Number 9 Films

[4][5] Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen were jointly honoured with the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award in 2019.

[8][9] In 2024, Beta Film took a stake in Number 9 TV, a new small screen subsidiary of the production company.

[10] Their latest feature LIVING,[11] scripted by Kazou Ishiguro and starring Bill Nighy - a reworking of Kurosawa’s classic IKIRU - received numerous accolades including 3 BAFTA Award nominations[12] and 2 Academy Award® nominations.

[13] The company also served as co-executive producers on ANOTHER END,[14] starring Gael García Bernal and Renate Reinsve, which was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival.

[15] Upcoming projects include Fleur Fortuné's THE ASSESSMENT, starring Alicia Vikander,  Elizabeth Olsen and Himesh Patel;[16] award-winning theatre director Marianne Elliott's feature debut THE SALT PATH, starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs;[17] and Kei Ishikawa's A PALE VIEW OF HILLS, adapted from Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro's novel of the same name.