Projects in categories: Documentary

Synopsis

After ten years apart, a Scottish filmmaker tries to reconnect with her closest cousin. Once so similar, their paths were separated by war. As they piece together memories of Syria, they begin to wonder - 'What happened to our family?'
Official Selection Berlinale 2022 - Generation 14plus - Crystal Bear Award

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As our world strains under the weight of unprecedented global migration and colonial extraction, this animated virtual reality documentary immerses participants in one of the largest forced migrations in human history: the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan.
CHILD OF EMPIRE takes audiences through a deeply personal perspective of this epic historical event. Two men from the Partition generation — Ishar Das Arora, an Indian Hindu who migrated from Pakistan to India, and Iqbal-ud-din Ahmed, a Pakistani Muslim who made the opposite journey — share childhood memories of their experiences while playing a board game.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2022 - New Frontier - World premiere

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For over a decade William has been living with a debilitating condition that has forced him to retreat from society and live in isolation, removed from modern technology. Electric Malady is an intimate window into William’s isolated world and a moving depiction of a family, devoted to finding a way to save their son. Isolation is something that we can all relate to now, having lived through strict lockdowns. Many of us struggled, but imagine how much more difficult it would be to be forced into isolation by an affliction that the world does not recognise?
We follow William’s contemporary story, whilst archive clips from William’s own private video diaries and family home movies provide a window into his intricate life journey.
Official Selection CPH:DOX 2022 - Nordic Competition - World premiere
Official Selection Sheffield DocFest 2022 - People & Communities

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Three sisters move through public/political space - a square, bridge, garden and hill- in this exploration of Black diaspora. Starting at empty carnival/parade routes in London, United Kingdom and Nassau, Bahamas, the film reflects on progress, the architectural histories of colonialism, and the female body in public space.

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The film features young people from across the world sharing their lived experiences of climate change, their hopes and ambitions for the future, and their 'asks' of the climate change negotiators. They share, in their own words, why stopping climate change is important to them - the future generation.

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"When injustice exceeds what you can withstand, you'll do anything"
This is the story of a brother and sister struggling to rebuild their lives after fighting on opposite sides of the Libyan revolution. Through one family's PTSD and quest for justice, from both sides of the conflict, we experience over the years the repercussions of intervention and the fragility of democracy.
Official Selection IDFA 2021 - World premiere

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A mixed reality exhibition that preserves memories of public and private events from the austerity era. Combining verbal testimony, original music and ground-breaking volumetric capture, this powerful documentary records stories of disabled benefit claimants who died between 2010-2021, inviting audiences to contemplate close-up the human impact of austerity.

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A group of ordinary people stop playing by the rules, embracing civil disobedience and sounding the alarm for climate breakdown. They are rebellious and they are flawed revealing the human drama at the heart of social change.
Official Selection IDFA 2021 - Frontlight - World premiere

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Delving into our historical, societal and scientific relationship with psychedelic substances, THE GOOD DRUG explores the new discoveries being made about the historical uses of psychedelics and the modern renaissance of clinical research for their therapeutic properties for a host of mental health problems.

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A group of players venture beyond the boundaries of the videogame Red Dead Online (Rockstar Games, 2018). Peeking behind the curtain of the game’s virtual world they discover a captivating and ethereal space that reveals the humanity and materiality of digital creations.
ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) - Solo Exhibition 2022

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A veteran wildlife filmmaker is bee obsessed. Seeking refuge from the pandemic in a small city garden, he films the wild bees that live there with mind-blowing results. From giant bumblebees to scissor bees the size of a mosquito, he has seen over 60 species of bee. But more importantly, he is developing a close relationship with an individual bee that he follows through its entire life.
Grierson Awards 2022 - Nomination - Best Natural History or Environmental Documentary

Synopsis

A humorous, effervescent historiography in which a mythological baby, a nail salon, and cinematic portraits combine to show both timely and atemporal tales of gender non-conformity.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021
Official Selection Inside Out Film Festival 2022