British director Brett Turner travels to Ukraine to join the protests in Kiev in December 2013. Being guided by Ukrainian born musician Iryna Muha Brett tells a story of the people of Maydan and creative hubs on the Ukrainian capital through his own eyes.
Life’s a Beach is about a real life struggle, raising political and environmental questions over ownership and sustainability, but also full of charm and stunning visuals.
A documentary exploring the life of Jerry ‘Mungo’ Francis, as he takes a stand against consumerist society, finding himself embroiled in legal battles against local government and Network Rail, after he set up home on a Folkestone beach. Mungo’s home, built out of old pallets and recycled beach refuse, represented not only his philosophies of sustainability, but also the heart of the local community. ‘Life’s a Beach’, follows Mungo’s experiences there; his challenges and triumphs, all leading to a tragic accident, which made the man a local legend.
The film offers insight into the experiences of a man who made waves, by going against the tide.
Damaris and Alberto live in rural Cuba. Four months ago, their 12 year old son committed suicide. Whilst looking to friends and a new found religion to help deal with their loss, an even more disturbing issue is revealed.
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.
Discovering the day-to-day lives of old women through auntie Ganga, about their struggle to blend in with the society in spite of cultural and language barriers.
Justine doesn't speak. She communicates through looking, gesture and the body language of her movement and interactions. This short documentary creates a portrait of Justine’s experience, observing the close rhythms of her days in the run-up to her milestone birthday and new challenges of life in a changing welfare system.
In 2010, Abu Eyad and other young Palestinian men from the Ain el-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon travelled through Syria and Turkey into Greece. Like so many other migrants, they came looking for a way into Europe but found themselves trapped in a country undergoing economic, political and social collapse.
International Inspiration (IN) increases life chances for marginalised groups across the world. Growing up, Mercy Anne`s family could not afford school fees. She was thrown out of home after getting pregnant. Hear how IN helps young people like her to build confidence and learn through the inspirational power of sport.
Animated documentary featuring the voices of children locked up in immigration detention centres around the world. Governments routinely deny media access to these facilities so the voices of children detained in Australia, Greece, South Africa and USA were recorded secretly over the phone and reveal their hidden suffering.
Manufactured Britishness depicts a fictional future where immigrants must undergo physical assessments to demonstrate their worth as prospective British citizens. The narrative is set in post-industrial locations which are turned into training zones where immigrants engage in pre-learned and repetitive tasks in order to pass a bizarre test of citizenship.
In a small Scottish town in 1974, factory workers refuse to carry out repairs on warplane engines in an act of solidarity against the violent military coup in Chile. Four years pass before the engines mysteriously disappear in the middle of the night.
When Neil Platt is diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease at the age of 33, he makes the unusual decision to document his final months, not just in a blog (which he painstakingly dictates via frustratingly inaccurate speech recognition software) but by inviting a film crew into the home he shares with his tireless wife Louise and toddler son Oscar. The result is a heartbreaking, funny and tender portrayal of incredible fortitude and love (EIFF).
