Projects in categories: Documentary

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A stylized feature length documentary following british actor and DJ Jimi Mistry as he explores Ibiza's rich musical and spiritual history. Candid interviews with superstar DJ's, journalists and spiritualists mixed with breath-taking photography all backed with an adrenaline packed score of electronic dance music and tribal beats.

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When a loved one dies and you're left with the ashes, what do you do with them? Ashes is a series of monologues with five different people considering just that, and in the process reflecting, with humour and affection upon their relationships with their dead relatives.

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It's a dirty job but someone has to do it! A normal day for Malcolm and Dave, two of south London's finest lads brought together by an unusual occupation and by a fate common to us all.

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Automorphosis looks into the minds and hearts of a delightful collection of eccentrics, visionaries, and just plain folks who have transformed their autos into artworks. On a humorous and touching journey, we discover what drives the creative process for these unconventional characters. And in the end, we find that an art car has the power to change us - to alter our view of our increasingly homogeneous world.  

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This film is about the history of the swastika and the power of this global symbol. The film contains interviews with representatives from several faiths/cultures talking about what the symbol means to their particular faith and whether the Nazi use of the swastika has affected the symbol's meaning to their community.

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A film about Denmark's most well know and debated whistleblower - former Military Intelligence Officer Frank Grevil and his 14 year old daughter. In 2004 Frank leaked confidential rapports regarding information on how The Military Intelligence estimated the possibilities of Iraq being in possession of weapons of mass destruction. Frank, a widower and father of a teenage daughter is now facing a prison sentence due to his actions. How will they cope? And what was his real motive?

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The 5000-seater West Lake Restaurant in the Chinese city of Changsha is the setting for this feature-doc. Old traditions and new money come together in a vibrant and colourful exploration of modern China. Central to the story is the restaurant's owner, the unstoppable Mrs Qin, a Communist Party member with a love of singing. Between mouth-watering and 'exotic' Chinese food and the rousing Communist songs sung by the staff, the film examines how China has been transformed over the last few decades. It also poses the question: in this new affluent and ambitious China, who is thriving and who is left behind? Many of life's most important events take place on the West Lake's stage and it is through these celebrations - a wedding between a wealthy property developer and his beautiful bride, a baby banquet and a grandmother's birthday party - that the film explores the struggles and hopes of Chinese people today.

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At times war photographer Robert King resembles a heroic misfit straight out of the pages of Scoop, thrown into the heart of battle, struggling to adapt to the brutal environment he finds himself in. Occasionally comic, often touching, more often dark, Blood Trail, the tale of Robert King, is a unique and personal journey, a film which follows him over 15 years and through three wars. His journey starts in Sarajevo in 1993, a 23-year-old fresh out of Art College and prepared to dodge bullets on the front line dreaming of a Pulitzer Prize. His dream proves elusive. Fired by his photo agency and struggling to make ends meet, any swashbuckling allusions Robert holds for the career he has chosen quickly evaporate: as he realises this is one of the toughest professions in the world. Despite himself, Robert stays in the game, over time establishing himself as a respected professional, his work making the front covers of global media titles. Over 15 years Blood Trail records Robert’s life from boy to man, to husband and father. It is a biography, which leads from reckless naivety to maturity hardened by war and softened by family. It is a story, which forces Robert to inevitably question why he chose a profession, which involves an endless trail of death and destruction.

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The story of a young boy from Nepal who spends his days working on a road development breaking up stones. His family were internally displaced during the insurgency in nepal and he left school in order to support the family.

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A young woman's perspective on her albinism.

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This film contemplates the character of Trellick Tower, a high-rise council building in West London. It explores the building and how it relates to its inhabitants and surroundings and how it reflects the character of the architect Erno Goldfinger.

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Taking the form of an experimental portrait, 'Celestial' explores the poetry of the sky, a space of fascination and contemplation.