Last Strike

A woman's New Year's Eve plans are thrown off course in a taut and tense thriller.

Year: 2025

Genres: road-thriller, crime

Stage: Pre-production (filming 2025)

Production co: PickaXe Films / FAB Films

Starring:

Julie Root, Ross Thompson, Steven Gidwaney and Roger Conneff

Writer and director: Helen Lyons-Curran

Producers: Helen Lyons-Curran & Kieron Moore

Executive Producers: Jordan M. Royce,

Rose Royce, Kris Heys

Director of Photography: Andrew Rush Walker

Composer: Izaak Hane

Poster artist: Grant Kempster

Blood, Wrath, and Mercy

The lives of an isolated frontier's woman and a fugitive Irish immigrant collide when bonded by a common enemy, heralding both brutal retribution and burgeoning romance.

Genres: western, drama, romance

Feature, 104 pages.

Stage: Development. Screenplay, pitch deck, and director's treatment available.

Seeking: Co-production, executive producers, financing

Production co: PickaXe Films /  FAB Films (development phase)

Writer, director, producer: Helen Lyons-Curran

Script consultant: Kris Heys

Composer: Izaak Hane

Choke

Forced by an over-bearing brotherly figure, young Lewis awaits his enemy. What unfolds will determine the kind of man he is to become.

Year: 2019

Genres: crime thriller

Starring: Vincent Conwy, Michael Birtwistle

Written, directed and produced by: Helen Lyons-Curran

Director of Photography: Jo Lane

Executive Producers: Vincent Conwy, Jordan M. Royce

Ends Meat

Feature expansion into the Ends Meat universe.

Year: 2026

Genres: horror, thriller

Stage: Pre-production (filming 2026)

Production co: PickaXe Films / FAB Films

Producer and director: Helen Lyons-Curran

Writer: Kris Heys

Executive Producers: Jordan M. Royce, Rose Royce, Kris Heys

Composer: Christian Cosgriff

Summer of '76

A poignant coming-of-age crime-drama set against the backdop of the summer heatwave. 

Genres: coming-of-age, crime-drama

Feature, 85 pages approx.

Stage: script development

Production co: PickaXe Films

Writer, director, producer: Helen Lyons-Curran

Script consultant: Kris Heys