The Film Production Company Smudgerhunt Film
Smudgerhunt Film The Film Production Company Lancaster

What’s New?
It’s official: We have moved to Lancaster. Bournemouth has been a blast, but it is time to move to pastures new while I complete my PhD in Film Practice at Lancaster University.
I’m sorry, but we cannot offer any work experience or placements at this time unless you are in Lancaster and a student of Lancaster University. If so, please get in touch or contact me at the Film Department.
Since relocating to Lancaster, we have continued producing films, all of which have achieved success at UK and International Film Festivals. Check out the Film Festival pages for details of these films.
My short experimental film Diagonal Official Selection for Art Beats Festival 2024
The Film Production Company Smudgerhunt Film
Film and Video Production Company, formed in 2014 by a small group of former Bournemouth University Students, has been continuously producing films ever since.
Previous projects include Abjection (2014/2015), the SciFi Zombie short film shot entirely in Dorset. Motorcycle Journals (2014) is the documentary jointly written by Ian and Hazlin, shot locally in Dorset and Hampshire, and the follow-up film The Man & His Museum (2015). The future was looking interesting with demand for another Abjection even before its release to become a web series and for more films like Motorcycle Journals, with motorcyclists keen to acquire a DVD. (The 2015 Update DVD was released and is on sale at the Sammy Miller Museum). 2016/17/18 have been busy years working on a mix of corporate and promotional videos. Check out our pages for examples. We still have time just for fun to shoot a short drama film, ‘Finding Alice, ‘ for submission to the International Film Festival.
Finding Alice completed in February 2017 (Valentine’s Day) is now running in International festivals with selection by the Berlin Fast Film Festival, XPO North (Scotland), and others to follow, watch this space for updates.
The 2017 directors’ edit for Abjection was selected by the CIM Sueca Film Festival 2017 (Spain) and won Best Picture in the B-Movie category at the Oniros Film Awards (Italy).
And more success for Motorcycle Journals, which was selected for Best Documentary at the Oniros Film Awards 2017.
Watch the complete film on Amazon Prime Video
Smudgerhunt Film The Film Production Company
In 2014, the founder members, Ian F. Hunt and Nor Hazlin Nor Salam, were looking actively towards making films for fun and for the film festival circuit with high hopes for their films, including the well-received documentary short ‘White Lining’ selected by three film festivals for screening, leading to the production of new movies and further festival successes.
Ian and Hazlin studied for their Masters Degrees at Bournemouth University Dorset in 2013/14, Ian in Cinematography and Hazlin in Directing. See their profile pages for details. While at Bournemouth University, they worked together on several films and with other enthusiastic and highly talented people to create some fantastic, high-quality student films. They are both ready for the next step and are working on new projects in England and Malaysia.
Look for them at Film Festivals over the coming months, talk to them about their new projects as they work towards them, and hope for further film festival success for their films.
Stills Photo Credits: –
Nikolay Zorov for Abjection Production Photos
Tim Way for Fight or Flight Production Photos