Pretty soon everyone will want to be on the Home Team

Award-winning producers launch new film and television production company

HOME TEAM have announced its presence in the International film and television space, with a focus on the development and production of high-end, wholly inclusive feature films and television series.

Home Team will be a genuine home for talent, we’re continuously driven to realise our wildest ambitions, and want to move the needle with everything we do

Dominic Buchanan

Led by producers Dominic Buchanan and Bennett McGhee, Home Team’s intention is to identify and develop under-represented creatives and nurture exciting voices- primarily, but not restricted to, filmmakers of colour and women filmmakers of all ethnicities, through interactive as well as traditional film and TV platforms.

Under their new banner, UK-based Home Team will harness the reputations of its two producers in championing exciting new voices, to build on an already impressive development slate.

Projects include a collaboration with BBC Films on Shola Amoo’s follow-up to the critically-acclaimed feature, The Last Tree; a new BFI-backed film project directed by Destiny Ekaragha and Danielle Ward; Nadia Latif & Omar El-Khairy’s feature debut, which is the upcoming horror film Welcome, currently being developed with Film4 and the BFI; Rohan Blair-Mangat’s docu-series The Boombox Project, adapted from Lyle Owerko’s book of the same name; and a new television series directed by Kate Herron, which she is co-writing alongside Briony Redman and will be co-produced with Douglas Cox.

Investment for Home Team comes from the Calculus Creative Content EIS Fund.

The fund was launched in June 2019 in association with the British Film Institute, who awarded the fund to Calculus Capital and Stargrove Pictures.

The BFI, as a charity, has no financial interest in the fund, but initiated the project to help generate a new wave of investors in the UK creative content industry and to support the growth of dynamic and ambitious UK production companies such as Home Team.

Stargrove Pictures, the film/TV finance specialists, acts as adviser to the fund. Led by Stephen Fuss, the Stargrove team sourced this investment opportunity for the fund.

Dominic Buchanan

On Home Team’s launch, founding partner Bennett McGhee commented: “I’m blessed to be partnering with Dominic and starting this new venture together, and thankful for the incredible support from the team at Calculus, Stargrove and the wider industry.

“We’d sown the seeds of these plans for a while and it’s incredibly exciting to now see them come to fruition, and champion projects from talent we believe in.”

Co-founding partner Dominic Buchanan also added: “Home Team will be a genuine home for talent, we’re continuously driven to realise our wildest ambitions, and want to move the needle with everything we do. Fortunately, Bennett and I are now truly empowered to do so!”

John Glencross, Chief Executive of Calculus, shared: “We are thrilled to be making this investment in Home Team.

“Dominic and Bennett are two of the most exciting producers to emerge in the UK in recent years and have already shown their ability to develop groundbreaking productions which are both critically acclaimed and commercially successful.”

Stephen Fuss, Chief Executive at Stargrove Pictures said, “Dominic and Bennett are impressive individuals who have an original style and authentic voices.

“We are looking forward to working with them and supporting their growth plans.”

Prior to Home Team, Dominic has been independently producing and building his slate of projects which last year saw him secure a one year first look TV deal with production house Eleven.

Bennett McGhee

Previously, Dominic was VP of Production and Development at Bold Films, where on behalf of Bold Films, he co-produced the film Colette (2018), starring Kiera Knightly.

Dominic also produced director Hong Khaou’s lauded 2014 Sundance film Lilting, starring Ben Whishaw. He is currently an executive producer on the break-out Channel 4 and Netflix co-production, The End of The F***ing World.

The show has won multiple accolades, including the 2020 BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series.

Bennett McGhee established Silvertown Films in 2015, an independent film and television production company, which was the recipient of the British Film Institute’s Vision Award in its first year.

Silvertown’s credits include Ron Scarpello’s feature documentary Bobby (2016), Ed Lilly’s rap-battle drama V’s (2018) and 2020’s acclaimed Mogul Mowgli, directed by Bassam Tariq and starring Riz Ahmed.

Prior to Silvertown Films, Bennett was an executive at Wildgaze Films, where he worked on Lone Scherfig’s multi-Oscar nominated An Education; Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut Quartet and as Associate Producer on the multi-Oscar® and BAFTA-winning, Brooklyn.

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  1. | Helen McIvor

    To Bennett Mcghee.

    Hi Bennett its me Helen McIvor. Ive had a burning desire (for years) for a film to be made of a story of mine. Any chance of a meetup? Hope you and family are well. Love Helen
    [email protected]
    07786074205

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