The top performing film trailers on the BritFlicks YouTube Channel during August 2019.
August 2019 saw a total of 341,833 trailer views on the BritFlicks YouTube Channel, although we have had issues with YouTube as they have removed one of our most popular trailers. We are appealing this decision and hope to have it back soon!
The Top 5 countries tuning in were the UK (14.8%), United States (13.3%), Turkey (6.7%) and Indie (4.5%). By gender it was Male (69.9%), Female (30.1%).
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10) THE CHAIR TO EVERYWHERE
Genre: Sci-Fi
August Trailer Views: 5,416
Total Trailer Views: 7,511
Synopsis: A father and daughter invent a teleportation device designed to ultimately replace all other forms of transport on Earth. During one of the tests, the daughter disappears and fails to arrive at the receiving device. The father desperately tries to recover her with devastating consequences. A shocking mind-boggling twist in the tale of a story with many layers to excite, horrify, and explore the power of human love.
9) BAIT
Genre: Drama
August Trailer Views: 6,133
Total Trailer Views: 11,232
Synopsis: Martin Ward is a cove fisherman, without a boat. His brother Steven has re-purposed their father’s vessel as a tourist tripper, driving a wedge between the brothers. With their childhood home now a get-away for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the picturesque harbour.As his struggle to restore the family to their traditional place creates increasing friction with tourists and locals alike, a tragedy at the heart of the family changes his world.
BAIT is in UK Cinemas now.
8) OBEY
Directed Jamie Jones
Genre: Urban Drama
August 2019 Views: 6,418
Total Trailer Views: 124,986
Synopsis: OBEY is about Leon, a nineteen-year-old boy with an alcoholic mother who has grown up in and out of care. Introducing Marcus Rutherford as Leon, who plays the film’s central character, OBEY also stars Sophie Kennedy Clark (Philomena, Nymphomaniac, Black Mirror) as Twiggy and T'Nia Miller (Wagstaffe, Stud Life, Marcella, Guilt) as Leon’s mother.
OBEY is raw and uncompromising and set against the backdrop of the 2011 London riots. It is the directorial debut feature from Jamie Jones whose award-winning short film THE NEST starring Vicky McClure was recently selected for Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and Tampere Film Festival 2017. Produced by Emily Jones of Beyond Fiction and Ross Williams of Harvest Pictures, Executive Produced by John Giwa-Amu (The Party, The Silent Storm, The Machine) of Red & Black Films, with Sound Design by Ben Baird (Lady Macbeth, The Levelling) and Cinematography by Albert Salas.
Finally free from adult supervision, Leon begins to rail against the injustice of his reality as his dreams become more and more unattainable and distant. Oppressed at home and hunted on the streets by local gangs, Leon’s existence is suffocating, and all too real. When he meets Twiggy, a beautiful blond girl living in a local squat something stirs inside of him. As she introduces him to her world, the weight of his past lifts. He is in love for the first time and for a moment escapes the reality of his unrelenting existence. But naïve to the affluent world supporting Twiggy’s hedonistic lifestyle, Leon is unprepared when Twiggy no longer wants him around. Leon withdraws, allowing his raw and unhampered emotions to take over in the blind fight against his unjust existence with terrifying and brutal consequences. @obeyfilm
7) 2:HRS
Directed By D. James Newton
Genre: Family
August 2019 Views: 9,487
Total Trailer Views: 50,515
Synopsis; A budding graffiti artist and an expert slacker, teen Tim Edge (Harry Jarvis) gets more than he bargained for when he convinces his two best friends, Vic and Alf, to skip a school trip. They stumble into a press conference being held by Lena Eidelhorn, the mad scientist (Siobhan Redmond, 2x nominated BAFTA actress) who is unveiling her latest invention, The Vitalitron. This machine is capable of predicting the time of death of any living creature. When Tim sneaks inside, he discovers he only has two hours left to live.
Chased across London by tabloid journalists, Tooley and Graves (Seann Walsh and Marek Larwood), Tim and his mates agree on a bucket list that will cram a lifetime into the next two hours.
