The duo, who together launched production company Devisio Pictures last May  talked about breaking into a busy industry and the projects lined up on their slate.

Dickinson is better known as the star of Babygirl, The Iron Claw, Triangle of Sadness and Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles biopics at Sony.

Asked about advice from 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 Babygirl with Nicole Kidman, founder of Blossom Films in 2010 and star of Kubrick’s final film Eyes Wide Shut (1999).

Dickinson and Pearch — formerly a producer at Working Title and mentee of David Heyman’s — discussed their new film, Urchin, helmed by Dickinson and made for around $3 million with help from BBC Film, British Film Institute (BFI) and Tricky Knot.

Frank Dillane stars as Mike, a drifter in London sleeping on the city streets,  attempting to patch together his life while caught in addiction. The movie had its world premiere at Cannes Fest in May, and Dickinson hopes for  similar reaction in other festivals, like San Sebastian.

“The amount of heart and time and true creative investment that we put into this film,” he said, “we don’t believe in being able to do that on a half measure. I think that kind of speaks to the way we want to carry on.”

Pearch added: “It’s a really good first film for us, because I think it shows the ambition that we’re wanting to take and the boldness, [the] taking risks. It’s a perfect platform for what we have coming,” though the two couldn’t share more details on what’s ahead.

“It was bad,” Dickinson said, “When I finished Urchin, me and my partner went on holiday… She was like, ‘Right, you need to not work now. You’re off for a second.’ And I had another idea, I’ve got to write, and she caught me. I couldn’t help myself. I’ve got a script, but who knows if it’s good — we’ve got a long development to go with it.”