Projects in categories: Artist Project and Video / Experimental

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Constantinopoliad is an expanded documentary and installation that centers around the collective reading of a hand-made book. A response to the archive of the poet Constantine Cavafy, the story is inspired by the blank and torn out pages in “Constantinopoliad, an epic”, the journal the teenage Cavafy began when he and his family fled Alexandria; by lost and missing queer archives through time; and by the ghosts, both erotic and historical, that visit the older Cavafy in his poems. Official Selection Venice International Film Festival 2025 - Immersive Official Selection CPH:DOX 2025 - Inter:Active Award - Winner

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An immersive 360° film poem from the heart of a Cornish temperate rainforest. The voice of the Mother Tree introduces us to the sounds, sights and more-than-human characters of the ancient woodland, encouraging us to think of time as trees do, in hundreds or even thousands of years. Official Selection FullDome Festival Brno 2025

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A summer in the life of a filmmaker weaving her way through six carnivals in England. Observing Caribbean cultural life celebrated-and contested- in public space. We witness multi stage soundsystems, Black Lives Matter floats, histories of violence and peace in the geography of local cities. This film is about how to (and how not to) make an image. The film is inspired by Isaac Julien’s TERRITORIES, made with Sankofa Film and Video Collective in 1984. While Julien catalogues the antagonistic relationship between Black community and the police at Notting Hill Carnival, NEW TERRITORIES considers the role of spectatorship turned consumerism in laying the ground in which Black and Caribbean identities are defined. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025

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An emotive Mixed Reality performance which uses Volumetric Capture to display a virtual dancer who interacts with, and occupies the same space as a live performer - allowing her to duet with a digital double. REPLICA asks you to consider human issues around liveness, mortality, memory and ageing - exploring how we present ourselves and connect with each other in a world of growing digitisation. Official Selection ART*VR 2025

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A dance film that draws inspiration from Pina Bausch’s work, exploring the hidden power dynamics within society. The film follows two cleaners who, through the possessions they find in a messy hotel suite, begin to imagine and embody the lives of the guests.

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In 2024, 82 people lost their lives crossing the English Channel while seeking safety in the UK - the deadliest year on record. In the wake of grief, a poignant journey along the English coast unveils the darker undercurrents beneath the surface. Archiving the sites and textures of the border architecture in the port town of Dover, the film invites viewers to inhabit the tactile imprints of border violence, in a deeply moving contemplation of how borders shape our relationship to place.

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An experimental short about love, set from the point of view of Jelena Djokovic.

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What are the borders of the United Kingdom? Roaming landscapes filmed in 16mm reveal physical traces of different boundaries throughout the nation. People encountered while filming lend their voice to stories from Brook House, a large immigration detention centre on the outskirts of London. A contemplation on the ways migration is perceived and controlled across the country.

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ONCE AGAIN... (STATUES NEVER DIE) explores the storied relationship between Dr Albert C. Barnes, an early US collector and exhibitor of African cultural artefacts, and Alain Locke, a renowned philosopher and cultural critic, known as the 'Father of the Harlem Renaissance'. Their unlikely bond shapes cultural perspectives in early 20th century America, sparking an intellectual discourse during a pivotal era of cultural awakening. Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2025 - Panorama - World premiere

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STARS tells of the Nommo: extra-terrestrial Afro-hermaphrodite anthro-amphibian migrants. Delivered from outer space via the Dogon of Mali, STARS is a queer African tale of tails, told through animation, music, and poetry. Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2025 - Forum Expanded

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As a young black girl falls out of love with her natural hair, a mother - through a poem - works to inspire self love and acceptance in her daughter, against a world that whispers otherwise.

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A 16mm film responding to legacies of Scottish colonialism and slavery in Guyana through archival research, matrilineal lines and sewing. Official Selection Third Horizon Film Festival 2025 Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2026 - Forum Expanded Exhibition