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Summer 2026
Hamnet
HAMNET
Playwright William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes navigate
love, art and grief in late 16th-century England, caught
between the pull of family life and the growing demands of
his craft. Weobley Village stands in for Stratford-upon-Avon,
the River Wye doubles as the Avon, and period sites across
Herefordshire, London, Gloucestershire and Surrey create a
richly immersive Elizabethan world. Cwmmau Farmhouse,
Lydney Forest, and the Henley Street area give shape to the
couple's relationship, while the contrast between wild forest
and domestic English home frames the tension between
spiritual freedom and social restraint.
MARTY SUPREME
The world of 1950's competitive table tennis comes alive across
New York City and New Jersey, following a driven, manipulative
shoe salesman who navigates the seedy underworld of Ping-
Pong hustling—doing whatever it takes to carry his dream
from the streets of Manhattan to international glory in Japan.
Authentic Lower East Side streets, cramped clubs, garment-
district warehouses and glamorous mansions reflect the arc
of his relentless ambition against the exuberance of booming
postwar New York. Orchard Street and Norkin's Shoes capture
the city's claustrophobic grit, the Meadowlands Arena
transforms into Wembley Stadium, and the opulence of the
Woolworth Mansion anchors the story's grander aspirations
while Japan lends authenticity to the international tournaments
that crown his journey.
Marty Supreme
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A PERIOD FILM
"Much of the world and mood of Peaky Blinders is realised through the
post-Victorian industrial sets. Factories, canals and old cobbled streets create
a moody and dangerous world in which the characters can carry out
their criminality."
-LM Henry Jepson, Peaky Blinders
"From the train tracks to the tunnels, forests to the family cabin to the natural
light, the locations become a character that takes you back to a simpler and
yet more complicated time."
-Vicky Berglund-Davenport/LMGI, Washington Filmworks, Train Dreams
