Projects in categories: Documentary

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A revealing and in-depth look at the life and genius of global superstar Whitney Houston.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival - Official Selection - Midnight Screenings - World premiere

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AGYA is a conversation with Yaw, a father of four. Initiated with ‘intention’, Yaw delves into how he did not intend to have children - describing fatherhood as 'an unplanned venture' he wasn’t prepared for.

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An 85 year old Holocaust survivor named Janine and a young African American rapper named Kapoo collaborate to deliver a Hip Hop message to the youth of the world.
A poignant and uniquely challenging fusion of prose, music and rap. For the first time, one of the world's darkest stories is told in an entirely new way.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about FrightFest... but were afraid to ask! The organisers and fans chart the history of the festival and discuss the key films and events that have helped shape the event since its inception in 2000, and attempt to explain what's been behind the festival's ever growing success.

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A short animated documentary about what it means to be conscious in a world that is becoming increasingly artificially intelligent; using hand drawn techniques to explore the human tendency to anthropomorphise simple drawings, and how we might do the same to machines.
Official Selection Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2019 - Graduation Short Film Competition

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Exploring the fusion of D/deaf and disabled performers with the extravagant world of vogue culture. Fittings Multimedia Arts formed a “House” of Deaf performers to walk in the Legendary House of Suarez Vogue Ball and the process - from auditions to performance - was recorded as a celebration of diversity.

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A pilgrimage from Andrew Kotting to Derek Jarman along the south coast of England through a haze of post-election hope and despair.

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Everything changed for Cornelius Walker on the 27th November 2000 when Damilola Taylor was killed in what became one of the UK's most high-profile murder cases. Damilola was eleven - the same age as Cornelius. He lived five minutes away. He had the same colour skin.
Cornelius’ mother, scared for her son’s safety, moved their family out of London. Cornelius suddenly found himself living on a white estate run by a white gang.
Racism ruled. And Cornelius soon found himself the target of extreme verbal and physical racial abuse. But rather than fight back, Cornelius decided to become more like the people who hated him. He started to wear the same clothes they wore. He changed his accent. He straightened his hair and wore bright blue contact lenses. He even started to bleach his skin Cornelius tried to become white.
The white gang became his family and kept him safe. And in return, Cornelius became submerged in a culture of violence and hatred. But as the violence and racism against other blacks continued, Cornelius struggled to marry his real identity with the one he had acquired.
Filmed with non-actors in the same locations where the real events took place 15 years ago, BLACK SHEEP blurs the boundaries between documentary and fiction to pose difficult, but highly topical, questions about race and identity. Who decides what makes us who we are? And what compromises are we prepared to make in order to fit in?
Official Selection Hot Docs 2018 - World premiere
Official Selection Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018 - Winner, Best Short Documentary
Academy Awards 2019 - Oscar Nomination, Best Documentary (Short Subject)

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Brothers Kevin and John Pullar are desperate to hold onto the family tradition of net fishing from the Scottish coast for wild Atlantic salmon. They face enemies at every turn but are determined to fight on, no matter what the cost.
A film about the uneasy relationship between traditional ways and modern day environmentalism.
Official Selection Hot Docs 2018 - World premiere

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Immediately after a Palestinian man signs an online petition, he is thrown into a panic-inducing spiral of self-doubt. Over the course of a conversation with an understanding friend, he analyzes, deconstructs and interprets the meaning of his choice to publicly support the cultural boycott of Israel.
Official Selection Visions du Réel 2018 - International Competition - World premiere

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Inspired by solar science and spectacular images of the Sun, 'Celestial Motion' explores humans’ relationship to the universe through a cosmic meld of contemporary dance and motion-capture technology.
Official Selection Hot Docs 2018 - World premiere

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Beginning in the 1960s, a small band of young scientists headed out into the wilderness, driven by an insatiable curiosity about how nature works. Immersed in some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth—from the majestic Serengeti to the Amazon jungle; from the Arctic Ocean to Pacific tide pools - they discovered a single set of rules that govern all life.
Now in the twilight of their eminent careers, these five unsung heroes of modern ecology share the stories of their adventures, reveal how their pioneering work flipped our view of nature on its head, and give us a chance to reimagine the world as it could and should be.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2018 - Spotlight Documentary - World premiere