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Embankment Films

Industry	Film and Television Sales and Finance
Founded	2012
Headquarters	London , England
Key people	Tim Haslam (Co-Director) Hugo Grumbar (Co-Director)
Website	http://www.embankmentfilms.com/

Embankment Films is a British film and television sales and production company based in London, England.

Founded in 2012 by Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar, Embankment procures pre-sales, tax-credit facilities, equity, gap financing and worldwide distribution for feature films and television.^[1] Haslam was formerly CEO at Hanway Films. Grumbar was formerly joint MD of the UK division of Icon Film Distribution.^{[citation needed]}

Since the creation of the company, Embankment has raised finance for over 64 feature films including The Dressmaker,^[2] Boychoir,Le Week-End,^[3], Churchill,^[4] Breathe, directed by Andy Serkis,^[5] Driven,^[6] Red Joan, directed by Trevor Nunn,^[7] Ride Like a Girl, directed by Rachel Griffiths,^[8] Untouchable directed by Ursula Macfarlane and produced by Simon Chinn,^[9] Can You Keep a Secret?,^[10] Summerland, directed by Jessica Swale,^[11] Military Wives, directed by Peter Cattaneo,^[12] and The Father, directed by Florian Zeller.^[13] The Father received six Academy Award nominations,^[14] and won two British Academy Film Awards.^[15] Embankment also represented and raised financing for Florian Zeller's second feature, The Son, that premiered at the Venice Film Festival 2022.^[16]

In 2023, Nick Taussig, Sophie Harmer and Henry Farrington joined Embankment Films to lead its unscripted division.^[17] Taussig and Harmer both joined from UK production outfit Salon Pictures, producer of the documentary McQueen which Embankment handled sales for. Since then, they have produced documentaries, including Dwarf Story,^[18] Garbo: Leave Me Alone^[19] and Sheffield DocFest audience award-winner, Strike: An Uncivil War.^[20]

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