In January 2003, Victor Film Company was acquired by the Caparo Group and re-launched as AV Pictures Ltd with Angad Paul as Chairman and Vic Bateman as Managing Director. Since the formation of the company, AV Pictures' role has expanded from international film sales agency to also incorporate co-financing and production.

The company library encompasses a wide range of genre with titles including Wilderness, Black Water, The Other Half, Daylight Robbery, Clubbed, Lesbian Vampire Killers, The Ministers & Dark Streets and high-octane action thriller The Tournament.

AV's current line-up features Freight, a contemporary action thriller about human trafficking which received its premiere screening at the AFM 2009; and Australian horror movie Primal - a frenzied, visceral nightmare in the vein of Cabin Fever - which screened for the first time at the EFM Berlin in February 2010.

The latest titles on the AV slate include Shank, a fresh & gritty action film for the youth generation - the UK's City of God - features a bright young cast including Adam Deacon ( Kidulthood; Adulthood ) and Kaya Scodelario (Clash of the Titans; Wuthering Heights). Following a successful UK theatrical release by Revolver, the film will premiere for international distributors in Cannes 2010.

Also debuting in Cannes is crime thriller Bonded By Blood which is based on the true story of the three infamous victims of ‘the Essex Murders' and charts their rise to becoming the most prolific drug dealers and feared criminals in the south of England until their untimely death in 1995. Featuring a cast including Tamer Hassan (Kick-Ass Clash of the Titans; The Business) and Terry Stone (Rise of the Footsoldier). AV will screen the completed film for the first time at LUFF 2010 and Revolver will release the film theatrically in the UK in August of the same year.

Hot from the success of Kidulthood , director Menhaj Huda will next helm Comedown , an urban horror story starring Geoff Bell (The Business) and Martin Compston (The Disappearance of Alice Creed ; Red Road) which will enter production in the last quarter of 2010.

Next up, AV will produce Gladiators Vs Werewolves, an explosive battle between the deadliest trained fighters of ancient Rome and a ferocious tribe of savage werewolves. The first part of the trilogy, entitled Edge of Empire, is due to commence shooting in the last quarter of 2010 with Rob Green directing, supported by the Special Effects talents of Shaune Harrison (Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince; Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix; Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire) and Second Unit Director Peter Field (Quantum of Solace; Troy; Lara Croft:Tomb Raider).