Projects in categories: Documentary and with status: Production

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An observational coming-of-age documentary about Sadije Dura, a 14-year-old Albanian wrestler, looking for independence in a destiny shaped by everyone else around her.

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London... a journey through the eyes of a Londoner.

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The life of Harvey Kurtzman and his creation of MAD Magazine is one of the great untold stories in American and global cultural history. THE MAD WORLD OF HARVEY KURTZMAN is a deep dive into the world of comic books, pop culture and satire.

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WHAT ABOUT GARY is a raw and emotive documentary that delves into the tragic consequences of misinformation, exploring how conspiracy theories led to the death of Gary Matthews from Covid-19. The film intimately portrays the profound grief of Gary's family and friends as they grapple with this senseless loss.
Director Tristan Copeland, Gary's cousin, questions the purveyors of these falsehoods, driven by a need to understand why they ensnared Gary. Through vérité footage, archival materials, and Gary's own paintings, the film explores Gary’s descent into a distorted reality, seeking the root causes of his susceptibility to misinformation.
Shot during the pandemic in Shrewsbury, England, WHAT ABOUT GARY captures the isolation that made many, including Gary, vulnerable to manipulation. With kinetic editing, evocative camera work, and a poignant score, the film examines how society failed to protect its citizens from misinformation.
A potentially controversial yet vital work that questions how conspiracy theorists wield such influence and whether others can be saved from similar fates. A cautionary tale for a world grappling with truth in the digital age, and a tribute to a life tragically cut short, driven by a need to understand why.

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Composed of intimate and evocative moments capturing the everyday challenges of people at work, ALL POINTS NORTH is the story of Yorkshire’s changing industrial landscapes told through its workers.
By experiencing real life through local and migrant workers, crafters, and grafters, the film will journey into the soul of the north and offer a moving look into the way economics affect ordinary people.

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Elizabeth and Nicholas Newall disappear amidst the Great Storm of 1987 on Jersey. Mismatching alibis, gossip and questionable police work points to their sons, Rod and Mark. The case becomes a murder investigation when forensics discover blood, but without substantial evidence, the case goes cold. The Newalls are declared dead and the brothers leave the island, claiming the nearly £1million inheritance. Mark thrives in finance but Rod is consumed by guilt while travelling. Rod returns in 1992 and the police covertly record his murder confession. Rod leaves partway, outmanoeuvring the police in a motorway chase but is later arrested at gun-point in international waters on the HMS Argonaut, beginning a long extradition process in Gibraltar. Mark is arrested in Paris, but continues to manipulate Rod and the legal proceedings. Corruption, bribery and escape attempts lead the prosecutors to agree a secret deal with the defence. Rod pleads guilty to double murder and reveals the bodies whilst Mark pleads guilty only to aiding and abetting. Rod serves 12 years, Mark just 20 months. Mark claims the inheritance and now both have disappeared - neither the police nor the Jersey community know their whereabouts. Questions of motive, corruption and money remain unanswered.

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A follow-up documentary from the creator of the ground-breaking, multi-award winning documentary TRASHED.
Ten years on, Blenheim Films explores the devastating effects man-made pollution is still having on the planet and its inhabitants. In a similar style to the original film, the story will once again expose a troubling new problem, finding out what is causing it and what can be done. The stakes have never been higher.

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WITH THESE HANDS shares challenging, complex and under-discussed stories of sexual assault and recovery. It explores the role of listening in the recovery of both survivors and those responsible for sexual harm. WTH is made in collaboration with contributing artists and in consultation with survivor-run organisation SLEEC.

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A shy, Jamaican radio repairman, invents dub music, and becomes a modern musical legend and indelibly changing the way contemporary popular music is made and issued.

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THE WILD ONES is a creative documentary exploring the power of wild swimming. Set against a backdrop of the Scottish landscape, it tells the stories of loss, trauma, and healing. The film shows that water can provide freedom, emotional fulfilment and allow people to feel at home in their skin. It reminds us that it is good to be alive.
Combining interviews and observational footage, we come to understand our characters’ struggles and the way wild swimming inspires each person to overcome them. Theirs are stories of grief, depression, anxiety, PTSD, body confidence issues, chronic pain and healing. Life-affirming and lyrical, THE WILD ONES captures the sheer exhilaration of swimming in cold, natural water.

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Feature documentary told entirely through immersive and mostly unseen archive of the Chernobyl disaster and its aftermath.

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It is early 2020 and 23 year old singer songwriter Lewis Capaldi has just returned home to his parent’s house in rural West Lothian, Scotland, leaving behind a record breaking stadium tour, awards, screaming fans and history making chart success. Finding himself back where he grew up, with his family and old mates, this is a moment of relative calm. But Lewis is at a crossroads. When fame has changed your life beyond all recognition, how do you reconnect to where you came from?

Caught between the pull of fame and the grounding roots of home, Lewis wrestles with the immense pressure of delivering that old Rock and Roll cliché ‘The Difficult Second Album’. From writing new material in a shed at the bottom of the garden at his parents’ house, to recording and then releasing a new album, this young artist will have the courage to invite us into this deeply personal process, laying out his craft and life, exploring his relationship with his roots, his hopes and fears for all the world to see.

In this all-access music documentary, award-winning studio Pulse Films partners with recent breakout artist Lewis Capaldi at a pivotal moment in his career.
Oh, and seeing that this is Lewis Capaldi, it will be a proper laugh too.