: where a pay-later option is used the provider sets the terms and collects the instalments, so the plan sits between you and them. See all the ways to pay.
All rates exclusive of VAT and quoted per project. Additional crew, editing and post-production scale from here. Whichever camera the budget calls for, the grade runs the same pipeline — ARRI Film Lab, ARRI Look Library, Genesis Pro and our own custom look library.
We help you execute each frame — so that you can win the story.
Selected Work
Film Finance
53%
Max Gross Rate
3
Territories
4
Programmes
Grimm Pictures is structured to access a full suite of government-backed incentives across the UK & Northern Ireland, Ireland, and the United States. These programmes are potentially financeable as production assets, subject to project-specific eligibility, certification, and lender due diligence.
Full Incentive BreakdownCo-Production
With Atlantic Way, Grimm Pictures provides a transatlantic pathway to co-production — connecting US and UK/Irish production through development, packaging, and structured access to government incentive programmes. Enquiries welcomed from co-production partners, production companies, and development collaborators.
Atlantic Way
US Development & Packaging Partner
Co-Production
UK, Ireland & Europe · Partner Productions
Incentive Summary
Technical Incentive Breakdown
We make films — we don't finance them.
Grimm Pictures is a production company and a pathway to film finance — not a financier. We help qualifying productions access official co-production status and government-backed incentives, unlocking soft money and structured capital through partners including Atlantic Way, which selectively develops and may fund projects meeting its own criteria. Grimm Pictures does not finance, guarantee, or underwrite production budgets. Our role is to produce your film and to structure the incentive pathway, supporting introductions to financiers and sales agents, covered by a production management fee. Read more.
About
Grimm Pictures Ltd. is an award-winning film and video production company headquartered in Belfast, with an office opening in Ireland and a US production arm. Founded by writer-director-producer Stephen Presley, Grimm produces feature films and provides bespoke production services — cinematography, editing, and cinema camera and lens packages — for corporate films, commercials, music videos, and independent projects across the UK, Ireland, and the United States. With 30+ festival nominations and 17 wins to its name, Grimm brings cinema-grade craft to projects of every size and budget.
With over 25 years of experience across feature film, television, and commercial production, Grimm brings a working knowledge of every stage — development, financing, principal photography, and post.
That transatlantic reach is structural, not aspirational. Grimm is built as a genuine local operator in each territory rather than working through intermediaries: a Northern Ireland company for UK production and credits, an Irish operation for Section 481 and official European co-production, and a US production arm for American incentives and state credits. Our US development partner, Atlantic Way, exists for the same reason: it develops with Grimm and is the pathway through which films are properly set up and packaged for co-production. Eligibility for any specific incentive remains project-dependent.
Grimm Pictures Ltd. was incorporated in 2022 — its founder has been producing since 2004. Stephen Presley — full credits & awards →
Looking for accessible cinema-quality production for a music video, brand film, or short? First Frame by Grimm Pictures →
Leadership
Founder — Writer, Director, Producer
Three-time Accolade Award of Merit winner and two-time winner at the Impact DOCS Awards (Documentary Feature and Viewer Impact). LA Film Festival IFS award for Best Trailer (Kaia). Winner at the I AM Film Awards, London. Official selections across London, Berlin, Paris, Rome, and Venice — 30+ nominations and 17 wins to date. IMDB →
Cindy Harris
VP Grimm Pictures — COO, Atlantic Way
Business operations executive with over 20 years of experience in management, portfolio building, and navigating major business transitions. She plays a key role in the company's operational strength, strategic growth, and long-term vision.
As featured in Variety Magazine
Development partner Atlantic Way (US)
30+ festival nominations · 17 wins
Registered company NI687511 — Northern Ireland
Contact
Whether you're a producer, collaborator, distributor, or festival programmer — we'd love to hear from you.
Before you write about funding: we're a production company, so we can't review requests for production investment. What we can do is produce your film and help structure the co-production and incentive pathway — here's how that works.
Dates unavailable
We are fully booked 1–20 November 2026. Dates before 1 November and from 21 November onward are open as normal.
Book a shoot day
Pick a date, or just
pick up the phone.
Shooting with us rather than writing about funding? Call or email with the dates you have in mind and we'll confirm what's free, usually the same day. Quote any discount code on the call.
Your information is processed by Grimm Pictures Ltd solely to respond to your enquiry. We do not share it with third parties. See our Privacy Notice for full details.
Phone
+44 7447 236781Based In
Northern IrelandDevelopment Partner
Atlantic Way (US)