Sands Films

Sands Films is a small British film production company, founded by producer Richard Goodwin and director Christine Edzard in the early 1970s, and based in Rotherhithe, London. The company is known for its production of costumes for period dramas.

Sands Films
IndustryFilm production
Founded1975
Headquarters
London
,
England
Websitewww.sandsfilms.co.uk

Background

The building that Sands Films occupies is a former granary, now a grade II listed building.[1] The business was founded in 1975[2] and since 1976, it has housed a small film stage, film theatre, picture library, workshops and costume stores.[3] The Goodwins initially used the derelict building rent-free, on the basis they completely repaired and renovated the property.[4]

As an independent film production studio Sands Films has its own soundproof stage, workshops, costume department, set construction workshop, cutting room, cinema and other services needed to make films. It is a self-sufficient and fully integrated production facility. Cinema and television companies as varied as Working Title, Talkback, BBC, Channel 4, Freemantle, Ridley Scott Associates, Sky TV, the Royal Opera House, the New York Metropolitan Opera and Canal+ have used the facilities at Sands Films for their projects. With the covid-19 lockdown the studio has intensified its live streaming activities.

Productions

Productions by Sands Films include Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971), Stories from a Flying Trunk (1976), The Nightingale (1981), Biddy (1983), Little Dorrit (1987), The Fool (1989), As You Like It (1991), Amahl and the Night Visitors (1996), The IMAX Nutcracker (1997), The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream (2001) and The Good Soldier Schwejk (2018).

The studio has been successful in delivering full production packages to companies in need of a London studio base, such as A Passage to India (1984) to Bright Star (2009). Sands Films was the production base for The Long Day Closes for which all the sets were built. Sands Films supplied facilities to Working Title's productions of Anna Karenina (2012) and Les Miserables (2012).

Other productions the company has been involved in for production services or costumes include all the Agatha Christie films produced by EMI (including Death on the Nile),[5] Vanity Fair (2004), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Fingersmith (2005), and Pride & Prejudice (2005).[6] It hand-embroidered the costumes for the main characters in the BBC's 2015 series Wolf Hall.[7]

In 2011, the company's annual turnover exceeded £1 million for the first time.[4] After its rent almost quadrupled since 2000 and it had been asked to pay back-rent for an unrenovated part of the building, the Goodwins began to raise funds to purchase the property. This included selling shares at £500 each,[4] and later in 2012, they successfully bought the property, with plans to modernise its production facilities. Managing director Olivier Stockman has worked for Sands Studios since 1980.[2]

In 2017, Sands Films produced The Good Soldier Schwejk, written and directed by Christine Edzard and based on The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek. The project partly was funded by the auction of a costume worn by Mark Rylance in the BBC's Wolf Hall.[8]

Sands Films Productions
Year Title Director Writer Producer Awards
1971 Tales of Beatrix Potter Reginald Mills Christine Edzard,
Richard Goodwin		 Richard Goodwin[9] Two BAFTA nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design
1979 Stories from a Flying Trunk Christine Edzard Hans Christian Andersen,
Christine Edzard		 John Brabourne,
Richard Goodwin[10]
1981 The Nightingale Christine Edzard Hans Christian Andersen Richard B. Goodwin[11] Won award at 12th International Short and Documentary Film Festival, Lille, 1982.[12]
1983 Biddy Christine Edzard Christine Edzard Richard B. Goodwin[13] Celia Bannerman (as Biddy) won an award at the Moscow Film Festival [14]
1987 Little Dorrit Christine Edzard Charles Dickens,
Christine Edzard		 John Brabourne,
Richard B. Goodwin[15]		 Two Academy Award nominations for Actor in a Supporting Role (Alec Guinness and Writing (screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) (Christine Edzard) [16]
LA Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress (Miriam Margolyes)[17]
Two BAFTA Award nominations for Best Screenplay – Adapted, and Best Costume Design, and one for the Golden Globes (USA) for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Evening Standard Award for Best Actor in 1987 (Derek Jacobi)[18]
1990 The Fool Christine Edzard Christine Edzard,
Olivier Stockman		 Celia Bannerman[19]
1991 As You Like It Christine Edzard William Shakespeare,
Christine Edzard		 Olivier Stockman,
George Reinhart [20]
1996 Amahl and the Night Visitors Christine Edzard Gian Carlo Menotti,
Christine Edzard		 Olivier Stockman [21]
1997 The IMAX Nutcracker Christine Edzard E. T. A. Hoffmann,
Christine Edzard		 Celia Bannerman,
Andrew Gellis,
Lorne Orleans,
Olivier Stockman [22]
2001 The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream Christine Edzard William Shakespeare,
Christine Edzard		 Olivier Stockman [23]
2018 The Good Soldier Schwejk Christine Edzard Jaroslav Hašek,
Christine Edzard		 Olivier Stockman [24]

