Projects in categories: Documentary

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Documentary filmmakers par-excellence Samuel Dale and Darren King provide the definitive account of the Luton Institute For Christian and Moral Ethics, (LICME) campaign to prevent notorious rock group Smear of Filth performing in their town. The documentary also contains the only filmed interview with Sven Vader before his untimely death.

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This is the story of a remarkable 93 year old man. Leon Greenman survived five Nazi concentration camps, was the subject of Nazi medical experiments, endured a death march, a gruelling five day journey in open carts upon Germany's retreat and lost his wife and baby in Auschwitz. Where others choose to try and leave this horrific era in history behind, Leon has dedicated his life to educating against extremism. He has talked to over a milion youths since 1946 and for his effort was awarded with an OBE by the Queen.

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A doc-drama following a day in the life of two homeless girls. The film looks at how we view that which we see everyday, those dispossessed of a home, yet questions how we use that information.

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A sequential collage of bizarre and revealing images found by putting the term Human into an internet search engine is combined with the quirky, fantastical and often hilarious desriptions of the human race by children, to give the audience a disconcerting sense of alienation from their own species.

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On a transatlantic quest to discover the identity of The Muse, filmmaker and artist Kathy Hill asks other creatives "What Inspires You? Is It Divine?" Features interviws with movie star Rutger Hauer, Oxford Classic don Jasper Griffin, Hollywood Script Consultant Linda Seger and Bafta Award winning film director Ben Hopkins.

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Kawah Ijen is an active volcano. It is also the site of labour intensive sulpher mining. There is no machinery, only a stream of hardy local labourers.
 
A contemporary twist on the myth of Sisyphus, the film follows these miners on their gruelling journey - from crater to wage clerk - ultimately questioning the ritual of labour.

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Imagine what it must feel like to be forced to leave everything you know and love in order to stay alive. This was the situation for Jean Baptiste, a journalist in Rwanda. Letters Home is a poignant and very personal portrayal of his experiences since arriving in England as a refugee, through his letters home to his family.

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Marc Isaacs sets himself up in an East End of London tower block lift with his camera and waits for new residents to reveal their lives. The result is both funny and moving. Sometimes the residents ignore him. One of them offers him food and a lady sticks holy pictures above his head.

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The men of the London Irish are made up of people from all walks of life: Accountants, Solicitors, Builders, Chefs - Disparate, different individuals who come together regularly to become a cohesive fighting force constantly honing their skills. Here they go on a shooting weekend at the Ranges completing the Annual Personnal weapons test and also practicing on the ardous Individual battle kills range. London Irish at the Ranges is a short documentary produced and directed by Tipu Sultan.

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Ed Dowie is blessed with an egalitarian spirit, though his attempts at optimism and his enjoyment of life are marred by kidney failure. For Ed this creates a constant cycle of treatment and recovery very much like the tidal movements of the sea. This portrait focuses on Ed's character and reflections whilst also showing Ed in his element, creating music.

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Finding Mr. Right is apparently as difficult at eight as it is at eighty. Love Takes is a portrait of love in the 21st century, detailing the places that love takes us and leaves us as we fall in and out of love over a lifetime. Combining documentary DV footage with digital design the film explores what we talk about when we talk about love.

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'Summer wouldn't be summer without matsuri. Unless you see it, you don't believe what it is like.'

This documentary is a unique comparison of traditional Japanese and English fairs. It observes why both fairs have survived for generations and why they still attract people despite oppressive heat or pouring rain.