"Some properties come with a price you can't afford to pay."
A Maurizio Caldera Film

THE LASTOccupant

A London estate agent handling the sale of an abandoned flat becomes convinced the owner was responsible for the previous tenant's disappearance — and blackmails her to claim the property for himself. A psychological thriller from The Markit Group. Seeking a sales agent for a £100K MG to close finance. Principal photography September 2026.

FormatFeature Film
Budget£425,750
ShootSept 2026London, UK
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Equity & Tax Credit Closed · Seeking Sales Agent · £100K MG to Close Finance
Equity£206,600Fully closed
Sales Agent MG£100KOpen · closes finance
Tax Credit£118,100Closed
Principal PhotographySept 2026London, UK
Return Timeline~12 MonthsFrom first sales receipts
The Last Occupant — Official Poster
Production Ready · September 2026
The Film

When a flat holds
more than memories

"Nightcrawler meets The Father — a tightly coiled thriller of obsession, delusion, and the spaces we inhabit."

When ambitious estate agent Victor Bernal discovers an eerily abandoned London flat filled with the previous tenant's possessions, his professional interest turns to dangerous obsession. As he delves deeper into the mysterious disappearance of its last resident, he becomes convinced that Elisabeth Blunt — the fragile daughter of the deceased owner — murdered her mother to inherit the property.

Rather than report his suspicions, Victor sees an opportunity and begins a calculated game of blackmail to claim the flat for himself. But in this psychological cat-and-mouse game, nothing is quite what it seems. Is Elisabeth truly the killer Victor believes her to be, or is his growing paranoia leading him down a path of self-destruction?

Set almost entirely within a single apartment and the building surrounding it, the film draws its tension from character and atmosphere rather than spectacle — a deliberate structural choice that maximises production value per pound spent.

The FatherThe Notebook In the HouseKnock at the Cabin The TenantApartment 7A Nightcrawler
Principal Cast

Award-Winning
British Talent

A market-valuable UK cast with proven international recognition across theatrical and streaming.

William Moseley
Lead · Victor Bernal
William Moseley
The Chronicles of Narnia · The Royals · The Courier
Lia Williams
Lead · Elisabeth Blunt
Lia Williams
The Crown · His Dark Materials · Kiri
Ben Miles
Supporting · Christian Wolf
Ben Miles
The Crown · Coupling
Phil Davis
Supporting · Colin Whiles
Phil Davis
Vera Drake · Whitechapel
Supporting Cast
Simon Haines
Simon Haines
The Running Man · The Lord of the Rings
Stella Gonet
Stella Gonet
The House of Eliott · Nicholas Nickleby
Theo Barklem-Biggs
Theo Barklem-Biggs
The Inbetweeners · Silk
Visual World

Tone & Atmosphere

A cinematic moodboard capturing the visual language of The Last Occupant — atmospheric London locations, obsessive interiors, and the psychological descent of a man losing grip on reality.

The Last Occupant — Moodboard
Creative Team

The People
Behind the Film

Maurizio Caldera
Writer · Director
Maurizio Caldera
Writer & Director

Writer of the acclaimed novel The Double Life of Daniel Glick and co-writer of I, Harlequin (Rai Italia). Director of Our Name is Michael Morgan, screened at Palm Springs, Athens, Edmonton, Aesthetica and Uppsala international film festivals.

Jason Matthewson
Executive Producer
Jason Matthewson
Markit Productions · The Markit Group

International award-winning actor, producer and writer. Studied at the Stella Adler Conservatory, LA. Founder & CEO of The Markit Group — London, Ireland, Los Angeles. Recent distribution across Amazon and Apple TV.

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Linzy Attenborough
Producer
Linzy Attenborough
Thought Juice Films · London

Running Thought Juice Films since 2005. Multi-award winner. AD, Line Producer and PM across Exodus, Glamour, The Hitmen, Romeo Vs Juliet and Purple Beatz.

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Charlie Goodger
Director of Photography
Charlie Goodger
Director of Photography

Most recent: Channel 4's Big Boys. BIFA & BAFTA nominated Kingdom of Us won Best Documentary at BFI LFF 2017. Silent Witness Shorts, Sky Arts' Urban Myths.