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A Motion Picture Company

Where once
upon a time
starts every day.

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.

Atlantic Way
Reg. NI687511

The value we add
to your film.

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.

01

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.

02

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.

03

A finished image, not just footage

ARRI acquisition on Super 35 and large format, carried through ARRI colour science to a final grade in Resolve Studio — the same pipeline whatever the budget.

04

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.

05

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.

06

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

  • Feature film development and production
  • Corporate and brand films
  • Commercials
  • Music videos
  • Documentary
  • Cinematography services
  • Editing and post-production
  • Cinema camera and lens packages

Northern Ireland  ·  United Kingdom  ·  Republic of Ireland  ·  European Union  ·  United States

Cinematographer with full cinema camera package — from £700 a day.

Our Work

From our shoots

Crews, cameras, lighting and location builds, photographed on location in Northern Ireland and Ireland.

Grimm Pictures crew on location
Dolly track and balloon light rigged inside a ruined chapel
Location build · ruined chapel
Cinema camera and prime lens on a dolly
Camera · dolly and prime glass
Church interior lit with haze and practicals
Lighting · haze and practicals

Production stills and behind the scenes.

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Every frame,
executed.

The same camera and post pipeline on every project, whatever the budget — ARRI colour science from acquisition through to the final grade.

Acquisition

ARRI

Super 35 and large-format sensors.

Shot in Log C into a wide-gamut, colour-managed pipeline, so the image holds up all the way to delivery — and to the grade your distributor expects.

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.

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Grade, conform and finish.

We help you execute each frame — so that you can win the story.

Films & Projects

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Helen's Bridge

Elevated Horror Drama · Psychological Thriller · Feature

Variety
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Don't Ring Twice

Horror · Thriller · Feature

In Development

Film Finance

Incentive
Eligible

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 Breakdown

Co-Production

Partner
With Us

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.

Co-Production Enquiries

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.

Entertainment
without
compromise.

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.

Stephen Presley

Stephen Presley

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

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.

Grimm Pictures crew on location
On location · the crew

As featured in Variety Magazine

Development partner Atlantic Way (US)

30+ festival nominations  ·  17 wins

Registered company NI687511 — Northern Ireland

Let's Work
Together

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.

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Based In

Northern Ireland

Development Partner

Atlantic Way (US)
Production still from a Grimm Pictures shoot — figure in falling snow
From the set · Grimm Pictures
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