We’re Void Films - a new kind of film company.
We develop stories in public, shaped by audience interest from day one.

This newsletter is your inside track.
Development updates, early looks, and decisions from inside the process.
An insight into what’s moving, what’s changing, and what’s coming next.

Project focus - Exodus Collective

“It’s a war without violence. We were a civil disobedience group so we were destined to put their noses up. This can’t stop. This cannot stop.” - Glen Jenkins, one of the founders of Exodus Collective.

We’ve had a huge response since sharing scenes from Louis Moir’s upcoming feature doc on the Exodus Collective, the ‘90s activist group who fought police corruption with music, free parties, and community.

Besides the general agreement about how friendly and positive people’s experiences were, one of the comments we hear most is:

“Where do people gather like this today?” 

Has the advent of the internet, smart phones, location sharing and the rest helped or stopped people gathering in the same way? Get in touch and tell us what you think. 

Whilst you’re thinking, here are 3 films recommended by the Director/Producer Louis Moir that sum up British Counterculture:

Babylon (1980), Franco Rosso - A raw portrait of South London’s reggae sound-system culture, following a young DJ as he faces racism, poverty, and police hostility.

The Firm (1989), Alan Clarke - A gritty TV film about football hooliganism, centred on a charismatic but violent gang leader whose obsession with status and control drives him into escalating conflict.

Human Traffic (1999), Justin Kerrigan - A cult comedy-drama capturing Cardiff’s late-90s club scene, following five friends through a weekend of raving, drugs, and youthful disillusionment.

New concept ideas - we want to know what you think:

Ray Winston has called for more culturally British films - what’s the weirdest/most obscure part of British culture that deserves the big screen treatment?

Reply to this newsletter with your ideas.

Behind the Scenes - Hungry Joe

Hungry Joe’s writer/director duo Paul and Sam are cousins from Bristol. They grew up in one of the poorest council estates in the UK - binge watching blockbuster, effects-driven horror films like Aliens, Jaws and The Thing on VHS. They were drawn to these high impact, larger than life stories that still managed to sneak in vividly drawn characters and sly political undertones.

“As our tastes developed, we started to appreciate more indie and international cinema, but never lost our love for big, splashy storytelling. It’s this fusion of broad, audience appeal and subversive social commentary that informs all our work, and none more so than in Hungry Joe.” - Paul and Sam

They started making films with no inroads into the industry - just a strong creative partnership and a clear voice. They’re now regarded as two of Britain’s most exciting writer/director duos. 

That journey has led to Hungry Joe - a body-horror short that struck a nerve online. We’re now developing it into a feature. Some say it’s too graphic, too disturbing, too close to the bone - and that they can’t wait to see it. 

A few things happening in development:

• Lining up scouts to finalise a locations

• Hiring begins for a post production supervisor

• And, big casting news coming soon…

Coming up

Next newsletter, we’ll share:

• Concept ideas from you, our audience

• More exclusive material and updates from Exodus, Hungry Joe and the rest of out slate

• More recommendations from the team

• A deep dive into one of the strangest almost-made films we’ve uncovered in development

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