Projects in categories: Documentary

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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.

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Road is the heart-breaking and adrenaline-fuelled tale of a family obsessed with road motorcycle racing - the most dangerous of all motor sports. For two generations the Dunlop men have dominated the international road racing scene. This documentary takes the viewer on a blistering emotional ride with its heroes Joey, Robert, William, and Michael, experiencing with them the victories, bumps and crashes on and off the road. Two generations of one family who have been united by success. And united by tragedy.

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The Secret World of Foley takes us on a journey into the little known world of foley artists who bring films to life by adding sound effects in post-production. The film shines a light on a little known art form and is a testament to magic and wonder of cinema.

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In 1998 Marco Pantani took the cycling world by storm when he won both the Giro D’Italia and the Tour De France – a feat that has not since been matched. Just six years later, Pantani was found dead and alone in a cheap hotel room. This film charts his meteoric ascent to the top of his sport on the mountains he loved and explores the darker side of the sport that led to the catastrophic downfall. It is the story of the tragic battles fought by the most important Italian cyclist of his generation; man verses mountain, athlete verses addiction, Marco Pantani verses himself.

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Rainbow’s Gravity is a cinematic study on the Agfa-Color-Neu colour film stock made in Nazi Germany. Along its three layers of emulsion, the film digs deep into the escapist colourised landscape of this time and asks for the material requirements, retentions and ideological continuities of the Agfacolor palette.

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A handful of young Iranian wrestlers dream of becoming the next Olympic gold winners. It's not just the championships that they have to wrestle their way through, but the realities of their lives and circumstances.