Forward Motion Pictures is a multi-award winning independent production company based near Brighton, England.

Run by husband and wife team Staten Cousins Roe and Poppy Roe, our current slate involves Production and Development across Film & Television.

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Forward Motion Pictures A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life releases in SOUTH KOREA via Cinema Black.

Poppy Roe & Staten Cousins Roe Long Listed for the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) Breakthrough Producer Nomination.

Staten Cousins Roe Nominated for Screen International Genre Rising Star Award.

Pitch-black comedy feature film A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life out NOW in UK, USA & CANADA Via Arrow Films.

Multi award winning, Sundance Channel & HBO Europe screened short This Way Out debuts online.

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ASKGtL Released in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland & Finland!
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A Serial Killer's Guide to Life Releases in SOUTH KOREA!
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New artwork released ahead of USA & Canada launch!
New artwork released ahead of USA & Canada launch!
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UK Distributor Arrow Films acquires worldwide rights to A Serial Killer's Guide to Life!
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Staten Cousins Roe Nominated for Screen International Genre Rising Star Award!
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A Serial Killer's Guide to Life to World Premiere at FRIGHTFEST 24th August 2019!
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This Way Out picked up by the Sundance Channel Global
This Way Out picked up by the Sundance Channel Global

This Way Out jet-black euthanasia comedy short film, picked up by the Sundance Channel Global.

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HBO Europe picks up This Way Out short film
HBO Europe picks up This Way Out short film

HBO Europe picks up This Way Out

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This Way Out BAFTA Long-listed
This Way Out BAFTA Long-listed

Jet-black euthanasia comedy This Way Out is BAFTA Longlisted for Best Live Action Short Film.

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This Way Out

Award winning jet-black comedy short film. BAFTA Long-listed and played at over 30 international festivals. Screened on HBO Europe and the Sundance Channel Europe.

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A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life

Pitch-black comedy feature film out NOW!

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Staten Cousins Roe

Nominated for Screen International’s Genre Rising Star Award, Staten’s first short as writer & director, black comedy This Way Out, won international awards, including the Prix Decale (Offbeat Award) at the 30th Festival du Cinema European, Lille and was BAFTA Longlisted for Best Live Action short. This Way Out has been screened across the world including on HBO & The Sundance Channel Europe. After originally training as an actor, Staten attended numerous development courses including the NFTS Emerging Producers short course and was selected for the LOCO mentoring scheme led by Sky Comedy.  Staten’s debut feature, A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life world premiered at Arrow Video Frightfest, and was released across the USA, Canada, UK, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Finland and South Africa. He is currently developing a slate of further feature and TV projects.

Twitter - @StatenCR

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Poppy Roe

Poppy produced and script-edited award winning black comedy This Way Out. She also plays the lead role of Minnie – the psychopathic owner of the euthanasia centre. Poppy co-wrote short comedy The Leisure Class for the US, written & shot by HBO Project Greenlight winner Jason Mann, recently turned into a feature film by HBO (exec produced by Ben Affleck & Matt Damon). Trained at Rose Bruford College, London – Poppy is also an actor in film, TV and theatre. She produced, edited and plays the co-lead in Forward Motion’s darkly comic horror A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life.

Twitter - @PoppyRoe