The largest costs were art department (they had to build a chip shop in an empty shop!), cast and production staff. The independent feature film took 24 days to shoot in and around London. He’d taken a short course at the Met Film School but other than that, this was his first foray into the commercial film world. He wanted to learn how films are made, make something for his kids to see and have a fun time in the process. Marcus is a successful entrepreneur, so much so that he was able to pay for the film’s £825,000 budget from his own bank account. The film was written and directed by first-time filmmaker Marcus Markou and was released in UK cinemas in April 2013.īefore we delve into the journey of the film, we need to take a moment to learn more about Marcus and his motives.

It’s a fun family film starring Stephen Dillane, George Corraface and Georgia Groome.

Papadopoulos & Sons is an independent feature film that tells the tale of an Anglo-Greek self-made millionaire who loses everything in the banking crisis and is forced to turn to his estranged brother to re-open the fish and chip shop they shared in their youth. It’s rare for filmmakers to get a candid look at the books of someone else’s film but, thanks to the generosity of Marcus Markou, that’s exactly what you’ll get to read below.

It follows 2 filming locations