The Works International has come on board for international sales (excluding the UK)of Shane Meadows' Somers Town, which has its world premiere in Berlin's Generation programme onFeb 9.

The film, shich started out as a short and grew into a feature, reteams the director with Thomas Turgoose, his acclaimed young star of This Is England.Other cast members include Piotr Jagiello, Ireneusz Copz, Kate Dickie, Perry Benson and Elisa Lasowski.

Somers Town is about the area of London of the same name (near King's Cross), where a young Polish immigrant strikes up a friendship with a runaway teen from the Midlands.

The project was shot in London.

Barnaby Spurrier produces for Tomboy Films. Paul Fraser wrote the script.

Joy Wong of The Works International said: 'Following on from the success of This Is England we're thrilled to be working on Somers Town, which is the fourth film of Shane's that we have represented.'

Producer Spurrier added: 'It's great that what started out in life as a short film has evolved into a longer and rather beautiful piece that Berlin want to include in their festival.'

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