Projects in categories: Documentary

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From 2010-2013 I recorded every departure from my parents home on an iPhone. form relationships with cameras and these in turn expose the relationships I have with my family. The routine that I followed reveals the dissolution of a family home.

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The 'I, Superbiker' movies have, since 2011, become an annual international motorcycle cinema event, recording the ups and downs of a year in the MCE insurance British Super Bike Championships.

The film travels deep into the commitment, psyche & lives of both the riders & teams as they battle to become Britains top Superbiker.

The fourth film charts the tense story of the 2013 British Superbike Championship as the season unfolds.

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An introduction to the work of Joy Batchelor, animator, director, and producer. Joy was one half of the Halas & Batchelor Cartoons Studio which made the UK's first animated feature film, Animal Farm, in 1954. Although a crucial figure in British animation, today she is almost unknown, something this film seeks to redress.

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An intimate story of father and son reviving a family tradition in Barcelona. Two different generations and views on life provides us with confronting as well as humorous dialogue. Emilio, 90 year old cobbler and his ambitious son Daniel work together but the craftsmanship in Europe is slowly disappearing.

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Dawn O’Donnell a penniless lesbian in 1950s Australia stormed her way through Sydney’s gay underworld and built herself an empire of drag clubs, sex shops and real estate. The convent girl turned ice-skater was a ruthless business-woman but was she an arsonist, a brothel- keeper, was she a murderer?

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As the Middle East continues to be torn by war, sectarian violence and a backlash against the Arab Spring, the BBC World Service investigates the television channels in Iraq and Egypt that are accused of spreading hatred and intolerance.

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Pulp find fame on the world stage in the 1990s with anthems including 'Common People' and 'Disco 2000'. 25 years (and 10 million album sales) later, they return to Sheffield for their last UK concert. Giving a career best performance exclusive to the film, the band share their thoughts on fame, love, mortality - & car maintenance. Director Florian Habicht weaves together the band's personal offerings with dream-like specially-staged tableaux featuring ordinary people recruited on the streets of Sheffield.
SXSW 2014 - World premiere

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Beauty Is... the film by community educator and guerrilla film maker Toyin Agbetu asks ‘what is beauty?’ and examines the answer from a philosophical position through discussions on hair, skin shade, body image and character.
It's a serious, yet often humorous cross between Chris Rock's "Good Hair" and Bill Duke/D. Channsin Berry's "Dark Girls" documentaries with some sensitive Oprah styled interviews mixed in.
The film explores the risks posed by chemical straighteners and skin bleaching, it shares insights on conditions like Vitiligo and Alopecia whilst discussing the impact of biased media on children and personal relationships.
Backed by a global campaign to challenge governments and the pharmaceutical industry, this is edutainment that may just change your life.

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The modern world is constantly speeding up. But not for the Dull Men's Club - a group of men quite content with not setting the world on fire.

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Garry Fraser was born into a family of poverty, violence and alcohol addiction on Edinburgh’s notorious Muirhouse estate. In this documentary, Fraser, a filmmaker and recovered heroin addict, takes us to the heart of the poor, marginalized community he grew up in. This is an open and heart rending journey where Fraser faces some grim challenges before being able to move forward with his own life.

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British director Brett Turner travels to Ukraine to join the protests in Kiev in December 2013. Being guided by Ukrainian born musician Iryna Muha Brett tells a story of the people of Maydan and creative hubs on the Ukrainian capital through his own eyes.

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Are there any such thing as miracles? Mickey McGuigan, a lively 73 year old farmer turned writer, has been documenting those he’s come across, along the Northern Irish border.

The stories may defy logic, but people swear by them. This is a disappearing world of pagan folklore and magic.

There’s a man who cures cows that suffer from ringworm, by just spitting on them and then there's a woman who can heal babies screaming with the colic by tying a piece of string.

One healer has a six month waiting list because people believe he can cure anything, even cancer.

A film that explores the thin line between faith and doubt.