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Ben Cookson

  • Director and writer

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The little film taking on the hits without knowing it

In a blog in March last year, I chatted to writer-director Ben Cookson about his first feature film Almost Married. Now it has been nominated as Best Comedy in the inaugural National Film Awards. Public voting ends on 12th March and the actual Awards night is 31st March in London.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 1st March 2015

Almost Married wins Best Feature Film award

Market Bosworth moviemaker Ben Cookson has achieved the dream of every up and coming director - to be able to call himself "award-winning".

His first full-length film Almost Married, which he wrote and directed, has scooped the Best Feature Film award at the Marbella Film Festival.

Tom Mack, Leicester Mercury, 22nd October 2014

Interview with Almost Married director Ben Cookson

Before last night's premiere, I asked writer/director Ben Cookson: "What's it about?"

John Fleming, 27th March 2014

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