The Big Busk · From page to screen

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London, winter 1984. Music. Friendship. A turf war fought one pavement at a time.

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The King Biscuits make their living on London’s streets. When they challenge Leicester Square’s feared enforcer for a better pitch, the price of freedom turns out to be much higher than they imagined.

Simon Saunders has adapted Duncan McCowan’s novel into a feature screenplay, recognised as an Austin Film Festival 2026 Second Rounder. That recognition is for the screenplay.

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We believe The Big Busk deserves to be a film. To make that happen, we need to give potential producers and financiers a compelling reason to believe in it too.

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