Producers April Kelley and Sara Huxley have signed with UTA, which may also signify their manufacturing firm, Mini Productions.
Based in 2012, Mini Productions was arrange with a dedication to championing authentic and underrepresented views, together with female-led storytelling, LGBTQ+ narratives, and initiatives participating with psychological well being.
Previous to producing options, Mini Productions constructed a profitable catalogue of award-winning brief movies that screened internationally and helped set up the corporate’s artistic voice.
Mini’s debut function “Rose” was nominated for the Raindance Discovery Award on the British Impartial Movie Awards (BIFA) in 2020. Written by and starring Matt Stokoe, and co-starring Sophie Rundle, and Olive Grey, “Rose” has gone on to display screen at Melbourne Worldwide Movie Pageant, Sitges Movie Pageant, and Trieste Science+Fiction Pageant.
Their BIFA and BAFTA long-listed brief movie Edith was the directorial debut for actor Christian Cooke and starred BAFTA winner Peter Mullan. In January 2022, they went on to shoot Cooke’s debut function movie “Embers” starring Ruth Bradley, David Wilmot, and Clare Perkins.
The corporate has since produced each narrative and documentary options, together with “Homicide on the Embassy,” distributed by Lionsgate, and the trans documentary “Tomorrow’s Too Late,” which premiered at Sheffield DocFest. In 2025, Mini Productions was chosen for AMC Networks’ Manufacturing–Movie Provider Mentoring Program.
Individually, Kelley’s credit embody “Plainclothes,” the Sundance Award–successful function movie, whereas Huxley’s producing credit embody BAFTA-winning ITV drama “Mr Bates vs The Submit Workplace.”
“We’re thrilled to be becoming a member of the UTA household and to have their assist each as producers and as an organization,” mentioned Kelley and Huxley. “They share our ambitions and enthusiasm for daring storytelling, and we’re enthusiastic about what we’ll construct collectively.”
