Head Gear Films

Founded over 20 years ago, Head Gear Films is a leading financier for independent film, television, and games. The company’s main services include gap funding, bridge financing, lending against government incentives and presales, and executive producing and packaging services. Head Gear prides itself on avoiding bureaucratic red tape to be more flexible, friendly, bespoke, and dependable for producers and stakeholders to collaborate with. Since inception, Head Gear has financed 450+ titles and deployed over $400 million USD in capital. The company has successfully financed various films, television series, and games across a wide range of genres and budgets, partnering closely with many of the world’s leading production companies, sales agents, and distributors. Head Gear also enjoys a strong relationship with its UK-based sister companies, leading international sales outfit Bankside Films and industry disruptor Bohemia Media. Past titles include DUAL, THE ALMOND AND THE SEAHORSE, 7x BAFTA winner ROCKS, Halle Berry’s directorial debut BRUISED, Peter Strickland’s IN FABRIC and FLUX GOURMET, MINIMATA, FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS, FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS 2: ONE AND ALL, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, BLACK MASS, and BELLE. Most recently, Head Gear Films financed Danny & Michael Philippou’s TALK TO ME, which beat out HEREDITARY to become A24's highest grossing horror in North America. Head Gear also financed Molly Manning Walker’s feature directorial debut HOW TO HAVE SEX, which won this year’s Prix Un Certain Regard at the Festival de Cannes and will be released by MUBI in the UK on 2 Feb 2024.