Our films
At Tailored, we strive to develop edgy, compelling, high-concept films that have a strong societal thematic resonance.
Tailored has produced six large international feature films to date, including the vampire horror-comedy ‘Let the Wrong One In’, dark coming-of-age drama ‘The Winter Lake’, gothic Irish horror story ‘The Lodgers’ and horror-comedy ‘Stitches’. Our upcoming fifth and sixth feature films are rural revenge thriller ‘Bring Them Down’ starring Barry Keoghan, Chris Abbott and Colm Meaney, and Irish-Canadian-Danish co-production ‘The Apprentice’, directed by Ali Abbasi and starring Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong, which is due to premiere in competition at Cannes 2024.
Tailored has a number of feature films in active, funded development on our ever growing slate. To access our ‘Film & TV in Development’ page, please contact [email protected]
Please note we cannot accept unsolicited scripts.
The apprentice
The apprentice
- Writer: Gabriel Sherman
- Director: Ali Abbasi
- Starring: Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova, Martin Donovan
- Co-Producers & Funders: Scythia Films, Profile Pictures, Film Institute, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Kinematics, Head Gear Films, Film i Väst, The Danish Film Institute, and National Bank of Canada
- Year: 2024
About: ‘The Apprentice’ is a dive into the underbelly of the American empire. It charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn.
bring them down
Bring them down
- Writer: Chris Andrews
- Director: Chris Andrews
- Starring: Barry Keoghan, Christopher Abbott, Colm Meaney, Nora-Jane Noone, Paul Ready, Susan Lynch
- Co-Producers & Funders: Wild Swim Films, Frakas Productions, Mubi, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán, UK Global Screen Fund administered by the BFI
- Year: 2024
About: Michael, the last son of a shepherding family, lives with his ailing father, Ray. When a conflict with rival farmer Gary and his son Jack escalates, a devastating chain of events leaves both families permanently altered.
Let the Wrong One In
Let the Wrong One In
- Writer: Conor McMahon
- Director: Conor McMahon
- Starring: Karl Rice, Eoin Duffy, Anthony Head, Hilda Fay, Mary Murray, David Pearse
- Funders: Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, BAI, MPI Media Group
- Year: 2021
About: A young supermarket worker discovers his older brother is a vampire and has to choose whether to help him or slay him.
Stats: Premiered at Dublin International Film Festival (2022). Screened at Fantastic Fest (Austin, TX), Glasgow Film Festival, Telluride Horror Show (Telluride, CO), Strasbourg Film Festival, Trieste Film Festival (Italy), Sitges Film Festival (Spain), Fantasy Film Fest (Germany), Newport Beach Film Festival, Boston Science Fiction Film Festival, Anomaly Film Festival (Rochester, NY), Grimmfest (UK), Capital Irish Film Festival (Silver Spring, MD) and Januscary (Pittsburgh PA). Winner of Best VFX at ScreamFest (Los Angeles).
The Winter Lake
The Winter Lake
- Writer: David Turpin
- Director: Phil Sheerin
- Starring: Anson Boon, Charlie Murphy, Emma Mackey, Michael McElhatton, Mark McKenna
- Funders: Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Epic Pictures Group, Western Region Audio Visual Producers Fund, Telefilm Canada, Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Creative Europe, an Irish Canadian Co-Production (EMAfilms)
- Year: 2020
About: A dark coming-of-age drama following a young boy whose unsettling discovery at a seasonal lake threatens to expose the long-buried secrets of his mysterious neighbours.
The Lodgers
The Lodgers
- Writer: David Turpin
- Director: Brian O'Malley
- Starring: Charlotte Vega, Bill Milner, Eugene Simon, David Bradley, Moe Dunford, Deirdre O’Kane
- Funders: Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Epic Pictures Group
- Year: 2017
About: A gothic horror story centred on a family curse and a sinister presence that confines orphaned twins Rachel and Edward to their crumbling mansion in 1920s Ireland.
Stats: Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (2017). Screened theatrically in 23 countries before securing worldwide buyout deal with Netflix. Won Irish Film and TV award for best VFX, as well as Best Film at Terror Molins del Rei Festival, and Best Actress and VFX and Fancine Festival, Spain.
Stitches
Stitches
- Writer: Conor McMahon & David O’Brien
- Director: Conor McMahon
- Starring: Ross Noble, Tommy Knight, Gemma Leah Devereux
- Funders: Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, MPI Media Group
- Year: 2012
About: The darkly comic tale of ‘Stitches’ Grindle, a homicidal clown, who rises from the grave to exact revenge on the now grown children responsible for his death at a birthday party years prior.
Stats: Screened in over 100 cinemas across the UK and Ireland. Sold worldwide and won awards at Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival and Film4 Frightfest
X Marks the Spot
X Marks the Spot
- Writer: Carol Walsh
- Director: Hugh O'Conor
- Starring: Clare Dunne, Aisling Doyle, Sive Doyle, Jade Jordan, Sarah Morris, Rory Nolan, Carl Shaaban
- Funders: European Broadcasting Union, RTÉ
- Year: 2021
About: Sam’s amateur detective skills are put to the test when she suspects Granuaile the Pirate Queen has moved in next door – but will anyone believe her?
STIR
STIR
- Writer: Rory Bresnihan
- Director: Rory Bresnihan
- Starring: Niamh McCormack, Lalor Roddy, Bryan Quinn, Ally Ni Chiarain, Killian Coyle
- Funders: Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
- Year: 2020
About: A young woman finds herself a prisoner in the home of an old man who has recently lost his wife. As her desperate attempts to escape accelerate, he soon realises that he has taken on more than he can handle.
