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Films

Studio

Services

Contact

Send us the brief, the budget and the date. Lena replies within two working days.

Book a call

hello@halvane.studio

Films made for where they will be watched.

Halvane is a film studio in Manchester. We make brand films, commercials and documentaries, and cut each one for the screens it will play on.

Films made for where they will be watched.

Halvane is a film studio in Manchester. We make brand films, commercials and documentaries, and cut each one for the screens it will play on.

After Dark

Northline

Commercial

2026

0:20

Northline wanted a night ad for its first electric estate car, so we lit every shot with the car’s own headlights.

How we made it

All films

After Dark

Northline

Commercial

2026

0:20

Northline wanted a night ad for its first electric estate car, so we lit every shot with the car’s own headlights.

How we made it

All films

Films made for where they will be watched.

Halvane is a film studio in Manchester. We make brand films, commercials and documentaries, and cut each one for the screens it will play on.

Films made for where they will be watched.

Halvane is a film studio in Manchester. We make brand films, commercials and documentaries, and cut each one for the screens it will play on.

After Dark

Northline

Commercial

2026

0:20

Northline wanted a night ad for its first electric estate car, so we lit every shot with the car’s own headlights.

How we made it

All films

Films made for where they will be watched.

Halvane is a film studio in Manchester. We make brand films, commercials and documentaries, and cut each one for the screens it will play on.

Films made for where they will be watched.

Halvane is a film studio in Manchester. We make brand films, commercials and documentaries, and cut each one for the screens it will play on.

After Dark

Northline

Commercial

2026

0:20

Social cut,

Northline wanted a night ad for its first electric estate car, so we lit every shot with the car’s own headlights.

How we made it

All films

Recent films, and the decision behind each one.

A coffee roaster smelling a handful of beans beside a black roasting machine

First Batch

Kiln Coffee

Brand film

2026

2:10

Kiln Coffee roasts in small batches by ear, so we kept the camera at the height of the drum and let the sound of the beans set the pace of the cut.

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A dancer's feet in white socks on a wooden floor, lit by a slant of sunlight

Slow Song

Fable Records

Social

2025

0:20

Fable Records needed a teaser for phones held upright, so we framed for 9:16 from the first shot and let the window light move across the dancer.

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Hands painting a blue pattern onto an unglazed ceramic cup

Second Firing

Lowe Ceramics

Documentary

2025

12:40

Lowe Ceramics wanted buyers to see why one cup takes three weeks. We followed a single cup from wet clay to the shop shelf, with no interviews.

Watch the film

Two crew members at a camera on a tripod in a dark studio, one holding a shot list

Four people make every film. You meet the director and producer on the first call.

Director

Ama Boateng

Director of photography

Nadia Reeve

Producer

Lena Marsh

Editor and colourist

Daniel Okafor

Commissioned by

You?

After Dark

took

Six weeks, start to finish.

9 February.

A call about the car, the launch date and the budget.

16 February.

The idea, the plan and the price, agreed.

4 and 5 March.

Two nights on the moor roads above Saddleworth.

23 March.

A 20-second ad and four cuts for social.

28 March.

On air across the UK, a week before the car went on sale.

How a commission runs

We have made films for Northline, Kiln Coffee, Ostra Kitchen, Fable Records, Hearth and Lowe Ceramics.

What does a film cost?

Most cost £5,000 to £35,000. Services has a guide for each kind of film.

How soon can you start?

Usually within three weeks.

Do you work outside Manchester?

Yes, across the UK and abroad.

Tell us about the film you need.

Send us the brief, the budget and the date. Lena replies within two working days.

Book a call

hello@halvane.studio

Tell us about the film you need.

Send us the brief, the budget and the date. Lena replies within two working days.

Book a call

hello@halvane.studio

Tell us about the film you need.

Send us the brief, the budget and the date. Lena replies within two working days.

Book a call

hello@halvane.studio