Projects in categories: Documentary

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Riding high on his third Shafta Lifetime Achievement award, Rod Shuffler proclaims his intent to realise an Oscar-worthy feature film, to secure his place in Hollywood. Working closely with his old-boy network and production company 'Blue Hardest', auditions are held and Rod reluctantly casts newcomer Sandy Shores in the role of Chastity Cincture to play opposite adult film legend David Goliath as Dirk Starbutt.
After a less than successful screening of rough-cut dailies to the financial backers, Rod must relinquish creative control. The financiers are pushing for run-of-the-mill hardcore adult entertainment but Rod resists steering in that direction, instead opting for a simulated sex scene. With the financial backers less than impressed with simulated sex, the decision is made to rewrite the script and have Chastity murdered.

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Derek Jarman's family, friends and closest collaborators recall the life and genius of one of Briatin's greatest film-makers - featuring clips, stills and a gorgeous use of Super 8.

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A documentary feature loosely based around the life of American broadcaster and music journalist Paul Gambaccini.

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Arbol de los Sueños is a documentary about street girls in a halfway house in Bogotá, Colombia who speak about their past, present and hopes for the future.
 

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In spring 2005 filmmaker and artist Abbas Kiarostami presented his installation Forest Without Leaves at the V&A museum in London.
His interest in people's response to his work led to the making of two short observational films (the other being: Forest Without Leaves, Faces) on which he collaborated as co-director.

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In spring 2005 filmmaker and artist Abbas Kiarostami presented his installation Forest Without Leaves at the V&A museum in London.

His interest in people's response to his work led to the making of two short observational films (the other being: Forest Without Leaves SW7) on which he collaborated as co-director.

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Hidden away in the barren wasteland of California's Low Desert is the region's last fresh water source, a natural spa. A shrinking community have made their home here. They call it the Fountain of Youth. Only those aged over 67 are granted entry. The only mode of transport is golfcart.
A film about life, death, dreams and desire in the American wasteland.

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Documentary on the Alang-Sosiya shipbreaking yards in Gujarat, India.

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A visual documentation of emigration, love, strength, creativity and old age. Annette Eick is philosophical about her migration from Nazi Berlin, via Hampstead to Devon. At 95 years of age she is not concerned about fitting in. After the death of a partner, she lives alone. She has written a daily journal and poetry for decades. She is sustained by her muse.

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Filmed amidst the stunning Tatra Mountains of southern Poland, Kraina Polska reveals the discrimination and mistrust that a small Roma community faces at the heart of Europe.

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In the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, the tradition of worshipping a prepubescent girl as a living goddess is still practised. The extraordinary lives of these girls have caused concern among Nepal's modernisers and human rights workers who argue that the practice is damaging to the girls and causing them to lose out on their childhood. This film is a portrait of three girl goddesses and the debates surrounding their lives.

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When the story of the unspeakable has been told a thousand times, when the images of the unimaginable have been shown a thousand times, when the mind is numb - where do you go from there? You have to start anew. That is where this film begins.

On the banks of the River Danube, surrounded by the beautiful landscape of Upper Austria, lies the picturesque town of Mauthausen. Two kilometres from its town centre is a place that attracts busloads of tourists, parties of schoolchildren, people from all over the world. Tour guides come to work here every day while nearby the locals go about their daily lives. This is a place where thousands upon thousands of people from over 30 nations were tortured and murdered. How does it feel to be a tourist at a former concentration camp? How does it feel to work here as a guide, day in, day out? How does it feel to live here as a local with the dark secrets of the past? And what of those who've chosen this town to be their new home?