Projects in categories: Documentary and with status: Post-production

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We are in a time revolution right now. We break time down into smaller fragments, so we can get more out of each minute, more lifespan, more speed. And yet, we are fractured , out of sync with nature. We have sacrificed significance for speed. More and more of us want to slow down, take stock, savour life, but are swept along in the world’s frantic pace. How do we step out of this? How do we find meaning in our finite lives? MAKING TIME is about how we experience time, told through the lens of five horologists, whose creations measure time in sure and steady beats. Their stories reveal something about how to live and how to use our time well. They tell what it means to search deep to find your purpose and follow your dream. And they speak to us about alchemy. Alchemy in the transformation of dull raw materials into valuable golden objects certainly, but deeper still, in the transformation of experience - sorrow, loss, love - into art. The pulse of the timepieces they create synchronises with the pulse running through all of life.

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Locomotion/Murmuration is an experimental documentary set within the train systems of Tokyo An observational portrait exploring connections between the trains and their passengers, we drift back and forth along the rail lines, but always returning to the human and mechanical processes that form a living organ within a vibrant metropolis.

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Derry, 1984. In a city divided by violence and trauma, Derry City football team had been exiled from the national league for 13 years. When four ex-footballers realised their city had lost its joy, they set out to achieve the impossible in persuading the Republic of Ireland to allow them to play across the border – becoming the first team in the world to play in another country’s league. This is the story of how they did it and the extraordinary seasons that followed. It transformed how the world saw Derry and how the city saw itself.

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In PRINCE OF MUCK retired patriarch Lawrence MacEwen is beginning to live out his final days. As Laird of the Isle of Muck, it has been his mission in life to preserve the fragile society on this Inner Hebridean island, so it may pass to his son, Colin, and future generations. His Sisyphean efforts seem to have worked… but at what cost to him? Directed by first time feature director Cindy Jansen, PRINCE OF MUCK is a beautifully realised, cinematic documentary about a man struggling to accept he no longer controls his son, his life, nor the isle he so loves. Dutch Director Jansen brings a cool, seemingly detached ‘outside eye’ to a classic Scottish scenario, as a Laird surveys his Life and Land. Jansen's carefully constructed narrative gives space to inter-generational tensions to slow-burn, dramatic effect. PRINCE OF MUCK starts off as a portrait of an eccentric man, but slowly rises above his family’s history on this particular island, to become a more universal story, a classical rendition of interdependence, a simultaneously transient, yet deep, experience, of a man slowly accepting the eternity that beckons him and, we ultimately recognise, awaits us all.

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A woman in the state of an agony and rebirth. She can only find her strength in her wild nature, in her witch nature, in her return to primal instincts. How the victims of abuse have to redefine themselves and learn the world again. Personal growth and self discovery portrayed by a single mother, her daily struggles, her beliefs, and her close relationship with nature and her child. Film shows absurdity of how terribly we allow ourselves to be asked simply stupid questions. The story is told in three plans: A day to day reality, second plan is a dream and third, return to her childhood.

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10 years ago, while working for the BBC as a documentary maker, I was diagnosed with a rare and degenerative illness that started slowly paralysing my arms and legs. At its worst, the illness leaves patients fully paralysed, unable to communicate, while their brains remain completely unaffected – they are Locked-In. Before the illness stops me being able to hold a camera, I want to make a film about the illness I have by meeting people as they recover from being Locked-In, learning about the disease from people who’ve had it in its most extreme form and having the chance to see my own future living with the illness.

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An inspiring feature documentary that investigates the damaging effects of plastic pollution on our health, lifestyle and wildlife. The film tells the story of the Plastic Warriors - from eminent scientists, campaigners on the front line, to the innovators and designers working on solutions to solve this global crisis that politicians and governments are largely ignoring. The film takes audiences on a journey to deep sea coral reefs, basking shark hotspots and huge seabird colonies, to discover first-hand the extreme danger of the scourge of plastic that’s engulfing every aspect of their lives. PLASTIC WARRIORS is an urgent wakeup call and a film that inspires action.

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An intimate yet candid portrait of a group of Western women who devoted their young lives to ISIS, but who now want to be given the chance to start over, back home in the West. Among them, probably the most famous British recruit, Shamima Begum, who fled the country when she was 15, and Hoda Muthana from USA who incited her followers on Twitter to go on drivebys and kill Americans. Universally reviled by the media, these women now tell their stories for the very first time. Official Selection Hot Docs Festival 2021 - Special Presentations - Canadian premiere

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In a time of great ecological, social and economic unravelling, THE WORLD IS FOREST is the profound story of one indigenous family working to heal and transform not just individuals, but whole societies, cultures and ecosystems.

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A deep and rich exploration of the complex ancestries of African diasporic cultural expression, inspired by post-colonial African spirituality and artistic practices from West Africa to the Caribbean and Europe. It mixes subtle and exquisite film with live choreography to create a visual poem of dynamic interactions between image, dance, ritual and music.

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An emotional yet humorous story of a Rock Star’s Journey back to the stage, where Metal and Cancer battle it out for first place. Legendary drummer and backing singer -Lee Kerslake from 70’s Rock bands Blizzard of OZ and ‘Uriah Heep’ attempts to launch his first solo album at the age of 72. Will this be his swan song or the drug that keeps him alive.

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Feature documentary for the BBC about the largest social unrest in the UK for a generation.