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Breaking Baz: How ‘I Swear’ Filmmaker Kirk Jones Financed His BAFTA-Nominated British Movie By Selling The Family Home
- Kirk Jones and his wife funded I Swear entirely with their own money, selling their family home to finance the film.
- The couple relocated to Bristol to start the project, investing roughly £2.8 million to finance I Swear.
- Jones says financing the film himself gave total freedom over the script and casting decisions.
- The film's budget was described as modest, with the family shouldering costs before any profits
- Sony Picture Classics will release I Swear in the United States in April, expanding the British project internationally.
- Jones noted the cast and crew often worked for reduced or deferred pay to support the project.
- Jones expects profits to arrive in a few years if the project recoups marketing and distribution costs.
- I Swear centers on the life of John Davidson, a Scot with Tourette syndrome, and stars Robert Aramayo.
- Jones plans to focus on predominantly British cinema with UK crews and stories after financing I Swear.
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