Meanwhile Lena makes plans to ensure that The Vitalitron’s prophecy comes true no matter what…
6) BENJAMIN
Directed By Simon Amstell
Genre: Comedy
August 2019 Views: 11,451
Total Trailer Views: 103,755
Synopsis: The bittersweet comedy tells the story of Benjamin (Colin Morgan) a rising star filmmaker, who is thrown into emotional turmoil on the brink of premiering his second film, when Billie, his hard partying publicist, introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah.Set among the back streets of North London and East London, BENJAMIN features original music from James Righton of the Klaxons and stars Colin Morgan, Phénix Brossard, Joel Fry, Jack Rowan, Jessica Raine & Anna Chancellor.
5) GOD'S OWN COUNTRY
Genre: Romantic Drama
August 2019 Views: 12,571
Total Trailer Views: 949,292
Synopsis: Johnny Saxby works long hours in brutal isolation on his family’s remote farm in the north of England. He numbs the daily frustration of his lonely existence with nightly binge-drinking at the local pub and casual sex. When a handsome Romanian migrant worker arrives to take up temporary work on the family farm, Johnny suddenly finds himself having to deal with emotions he has never felt before. An intense relationship forms between the two which could change Johnny’s life forever.
4) HOLLOW POINT (U.S)
Directed By Daniel Zirilli
Genre: Comedy
August 2019 Views: 13,498
Total Trailer Views: 72,619
Synopsis: HOLLOW POINT (2019), directed by Daniel Zirilli, produced and starring Sri Lankan-American Dilan Jay, tells the story of a traumatized ethics professor whose wife and daughter are senselessly murdered, a cataclysm which forces him to join a group of charismatic vigilantes to face off against his family’s killer, while he confronts his personal dilemma in his quest for vengeance and justice.
3) CRUCIBLE OF THE VAMPIRE
Directed By Iain Ross-McNamee
Genre: Drama - Fantasy - Horror
August 2019 Views: 9,903
Total Trailer Views: 135,319
Synopsis: A young museum curator Isabelle (Katie Goldfinch) is sent to look at an ancient artefact, discovered in the basement of a stately home in Shropshire. Welcomed into the sprawling manor house by a seemingly hospitable family; Karl (Larry Rew), his wife Evelyn (Babette Barat) and their beautiful daughter Scarlet (Florence Cady), but all is not what it seems, as a dark and terrifying secret hangs over them.
When Isabelle discovers the truth within the mansion’s foreboding walls, can she escape the clutches of its malevolent occupants?
This immortal tale, which moves from the English Civil War to the present day, is smart, stylish, sexy and as sharp as vampire’s teeth.
2) 303 SQUADRON
Directed By Denis Delic
Genre: War - Drama
August 2019 Views: 14,715
Total Trailer Views: 163,090
Synopsis: Three years in the making and hot on the heels of its smash hit Box Office success in Poland, which has seen over 1.5 million cinema admissions since its September release, 303 Squadron is the authentic and historically accurate portrayal of how the Polish pilots of 303 Squadron turned the tide in the most seminal battle of World War II and paved the way to victory. Now, some 78-years on from the Battle of Britain, the long-awaited release of 303 Squadron coincides poignantly with the centenary of the RAF, Polish Air Force, Polish Civil Aviation and the reclaiming of Poland’s Independence (11th November) which also marks Remembrance Sunday. With guidance and advice during a private meeting with HRH Michael of Kent, who was also a consultant on Dunkirk, 303 SQUADRON is considered to be an important film. The aerial dogfight scenes are incredible – said to be on a par with Dunkirk.
1) ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDON
Directed By Simon Rumley
Genre: British Gangster Film
August 2019 Views: 26,810
Total Trailer Views: 302,595
Synopsis: ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDON charts the epic rise and legendary fall of a nationwide criminal empire that lasted for three action-packed decades from the late 1930s. The one-time friends and partners in crime turned bitter enemies oversaw a fledgeling East End and Soho underworld responsible for brutal protection rackets, vicious lawbreaking, shocking corruption and glamorous associations, which paved the way for the notorious Kray twins to exert their dominance over the capital’s gangland realm.
Shot entirely on location in and around London, this drama is a fantastic chronicle about the founders of British organised crime and an in-depth exploration of the mobster myth and psyche. It’s a unique viewing experience and a must-see for all True Crime fans.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDON is released on DVD 10th June 2019, courtesy of Signature Entertainment.
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