Projects in categories: Documentary

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Once upon a time, the Venezuelan village of Congo Mirador was prosperous, alive with fisherman and poets. Now it is decaying and disintegrating - a small but prophetic reflection of Venezuela itself. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2020 - World Cinema Documentary Competition - World premiere

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A creative documentary about the relationship between fathers in prison and their children at home. In addition to the focus of presenting three incarcerated fathers, we gain insight into the changed lives of their families and children. As we become familiar with their daily lives, we witness the distance and even the closeness that grows between the inmates and their families. As a way of keeping contact, the inmates write fairy tales for their kids which we then make into films with the children playing the lead roles. The stories convey messages that the fathers have come to see as basic truths during the course of their own lives and believe are important to pass on. Within these stories, in the freedom created by fiction, father and child can be united once again.

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A sociological meditation on the different "exits" that young Palestinians choose, in order to cope with life in the refugee camps. Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2020 - Bright Future - Ammodo Tiger Short Competition - World premiere

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A monster film with no monsters. Inspired by the existence of taxonomies of monsters at the heart of Early Modern European science, the film explores and reinterprets a way of seeing the natural world that is almost impossible to imagine from today’s vantage point. Early Modern naturalists were guided by a logic in which scientific truths were discovered through visual analogy. The word ‘monster’ comes from the latin ‘monstrare’, meaning to show, to reveal, to demonstrate. A DEMONSTRATION picks up on these themes in a poetic exploration of the boundaries of sight and the metamorphosis of form. Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2020 - Berlinale Shorts - World premiere

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An older couple leave Tehran and return to their idyllic home town on the Turkish border, but their dreams of quiet retirement are shattered by the realisation that their town has become a smuggling gateway into Europe.

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Documenting Summer Solstice at Glastonbury Tor in Somerset. For many, Glastonbury Tor is the spiritual and mythological heart of England, acting as both the geographical centrepiece to Arthurian legend and Christianity's arrival into Britain. Shot in 2019, a year in which national divides were embellished by further populist rhetoric surrounding the country's exit from the European Union, A THIN PLACE acts as an alternative catalyst to reflect on dialogues surrounding English nationalism, identity and Romanticism.

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Three Nigerian men are scattered across the globe after escaping homophobic violence.

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The film explores the unlikely relationship that exists between the small seaside town of Swanage in Dorset, and Surrealism. This relationship was formed by visionary English painter Paul Nash who lived in Swanage during the mid to late 1930s. As well as paintings and photographs, Nash recorded his fascination with this particular landscape in a number of essays, which form a major part of this film.

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Across countries and over years, Noura and Machi search for answers – their loved ones have been forcibly disappeared in Syria. With no information to anchor their limbo, hope is the only thing they can hold on to.

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A love letter to the late David Robilliard – a collage of his poems and archive visuals, with a voice-over by Russell Tovey.

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At 75, Roy Andersson is about to make his last film. As with all of his productions, it’s been a long road. The film – ABOUT ENDLESSNESS – will mark the end of a major chapter in cinema. For when Roy stops making films, they will never be made in this way again. Startlingly original - both in content and method - Roy’s work has defied convention and refused all labels. Over the course of a career spanning almost 50 years, he has remained enigmatic and reclusive… until now.

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The documentary follows Joey (the titular Busking Joe), as he travels the UK drumming outside of music events in order to save up to buy a tour van and live on the road. Now on the last leg of his quest, he relentlessly travels coast to coast, across the northern borders of the UK, with his end-goal at arms length. All the while, among the ups and downs of the journey, we begin to learn more about the man behind the drum kit.