“How can you be criminalised for being born the way you are?” asks George Montague, a 96 year old WWII veteran, beginning this documentary. His words echo through the film.
“ARE YOU PROUD?” meets key campaigners and investigates the organisations and events that have contributed to substantial progress within the western LGBTQ+ liberation movement, focussing on the history of Pride in the UK. It celebrates that progress, whilst exploring the controversial questions over the continuing relevance of the Pride march, and highlights the international battles still to be fought.
Combining archive footage, interviews, vox pops and reportage, the film guides us through the history of the Gay Pride movement in the UK. We meet founders of the Gay Liberation Front, founding members of Stonewall (The UK’s leading LGBTQ+ lobbying organisation), the organisers of various Pride marches across the UK, groups such as Black Pride, Trans Pride Brighton and Queer Picnic. The film celebrates the progress that has been made, we are also reminded of “the fact that there are an increasing number of people out there who feel emboldened in hating queers.”
A story of loss, struggle and liberation. Jola, who was trafficked from her home country of Nigeria when she was a child, has spent the last decade being transported across different countries and cities. We begin to unravel the pieces of her individual story and her journey towards liberation.
Official Selection Black Star Film Festival 2018
Frank, funny and moving drama about four young women's abortion
experiences, told verbatim from real interviews, with spoken word and urban-afro music. Adapted from a successful theatre show.
Official Selection Hot Docs 2019 - Persister - International premiere
Every one can make a film about refugees but do you think the refugees can make movies about themselves? It's about the Syrians , Palestinians , Africans and the refugees from around the world lives in Germany specially in Berlin and we can see from the beginning of the movie they are traveling to Paris by bus for tourism as they said to the camera , and we found during the time passes they are going to Paris for political issues ,
Mankind has placed their fate in A.I. to govern both them and their environment, though Emilie is convinced her A.I. unit is lying to her and the system is corrupt and hiding many truths from its citizens. Given her newfound beliefs, Emilie record a video to inform the world!
LEAVE OR REMAIN was filmed on a compounded North African migrant boat in Sicily, August 2017. Migrant boats are known locally as 'ghost boats', piled up in rubbish dumps on the island, awaiting destruction by the Italian authorities.
April 24th 1915: Under cover of the darkness of war whilst the British are preparing landings at Gallipoli, mass arrests of Armenians are taking place across Constantinople. Poet Taniel Varoujan's home is broken, his poetry scattered, name checked and ticked on ordered list – never to be seen again.
Eva arrives at the Refuge, a women's-aid center run by Mrs. Kane, where she is introduced to the other girls, who greet her with mistrust. The strict rules of the household are explained and Eva's new life begins with a pressing feeling of entrapment.
Antigone, the ancient Greek heroine, ignites the spirits of four Syrian women living in Beirut’s refugee camps. Feminine wisdom, passed through the ages, connects the inner lives of these women and gives them a sense of belonging and rootedness. Through animation and intimate verite footage, this documentary illustrates that which is invisible to the eye: the thoughts, memories, and dreams of these mothers, sisters, and wives as they grapple daily with past traumas and future uncertainty.
