Hello everyone - it's been a few weeks since our last post, and we have a couple of exciting bits of news for you.

Firstly, Driven (formerly Alfred & Jakobine) had some good mention in the UK's The Independent newspaper yesterday. Our producer Rob Fletcher was quoted in an article that discusses 'crowd funding' as a very new approach for indie film financing. Driven's "buy-a-mile" program was mentioned along side a new doc about David Lynch and a Ridley Scott project, so we're in very good company. You can read the article below, or on the Independent's website here. Well done Rob.

Next, we are very pleased to announce that our editor, Alan MacKay has completed a wonderful, 28 minute "cross section" of the film, which we'll be putting in front of television commissioners, distributors and other funders to assist with our 'finishing budget'. We're hopeful that with this edit, which presents the look and feel of the full film, we'll impress all with the richness and breadth of the story. A couple of months back, Driven's new trailer was shown around Cannes, and many of those who saw it are eager to see the new 28 minute edit.

Lastly, we wanted to thank all of you again who have already supported the film by 'buying-a-mile'. Your t-shirts are now rare collector's items, since the film was renamed from Alfred & Jakobine to Driven. Your A&J t-shirts are the only ones in existence - an artifact from the evolution of this film project. Please encourage your friends to consider supporting us - we still have a long way to go. Speak to you all again very soon with more updates.

Well, after many (many) development years with our film "temporarily" being entitled Alfred & Jakobine, we have finally renamed it!. Are you sitting down? Alfred & Jakobine is now called Driven!

We're very pleased that this title has multiple meanings, some more obvious and some more buried. We hope when you all finally see the film, you will agree this title is entirely appropriate. Please let us know your reactions.

Stay tuned for our brand, new trailer as well. We promised it a few weeks back (sorry about that) but then decided it needed more time to make it perfect. We're confident you'll enjoy seeing parts of the real film for the first time. We expect the new trailer to launch in the next week or so, and don't worry, we'll be sure to let you know it's ready for you.

Alfred, Niels and Anpo in the middle of their journey.

Happy New Year to all of you. We've been busy at work on a brand new trailer for the film, and it is coming together very nicely. You will see it before anyone else next week. This new trailer, for the first time, will properly represent all the dimensions of the story, now that the film has been shot.

Most importantly, it will, more than our current trailer, evoke the key role of Niels in the film, Alfred and Jakobine's son. Niels, of course, made the journey with Alfred across the country in the old taxi, and within the film, it will be through Niels that we will learn of the epic story of his parents' greatest adventure, and of Alfred's plans for the taxi before the new road trip begins.

Many of you have asked how the trip went. Did they have problems along the way? How did the taxi do? Did they make it all the way to Jakobines, and if so, how did she react?  The answers to some of these questions will be contained in the new trailer, but certainly not all. For these, you'll have to wait for the actual film!

One final update for now, is that we are about to go into final editing! Our talented editor, Alan Mackay, is now ready to jump in, and we're all very excited to see how he crafts the story, from the over 80 hours of footage that we shot. Also, we have new composers lined up to create music, and a beautiful score for the film, which is so important.

It's all very exciting, and we'll keep you posted more frequently now, as things move toward completion, and for now, keep an eye out for the brand new trailer next week.

This was our first week back in London since we wrapped principal photography, and it was all about catching up (and fighting jet lag), having spent almost 8 weeks shooting in the US. We all caught our collective breaths, and now it's time to start reviewing the over 80 hours of footage we shot, plan the edit, prepare for the archival dimension of the film, and plan other post production details. Lots to do.

We started reviewing the massive amount of new archival material this week, that we collected from Alfred and Jakobine's personal collections. Amazing stuff. We could almost tell the story with photographs alone!

Here, in no particular order is a new selection of photos, slides and paper matter from the archives, ready to be worked into the film. Some have captions, some don't, but we hope you enjoy them.

 A page from Alfred's Pakistani driver's license

Alfred's Moroccan driver's license

Alfred the adventurer.

The rad blowing coming up a hill in India (so steep was the hill, that the rad blew every 5 minutes).

Fixing the the taxi in Africa.

Filling the rad in Southern India.

Alfred and Jakobine with a white dove in Karachi, Pakistan.

Fitting as second, rear wheel in Casablanca, before they headed into the Sahara Desert.

On the beach in Casablanca, before heading into the Sahara. With Alfred are their friends Liza and Phlip.