Projects in genres: Music

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Surface Area Dance Theatre in partnership with Harewood House, presents ‘ANTHOS, a dance-for-camera, featuring multidisciplinary artist Chris Fonseca performing with the sculpture ‘Adam’ by Sir Jacob Epstein, 1938-9, in the breathtaking Himalayan Garden. This film includes subtitles and captions.

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Birmingham: A City Rooted in Talent is a compelling and groundbreaking documentary series that shines a spotlight on the city’s unparalleled creative and cultural heritage. Blending rare archival footage, exclusive interviews, and never-before-heard stories, the series features the trailblazers, musicians, broadcasters, athletes, and cultural pioneers, who shaped Birmingham’s sound and soul, propelling it onto the world stage alongside the likes of Black Sabbath, Duran Duran, and many more. Driven by the city’s own talent, this is a landmark celebration of Birmingham’s enduring influence.

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In their final year of high school, three Argentinian best friends prepare for their last Welsh ‘Eisteddfod’ competition - but are they ready to say goodbye?

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An immersive 360 film, based on letters home written by two Cornish Boys from west Cornwall, who emigrated to Australia in 1864. The recently discovered letters, which provide the inspiration, overarching visual motif and compelling lyrics of the piece, cry out with homesickness, loneliness and separation, and the everyday challenges and triumphs of their pioneering life in an evolving nation. The boys had their mining and farming skills to fall back on; they also brought their culture too, particularly their deep chapel faith. The Cornish Diaspora of the 19th century saw 250,000 people leave Cornwall, fleeing poverty and seeking opportunities across the globe. Approximately 10% of the population of South Australia, and over 3% of Australia as a whole, has significant Cornish ancestry and the settlement of the areas within of South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales are sometimes referred to as ‘Little Cornwall’. Official Selection Cornwall Film Festival 2024 - Festival World premiere Official Selection Adelaide Fringe 2025 - Festival International premiere

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A spellbinding performance film by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, bringing to life the remarkable story the extraordinary Geraldine Flower, and the discovery of a suitcase of letters sent to her in the 1960s and 70s that inspired acclaimed Icelandic singer/songwriter Emilíana Torrini to return to the studio. Part film, part theatre, part fever dream — THE EXTRAORDINARY MISS FLOWER takes the form of a series of specially designed performances by Emilíana and her band, combined with dramatic scenes and readings from letters by well-known actors and musicians. It's ultimately a heartfelt love letter to the enduring power of creativity and friendship. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition - World premiere Official Selection Dublin International Film Festival 2025 - International premiere Official Selection Melbourne International Film Festival 2025

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A documentary that looks intimately at the incredible life story that shaped an iconic female musician who defined an era - The Selecter’s Pauline Black. Pauline Black goes on an odyssey looking at her personal experience of identity and how it has informed her life and art. The Two Tone movement was the perfect setting for Pauline with her mixed British, Nigerian and Jewish heritage. It was the catalyst that allowed her to explore and express all sides of herself and figure out who she is. Looking at her own groundbreaking experience, Pauline traces how her legacy is relevant to the world around her today where modern society pushes the boundaries of gender, politics, race and identity. “More than anything I wanted my family to finally say my name, Pauline Black. They could never bring themselves to say the B word. After years of being called half-caste or coloured, I could say it loud and proud, Pauline Black. I wanted to assert my new identity, fashioned in my own image, not somebody else’s idea of who I should be. My rebirth was complete. The ‘rude girl’ I had invented had a new name, Pauline Black.” Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - World premiere Official Selection CPH:DOX 2025 - International premiere

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Following Andrea Bocelli backstage and beyond the stage, into his private life with family and close friends. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2024 - World premiere

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A Golden Age-style musical about one of the last families alive on Earth. When the sudden arrival of a young stranger threatens the family’s luxurious compound deep underground, the son of the family begins to question their seemingly perfect existence. Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2024 - World premiere Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2024 - Canadian premiere Official Selection San Sebastian Film Festival 2024 - European premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024

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An unpleasant return to Das Institut für den reinen Tor, Menschheim, Germany, for a forgetful investigation into memory. Restarring: Dr Forschung (incarcerated); Prof Suchen (in pseudonym); Fernando Pessoa (in 5 personas); James Joyce (in multi-Finnegans). "I have more than just one soul. There are more I's than I myself. I exist, nevertheless" Alberto Caeiro "I'm not who I have in memory Nor who is in me now." Fernando Pessoa

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A random drama dreamt by a database. A frolic through the foreafter “in the aye”; A tale told in four ayes; The four-abend of the other ayes; A post-prequel greeting and farewell; An oculists nightmare. Methodology: Algorithgms of varying randomness source clips from a database comprised of all the elements contained in the AYE films to randomly determine; sequence, in-points, duration, tracks, layers and then automatically compile the results into a non-linear editing application, making four different sufi "Greetings" which together make this Overture to the three feature films. i eye aye i 2 aye 3rd aye "I seen the likes in the twinngling of an aye. Som. So oft. Sim. Time after time." James Joyce

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A moving look at John Lennon and Yoko Ono's life upon their entry into a transformative 1970s New York, exploring their musical, personal, artistic, social, and political world. At the core of the story are the One to One Concerts, John Lennon’s only full-length performances after The Beatles, accompanied by Yoko Ono, The Plastic Ono Band, Elephant’s Memory and Special Guests. With remixed concert audio produced by Sean Ono Lennon, the film features newly transferred and restored footage, as well as a wealth of previously unseen and unheard personal archives, such as phone calls and home movies recorded and filmed by John and Yoko themselves. Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2024 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 Official Selection IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) 2024 Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2025 Official Selection CPH:DOX 2025

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The story of Scottish pop music from the 1960s onwards told by the visionary women who got on stage and made music together. We discover the little-known role that women played in Scotland's emerging music scenes through interviewing those who tried to break the glass ceiling, from the vocal harmony groups of the sixties to DIY indie-fanzine-inspired groups of the 90s, as well as activists, artists, and experts. Weaving together personal anecdotes with a scrapbook audio-visual aesthetic, as the film takes us through each decade, a colourful mixtape is formed spanning multiple musical genres. Narrated by award-winning musician Carla J. Easton, a former member of the girl band Teen Canteen, the film takes a critical look at the barriers women have faced making music in the past, and still face today. It asks how we can inspire young women to make music, if those who do so are continuously erased from our cultural history. Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024 - World premiere