Harris Dickinson and producer Archie Pearch were in attendance for a Film Talks conversation at the 73rd San Sebastian Film Festival on Saturday, where the actor will screen his directorial debut, Urchin .

The duo, who together launched production company Devisio Pictures in May last year, were speaking with Wendy Mitchell, the fest’s U.K. and Nordic delegate, about breaking into a busy industry and the 20+ projects they have lined up on their slate.

Dickinson, star of Babygirl , The Iron Claw , Triangle of Sadness and Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles biopics at Sony, was asked about picking the brain of his A-list co-stars who have also launched production outfits. “It is hard to derail someone [during a shoot],” he said, recalling working on Halina Reijn’s erotic drama Babygi

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