The Machine. Poster/Trailer/Stills/Details. in UK cinemas 21st March 2014.

The Machine had its World Premiere earlier this year at Tribeca Film Festival and has since won Best UK Feature at Raindance Film Festival, Best Sci-Fi film at Toronto After Dark Film Festival and threeBAFTA Cymru Awards for Special Achievement in Film, Best Costume Design for Chrissie Pegg and Best Original Music for Tom Raybould.

The Machine. Official Trailer.
Directed by Caradog James, Produced by John Giwa-Amu and starring Toby Stephens, Caity Lotz, Denis Lawson, Sam Hazeldine and Pooneh Hajimohammadi, The Machine is a sci-fi thriller set in the near future with a global war looming. As top MOD scientist Vincent (Toby Stephens) is briefed with developing the ultimate killing machine, he creates the first fully conscious robot, but against orders he makes it in the image of his lost love, plunging him into a battle for his survival.

Red and Black Films’ first 2006 feature, Little White Lies previously garnered five BAFTA Cymru Award nominations, winning for Best Actor and Best Actress; won numerous awards at European film festivals; and was listed in Variety’s top ten British films of the year.

Director Caradog James and Producer John Giwa-Amu said: “To have even been nominated for the awards was amazing, but to have won is a crowning moment of a long journey - it's everything we could have hoped for. Thank you so much to all the wonderful people who've helped us along the way including our talented cast and crew and the financial partners who had faith in us so early on, namely The Ideas Factory, Content, Film Agency Wales, Welsh Assembly Government and our lead financier Altara Pictures.”

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Red and Black Films and Content are delighted to announce that their Sci-Fi Thriller The Machine has won the Raindance Award at this year’s Moët British Independent Film Awards 2013. The Awards ceremony took place last night, with Raindance Award nominees including: Everyone’s Going to Die, The Patrol, Sleeping Dogs and Titus. The Raindance Award honours exceptional achievement for filmmakers working against the odds, often with little or no industry support.

The Moët British Independent Film Awards are decided by an independent jury comprised of leading professionals and talent from the British film industry. The Jury for 2013 included: Jury Chair - Penny Woolcock (Director), Antonia Campbell-Hughes (Actress), Art Malik (Actor), Ate de Jong (Director), Bart Layton (Director), James Floyd (Actor), Jill McCullough (Dialect Coach), Julien Temple (Director), Liza Marshall (Producer), MyAnna Buring (Actress), Natascha McElhone (Actress), Pippa Harris (Producer), Roland Gift (Musician), Sally El Hosaini (Director), Sandy Powell (Costume Designer) and Steve Hamilton Shaw (Producer). The Machine’s lead actress Caity Lotz was also nominated at this year’s BIFAs for Most Promising Newcomer.