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Based in the UK and Canada, we develop and produce original stories with global outlooks for different mediums. Wherever they begin and however they're told, we want them to connect with audiences anywhere.
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In Development
We create and develop original stories. From a standalone work to an idea with the potential to grow into a larger world, we explore the art of the possible but always come back to what made the story matter in the first place.
The Kick Inside
At the heart of an Indigenous community in the Philippine mountains, a failed musician returns to his estranged family and collides with a fiery local artist. As cultural tensions ignite and ambition fuels their drive, an unexpected love forms, one that could either reclaim their purpose or tear them and the family apart.
Feature | Romance, Music, Dramedy
Hospitality
A romance scammer seeking refuge becomes trapped in the home of a troubled young man who has been groomed by an online Satanic accelerationist cult. As she discovers his involvement in extremist violence she must use her manipulation skills to survive.
Feature | Horror, Chiller
Siblings
In 1989, two rebellious teenage siblings, trapped in their sleepy English village, stumble upon the electrifying Acid House rave scene. Defying their strict family and the law, they risk everything to bring the underground movement home, unleashing a cultural revolution that could change their lives forever.
Series | Young Adult, Coming of Age, Thriller, Music
About
Our History
Hentucky Productions was founded in the UK in 2009 by filmmaker and technology project delivery specialist Ivan Madeira, with a focus on developing and producing original stories.
We started out by developing and producing short films that have screened at festivals internationally, with our work appearing on Amazon Prime, Tubi, BBC iPlayer, Apple TV and Highball TV. In 2020, Hentucky expanded to Toronto, giving us a base on both sides of the Atlantic.
Our debut feature, Pattern, won Outstanding Feature Film Producer at the Reelworld Film Festival in Toronto and Best Feature at the Roxbury International Film Festival in Boston. In 2022, the Toronto Star named Ivan one of Reelworld's "next big names of tomorrow" in independent filmmaking.
We have expanded to collaborate with other production companies, from conception to distribution. Projects include the award-winning short Lifelike with Passenger Films and Diggers with New Sparta Productions and 42 Frames. In 2026 Ivan executive produced the theatrically released documentary 'Our Planet, The People, My Blood’ produced by True Perspective Films and Fly Away Films
What We're Trying to Develop
At the heart of our stories, we want them to have characters that are... interesting. You'll root for them, hate them at times - forgive them or refuse to - but will celebrate/celehate their victories.
From a life or death feature thriller to a meditative short drama or a heightened vertical microdrama, we want to provoke thought and start conversation. We want you to just feel something, anything, rather than walking away tutting a simple “meh.”
We work and experiment across different formats. We like to think of an idea as more than a single film, series or piece of content. A story might start in one place and grow somewhere else. For example, it starts at a short turning into a feature or a limited series. It has additional content via digital/social clips or a spin-off microdrama. Interest grows into having a vodcast to do a deep dive. This grows into a live experience, a red carpet screening with a Q&A, with an exclusive afterparty. Then there’s merch available, but actually interesting things related to the story world than a logo on a cheap t-shirt… or we do something else, something BIG that we haven't thought of yet but suits the project perfectly. Or it’s just a short we put online, where it organically find its audience. Not everything we create needs to become everything, it only needs to feel like it belongs.
We currently have a growing international slate of projects in development in partnership with otherWe’re working across different formats, with talented filmmakers that have something to say.
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London, UK | Toronto, CAD