Making and Supplying of period costumes
YearTitleDesignerAcademy Award Best CostumesBAFTA Award
Best Costumes
1992 A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia TV movie Claudie Castine
1997 Amistad film Ruth Carter Nominee [25]
Oscar and Lucinda film Janet Patterson Nominee [25]
The Woman in White TV series Odile Dicks-Mireaux
1999 Great Expectations film Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Topsy-Turvy film Lindy Hemming Winner [26]
Les Enfants du Siecle film Anaïs Romand
2000 Gormenghast TV series Odile Dicks-Mireaux
2001 The Lady and the Duke film Pierre-Jean Larroque
2002 Gangs of New York film Sandy Powell Nominee [27] Nominee [28]
2003 The Lost Prince film Odile Dicks-Mireaux
2004 Vanity Fair film Beatrix Aruna Pasztor Winner Satellite Award for Best Costume Design
2005 Pride and Prejudice film Jacqueline Durran Nominee [29] Nominee [30]
Une Vie TV Movie Catherine Leterrier
2006 Marie Antoinette film Milena Canonero Winner [31] Nominee [32]
2007 Becoming Jane film Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl film Sandy Powell
The Duchess film Michael O'Connor Winner [33] Winner [34]
John Adams TV series Donna Zakowska
2009 Bright Star film Janet Patterson Nominee [35] Nominee [36]
The Young Victoria film Sandy Powell Winner [35] Winner [36]
2010 Burke and Hare film Deborah Landis
2011 La Princesse de Montpensier film Caroline de Vivaise
Jane Eyre film Michael O'Connor Nominee [37] Nominee [38]
Anonymous film Lisy Christl Nominee [37]
L'Apollondine film Anaïs Romand
2012, 2016 The Hollow Crown TV series Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Nigel Egerton
2012 Lincoln film Joanna Johnston Nominee [39] Nominee [40]
Bel Ami film Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Les Miserables film Paco Delgado Nominee [39] Nominee [40]
2013 12 Years a Slave film Patricia Norris Nominee [41]
The Invisible Woman film Michael O'Connor Nominee [41] Nominee [42]
La Religieuse film Anaïs Romand
2014 Mr Turner film Jacqueline Durran Nominee [43] Nominee [44]
Amour Fou film Tanja Hausner
A Little Chaos film Joan Bergin
2015 Far from the Madding Crowd film Janet Patterson
Macbeth film Jacqueline Durran
Wolf Hall TV series Joanna Eatwell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell TV series Barbara Kidd
Cinderella film Sandy Powell Nominee [45] Nominee [46]
2016 Roots TV series Diana Cilliers
Ruth Carter
Victoria TV series Rosalind Ebbutt
To Walk Invisible TV movie Tom Pye
A Dangerous Fortune TV Movie Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh
Love & Friendship film Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh
2017 Taboo TV series Joanna Eatwell
Victoria and Abdul film Consolata Boyle Nominee [47]
Will TV series Kym Barrett
Tulip Fever film Michael O'Connor
Beauty and the Beast film Jacqueline Durran Nominee [47] Nominee [48]
Harlots TV series Edward Gibbon
2018 Peterloo film Jacqueline Durran
The Sisters Brothers film Milena Canonero
Mary Magdalene film Jacqueline Durran
Un Peuple et son Roi film Anaïs Romand
Le Retour du Heros film Pierre Jean Larroque
2019 Little Women film Jacqueline Durran Winner [49] Winner [50]
The Personal History of David Copperfield film Suzie Harman
Robert Worley
Gentleman Jack TV series Tom Pye
2020 Ammonite film Michael O'Connor Nominee [51] Nominee BIFA Awards - Best Costume Design [52]
2021 The Irregulars TV series Edward Gibbon
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain film Michael O'Connor

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