Projects in genres: Music

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Two assassins keep watch as a young man digs his own grave. Meanwhile, in a fancy-dress shop, the assassins’ daughter has just found out she is pregnant to the gravedigger when the kingpin who ordered the hit walks in. In his debut, writer/director Robert Herbert McClean draws inspiration from myriad of classic cinema to create this truly unique dark comedy.

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Juvenile offender Carter is released on bail. After an argument with his alcoholic mother Christine, their distance grows. Carter decides to run away from home and as he atones for his actions, their turbulent relationship unfolds with a gripping combination of rage and tenderness.

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An entrancing figure emerges inhabiting landscapes... Official Selection Cinequest Film Festival 2022

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The unforgettable tale of the infamous Creation Records label head Alan McGee, and of how one written-off young Glaswegian upstart rose to irrevocably change the face of British culture. Charting the true story of the rise and fall of Creation Records and its infamous founder Alan McGee, the man responsible for supplying the “Brit Pop” soundtrack to a decade of cultural renaissance known as Cool Britannia. We follow Alan through a drug-fuelled haze of music and mayhem, as his rock’n’roll dream brings the world Oasis, Primal Scream and other generation-defining bands. Official Selection Glasgow Film Festival 2021

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Too self-conscious to woo Roxanne himself, wordsmith Cyrano de Bergerac helps young Christian nab her heart through love letters. Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2021 - World premiere

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A hunter is summoned to slay a terrifying beast, and on the shore of a loch between two barren mountains, the hunter becomes cursed. A contemporary reworking of a traditional Scottish folktale, narrated by legendary folklorist Margaret Bennett. Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2022

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A fast motion path circles into dance.

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From its DIY collaborative origins in London council estates and pirate radio, via its intricate musical influences, to a complicated emergence into the mainstream, this immersive and exciting documentary tracks the evolution of Grime music. With extraordinary access to the key originators, producers and musicians from the subculture, as well as behind the scenes footage and a wealth of archive, the film combines a nuanced overview of the genre with a vivid sense of its socio-political context and impact across three decades of rocky UK history and reactionary politics. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Create - World premiere

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DON'T GO GENTLE is a film about finding strength in vulnerability. It journeys through determination, friendship and adversity of Idles as they fight for a place in a divided socio-political environment, unexpectedly inspiring and unifying an international community along the way. In a time when the ground is shifting beneath our feet, where open communication and truthful reflection are more vital than ever, we journey with lead singer Joe Talbot and the band as they tear across stages, knock down stereotypes and empower fans to face down uncomfortable realities and talk about mental health.

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The first feature documentary entirely in Scottish Gaelic, IORRAM (BOAT SONG) is an immersive and poetic portrait of life in the Outer Hebrides, as the islands and the language face an uncertain future. Archive sound recordings of ghostly voices, stories and songs from the last century are mixed with stunning footage of daily life in the islands today, on land and sea, to create a lyrical and playful dialogue between past and present, and between sound and vision, set to an original score composed and performed by award-winning folk musician Aidan O’Rourke. IORRAM began as an experiment to make a cinematic film entirely composed from archive sound and contemporary moving images. The sound archive at the heart of this project contains over 30,000 pieces of previously untranslated and largely unheard Scottish Gaelic recordings, representing a treasure trove of cultural history and memories which deserve to be heard. Making documentaries from archive film footage is a long established practice, but there are also vast riches in sound archives around the world, which are gradually being digitized and restored, and represent a valuable resource for filmmakers interested to explore the relationship between past and present, and between the ears and the eyes. If cinema has historically prioritized vision over sound, IORRAM marks an ambitious effort to redress the balance, and provide audiences with a new and deeply satisfying kind of cinematic experience.

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A clip from the iconic 1999 science fiction film "The Matrix" becomes a much older silent movie with piano accompaniment, seen again in its own far future or where time no longer counts. The two lovers shift roles and even genders in the obscure cinematic space that contains them.

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Follow Brogues and Sparkly Toes on their adventures of love, loss, dancing, and lots of mud! A heartbreaking LGBTQ+ tale told entirely through feet!