Scottish Horror Comes Home

10th July 2013

URBAN HORROR FILM CITADEL IS RELEASED IN CINEMAS
NATIONWIDE FROM FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013.

One of the year’s most engrossing horror film…Terrifying” IGN.

Watch the Trailer - See below.

“An incredibly well shot, terrifying and freakish horror drama that’s loaded with violence, scares and intensity” Bloody Disgusting

Ciarán Foy’s debut feature film urban horror flick CITADEL is released this Friday 12 July 2013. Written and directed by Ciarán Foy, based on his own personal experiences of agoraphobia, CITADEL features rising star Aneurin Barnard alongside prolific Scottish actor James Cosmo, Wunmi Mosaku and Jake Willson. The film is produced by Brian Coffey of Glasgow-based Production company Sigma Films.

Citadel is an Irish/Scottish co-production by Blinder Films and Sigma Films, and is financed by the Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board and Creative Scotland

A Creative Scotland spokesperson commented: 'We are delighted that Citadel will be released in cinemas in Scotland, where Scottish audiences will get to enjoy this stylish and truly scary horror. Working in partnership with UK distributor Metrodome, Sigma will provide a richer experience of the film with preview screenings and question and answer sessions with the filmmakers, creating a real buzz around the film's release.'

Brian Coffey, Producer, commented: "Citadel is a disturbing, powerful and altogether original psychological horror film, we are very excited that it will be released in Scottish cinema's this week. It is great that Scotland is now getting known as a place to shoot horror movies. We are proud that Citadel is part of the new wave of horror films being made here."

SYNOPSIS
The dilapidated suburbia of Edenstown casts a shadow over Tommy Cowley’s life. Trapped there by his agoraphobia since his wife was fatally attacked by twisted feral children, he now finds himself terrorized by the same mysterious hooded gang, who seem intent on taking his baby daughter.

Torn between the help of an understanding nurse and a vigilante priest, he discovers that to be free of his fears, he must finally face the demons of his past and enter the one place that he fears the most...the abandoned tower block known as the CITADEL.

ABOUT SIGMA FILMS
Sigma is the most prolific and successful film company in Scotland. David Mackenzie and Gillian Berrie founded Sigma in 1996 as a vehicle for producing David’s feature films -The Last Great Wilderness, Hallam Foe, Perfect Sense and Tonight You’re Mine. Alongside, Sigma has co-produced numerous film including Wilbur, Dogville, Manderlay, Brothers, Dear Wendy, After The Wedding, Song for a Raggy Boy, Dear Frankie.

As well as producing and co-producing for established directors Sigma has a commitment to developing the industry and helping new talent make the all-important step up. With this in mind Sigma initiated the Advance Party project of which Andrea Arnold’s Cannes Jury prize winner Red Road was the first film produced and Scottish BAFTA winner, Donkeys the second.

Ciaran Foy’s Citadel, the Blinder/Sigma co-pro won the Audience Award in the Midnighters section at SXSW 2012 and has picked up several more awards internationally as it continues its festival circuit.

Sigma is producing David Mackenzie's Starred Up starring Jack O Connell, Ben Mendelsohn and Rupert Friend and is co-producing Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin starring Scarlett Johanssen.

Preparing its slate for production this year, Colin Kennedy’s Swung and Catherine Linstrum's Greenland Time.

CITADEL IS IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE FROM FRIDAY 12th July 2013