Projects in genres: Experimental

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A blind woman is crucified by the pain of the world.

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A documentary about life, death and the universe starring six men called Brian. Using original and found footage, 'The Life of Brians' brings to life the thoughts and philosophies of six ordinary men as they contemplate their place on this earth.

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An unapologetic conjunction of visual and auditory clichés, 'Urschrift' is a wry take on the forties American police procedural. Screening history includes: 2015 The Films of Julia Dogra-Brazell Experiments in Cinema Film Festival, USA 2014 ALTERNATIVE Film/Video Festival, Academic Film Centre Belgrade 2014 Experimenta 58th BFI London Film Festival 2014 Australian International Experimental Film Festival

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'A Caça Revoluções' is a film that explores the relationship between two generations, two different times and two different fights. As if we could transform a photograph by drawing on it. As if we could transform the present by drawing over the past.

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A documentary revealing an observation on three barber shops throughout the course of one summer's day in the city of London - Hackney, Herne Hill and Catford.. No other city in the country expresses the thriving atmosphere of social, urban community like the city of London. Documentary film Director Mark Brown relates the audience to the events within the community, through the doors of shops in different parts of the city, giving a detailed interpretation of the diversity within the same culture.

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A boy writes from Portugal to his sister, who lives in London. He writes one week before the 9th anniversary of their mother’s death, confessing that he wants to go back in time to remember her and the 25th of April 1974, the revolution day.

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The spoken text of Père Lachaise is a poem about scattering ashes, illicitly, in the famous Paris cemetery. On the screen, the central image is the face of the dead woman, photographed in ATS uniform in black and white. The face is almost always partly obscured by flames. But there is humour in the text, and the brilliant colours of the flames, and the fairground music, suggest life and energy.

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This short Anidoc was in response to the Light Princess production in Autumn 2013. Bringing documentary and 2D animation styles together we decided to interview a group of young dancers and hear their thoughts on being a Princess. What would they do as a Princess? Would they listen to the King who would be their Father? A gentle film with moments of humour. You may be surprised by the answers by some of these young girls. In Association with the National Theatre.

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Towards a Militant Conceptualism is a short hybrid film dealing with the political capacity of art in the contemporary world. The film explores artist’s experiences of protest, confronting agents of the State and questioning the origins of law. This is an open argument on political activism and its effectiveness with the proposition of art as a form of protest.

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The routine of a Sexton is interrupted, when a phone ringing not only draws him deeper into the church, but also into hidden memories of his mind. As he follows the calling of his conscience he unveils his past and discovers the path of redemption that he ultimately must go.

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As a child in the 1950s, Ron Cockroft drew a chalk line from his school in Oldham to his home in Chadderton. Chalk Trace commemorates and reanimates his graffiti journey through a now much-changed network of streets. The film was photographed in the original streets of Oldham as they stand today – over 60 years after Ron’s original graffiti.

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Cremer occupies the spaces between a photograph, a document and a film. It's a collaborative record and examination of the fire and resulting smoke damage that took place in the studio in 2006. As film is exposed to light, the studio was exposed to smoke, leaving shadows on all surfaces.