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Ky-Mani Marley, son of the late Bob Marley is starring in a Jamaican love story by renowned punk filmmaker and ex-Big Audio Dynamite bandmember Don Letts with backing from the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund.

The film, entitled "One Love," is a contemporary Jamaican "Romeo and Juliet" directed by Rick Elgood and Don Letts ("Dancehall Queen") starring Cherine Anderson and Vas Blackwood alongside Marley. It is produced by Yvonne Deutschman, Shelaagh Ferrell and Bjorn Eivind Aarskog.

Paul Trijbits, the head of the New Cinema Fund said, "The role the New Cinema Fund is to develop tomorrow's cinema by supporting distinctive and diverse films and filmmakers of today. We're delighted with the successes that have come from our investments to date such as 'The Magdalene Sisters,' 'Bloody Sunday' and 'Noi The Albino,' but there are many more emerging filmmakers whose voices need to be heard."

The fund has also invested in "A Way of Life," directed by first-time director Amma Asante, the story of a teenage mother struggling against poverty and deprivation to bring up her small daughter. Set in urban Wales, it offers a disturbing insight into racism, hatred and a 17 year old who's running out of options. The film will be produced by Peter Edwards, executive produced by Charlie Hanson and written by Asante.

"Stop History!," another investment from the fund, tells the story of an ex-Kurdish freedom fighter living in London whose past comes back to haunt him in the form of a violent ex-comrade who arrives from Turkey. The film is written and directed by Wayne Holloway and produced by Natasha Dack of Tigerlily Films.

SOURCE: Film Council