A hybrid documentary by and for black men, on mental health, sexual trauma and finding strength through brotherhood. Blending interviews, poetry, dance and storytelling, it captures the lives, realities, and the hopeful perspectives of men in the North, the Midlands, London in the UK.
They are the unsung heroes of hip hop, disco and a host of other genres, whose message of peace, love and funk sailed beyond Britain's shores and helped shape music for five decades. Long after they stopped playing, the music played on, so they returned to play some more.
In the racially turbulent UK of the early 70s, a group of black musicians came together in South London with a common love of rhythms and a message of peace. Cymande – with the dove as their symbol – combined jazz, funk, soul and Caribbean grooves to form a unique sound. Despite success in the USA they faced indifference in their native Britain, becoming disillusioned and disbanding. But the music lived on, as new generations of artists imbibed and reworked their pioneering sounds in fresh ways. From Soul II Soul to De La Soul, MC Solaar to The Fugees, the Dove had spread Cymande's message far and wide, prompting their return after forty years. This is their story.
Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2022 - World premiere
Thirty something Indian sisters Rumi and Nina journey to London in pursuit of their music dream. But working at an Indian Takeaway wasn’t part of the plan.
Who was Tilly Losch? Dancer, artist, choreographer, lover, wife, muse… Tilly seems a blur, glimpsed at the corner of the eye, dancing in and out of focus. A powerful and thought-provoking statement about female identity.
Non-binary Japanese-Irish drag artist ShayShay storms the UK’s cabaret scene with a gender-diverse, Pan-Asian collective to dismantle racial stereotypes with love and glitter.
RESISTANCE SAHARA, a haunting yet playful exploration of the liminal space between experimental, documentary, and fictive filmmaking, presents an artistic response to the Sahrawi refugee crisis from the frozen war in Western Sahara. Bringing international artists from a mix of disciplines to the Sahara Desert, and with them will create something new, a response to what they encounter.
The film mix testimony from the mouths of the people who live in each zone of crisis with music; image; and symbolism. The audience is invited to reconsider their view of the nature of human suffering, and to build a new bridge of empathy with the people in these remote and sometimes forgotten places.
An Arabic-language opera about mourning and inherited trauma. Performed by Palestinian soprano Nour Darwish, it fuses Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder with Masha’al, a traditional Palestinian song.
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023 - International premiere
An immersive journey through the New York music scene of the early 2000s. A new generation kick-started a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2022 - World premiere
A little girl’s love for her bedridden Papa inspires a town in lockdown to make music from their windows.
Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2023
NO ONE WANTS IT tells the story of two activists using noise as a form of protest against the destruction of human liberties in Hong Kong. The film uses a non-conventional documentary style to bring a more abstract and fluid style, reminiscent of the new wave.
A vivid dream exploration of Moira Shearer's heart and mind, just before and after she agreed to star in Powell and Pressburger's beloved cinema classic "The Red Shoes", a decision that would change her life forever.
Follows a South London family and sees how one red dress is the centre of their lives.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2022 - World premiere
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023 - International premiere
