Projects in categories: Documentary

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A film which gives an informal, inside look at what it takes to be successful in the contemporary art world, through the eyes of one of its leading exponents, the British YBA artist Marc Quinn. The film follows him over a full year in his life as he creates, exhibits and sells new work across the world from New York to Venice to Hong Kong and Istanbul where he comes into contact with celebrities including Elton John, the Queen and Ai Wei Wei.
London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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Set against the backdrop of the 80s music scene, this documentary charts the meteoric rise, fall and ultimate reunion of pop sensation, Spandau Ballet.
Rome Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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A documentary that chronicles the hunt for the notorious Mexican drug lord El Chapo.

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'Future Shock!' is the anarchic history of 2000AD, the British science-fiction comic launched in 1977 that would come to change the face of the industry and pop culture at large.
The documentary features fascinating interviews with legendary creators, plus dynamic visual sequences that pay tribute to the groundbreaking artwork.

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A documentary to explain economics to everyone and why economic crashes will keep happening, presented by Terry Jones, covering the history of financial crashes and featuring a combination of live action, animation, puppetry and song.
Contributors include high profile advocates such as John Cusack, journalists such as Paul Mason and John Cassidy plus leading experts including Andy Haldane, the Chief Economist of the Bank of England and Nobel Prize winners Daniel Kahneman, Robert J Shiller and Paul Krugman.

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Animated accounts from six World War Two Holocaust Survivors. Documenting their extraordinary stories of escape as children from Nazi-occupied Europe, and the start of their new lives in Britain.
Additional live-action camera interviews see survivors discussing the impact of these events on their lives, highlighting why it is important to still talk about the Holocaust today.

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Corner Kings is a documentary about a renowned boxing corner man and his gym, based in Swindon, England. The film explores his positive impact on a diverse group of fighters and shows the important, sometimes forgotten, role of the corner man in the modern working-class community.

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The Female Masculinity Appreciation Society is a sort of gentlemen’s club for queer women and those who love them. Follow Cookie and Foxy Ven in their quest to reach the arm-wrestling finals, discover the reason behind Rubyyy’s ginger moustache and judge for yourself the standards in Dapper wear.

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What it like to performer what a stage? are without an audience without being paid, that's the reality for street performers, This film delve into the wild and unpredictable world of Edinburgh's street performers.

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Part & Parcel is an intimate conversation with unorthodox characters who have dedicated their lives to the study and practice of Yoga in different forms.

A personal glimpse into the essence of Yoga through their unique vision and our own journey looking for answers. Is it a religion, a fitness fad, a scientific discipline perhaps?

Along the way, we will take part in the practise of the most traditional Sri Patanjala Yogashala temple in Mysore and venture further down the coast, where Bhakti Yoga, the yoga of devotion is practiced along with surfing, in the world´s first surfing ashram.

From the pioneering academics in Britain to the Indian Swami living in a modern cave, we gain insights beyond the marketing stereotype and into the contrasting aspects of contemporary and millenary practices. Part & Parcel is a colourful collage of philosophy, history and personal paths into Yoga.

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Set in London, S is a raw and uncompromising docudrama about an Eastern-European sex worker and her pimp. A politically conscious account of one of the most worrying phenomena in 21st-century Europe, it concentrates on two individuals and their soul-killing love-hate relationship against the backdrop of sex-trafficking, prostitution and poverty.

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Anti-war film made to mark the 70th anniversary of the atom bomb