Projects in genres: Music

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A Documentary on Women’s experience of Punk. The present media interest in the 70’s is a pre punk; US dominated vision of the era. The UK experience was of a decadent hippie movement and the apolitical skinhead movement being swept aside by punk. This programme reassesses from a punk women’s perspective, women’s role in this dynamic movement that irreversibly changed the face of society, politics art and music. Director Zillah Minx – Lead singer with punk band rubella ballet since 1976.

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At the beginning of the last century, Romanian peasants discovered the solemn music of the military bands when they went into the cities. They were so impressed by these that they wanted to have brass bands in their villages as well. With the arrival of the communists, these popular country marching brass bands were invited to participate at official events. The regime confiscated their land, built immense industrial complexes and many of the farm-workers became factory workers. The brass bands then became a symbol of the people’s well-being and the brotherhood between the farm and factory workers. With the fall of the Communist regime, many factories closed down.

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A pianist's art - and life - fall out of balance. Memory, trauma and creativity. Triple-flashback visual poem to music, without dialogue.

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Busker is a lighthearted story of two street performers who tussle to keep the attention of an audience. It was filmed on 35mm with French actor Dominique Pinon in the lead, and runs 6 minutes. The story is told entirely without dialogue.

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Comes Undone tells the story of two ex-lovers recalling memories of their relationship. They find each other once more for a last dance: the swan song of their love. She is seduced by past memories - how relevant is the past when faced with the present?

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A year in the troubled life of the Music School of Luanda, the capital of Angola, and one of the world's poorest and most dangerous places. Following four central characters, this film reveals not only their struggle with their country's war-ravaged past, but also their musical passion and ambition.

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Fuel Crisis is a short film set just after a nationwide fuel shortage. Cars and other transport are redundant. A man in search of a new life wonders the countryside in search of hope. He discovers something much more valuable; a bicycle! He soon learns the value of his possession.

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A staggering range of music captures the spirit of extraordinary world changes over the last 30 years.

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A surreal short film set in the ruins of London, driven by a contemporary music-hall libretto. The film contrasts the beautiful and grotesque in a narrative focusing on the universal question - are our lives driven by destiny or chance? This powerful short narrative embodies key aspects of the classic Gothic tale, with echoes of Du Maurier's Trilby and Le Fanu's dark stories. The mystery of the 'true' nightmare of the narrative is left to the viewer to decide.

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Guilfest has been running since 1993 in Guildford, Surrey UK. Acts in previous years have included Paul Weller, Jools Holland, and Van Morrison. The Documentary covers more than just the music, with interviews, history of the music festival, musical acts, and a true insight into how an independent music festival is produced. A different angle on modern day music festival documentaries, cameras were given out to festival goers to record their experiences over the three days.

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in 1905, Women in Queensland got the vote. Banned from male only pubs and bars, certain Women met in secret every full moon to talk politics and drink. One hundred years later, the civilised centenary of this infamous club takes place. However, events take a turn back to the old days, when a notorious guest finally arrives.

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London, 1944. The war hangs in the balance. Nazi spy Eva has an ingenious method of transmitting a crucial Morse code message to a waiting German U-Boat. What could possibly go wrong?