A young girl carries the unassuming and turbulent force of grief with her, fashioned in a delicate glass jar.
The James Horgan Award for Best Animated Short, Galway Film Fleadh, 2020
In a deprived area of England's industrial north, a young mother is hit by a forklift truck at work and loses her leg. Based on the true story of Lisa Ramos, AMPUTEE follows the first year of mental and physical recovery from a limb amputation.
ARCHANGEL ALI is the story of a boy who only ate fruit for four years. Inspired by Michael Jackson and the desire to leave an overwhelming city life behind, Ali stops bodybuilding and quits his job in finance to begin a radical process of detoxification. A sensory journey into the ups and downs of self-healing, love and individuation.
This film documents the transformative detox journey of Ali Reza, a young man who grew up in Shepherd’s Bush, London. Ali started bodybuilding at the age of 14, graduated from University and went on to start working for Goldman Sachs. A few years later, Ali could no longer ignore his worsening mental health. He decided to look in the mirror and make a radical decision. Following studies into his idol Michael Jackson and on discovering some key YouTube influencers, Ali stopped everything he was doing to become a full-time Fruitarian. Shot across London, Indonesian islands and the equatorial rainforests of Borneo, Ali’s search for tree-ripe fruit is abundant but what else does he encounter along the way? ARCHANGEL ALI is the story of a generation seeking health and harmony in the face of a complex and challenging world.
In a forgotten seaside town in the north of England, seventy-eight year old Dave hands out food and kindness to those in need. After ten years of austerity, this nuanced portrait of a volunteer-run food bank penetrates the harsh reality of contemporary Britain.
Two men share their experiences of working in the food industrial complex, challenging our traditional ideas of food production. Dealing with a patriarchal paradigm in crisis, disjointed offers a performative space to heal from trauma: work movements become a way of embodying the inaccessible.
We follow HER & HER on their journey seeing just how their differences can compliment each other, what challenges they will need to overcome and how honest conversation and carefree dancing will always win in the end.
It’s the height of lockdown, and Beth has asked her older sisters for a video call. She’s expecting a functional chat about how to split mum’s shopping bill, but the conversation takes a darker turn.
Official Selection London Short Film Festival 2021
WASTOPIA is a short animated film exploring the issues surrounding global attitudes to waste disposal and the environment pollution the inevitably follows. The film indicates a visual journey based on an otherworldly place inhibited by strange creatures and the products of what humans discard.
