Emi, a young girl with a stomach upset, enters an enchanting microscopic world inside a zebrafish and aids the defenders of her cells to outwit the invading Shigella bacteria. This magic realist film is based on the real life battle of scientists to find solutions to a global health problem.
Why are we so afraid of the dark that we need to brighten the world around us? Shot at night on the "cult" Red Monochrome with Camerimage Winner DOP Mate Herbai, NIGHT BURNS LIKE CIGARETTES approaches Light Pollution through our intimate relation to darkness, torn between love & fear. An anti-consumerist ballad in the night, it has Lily Cole as a Narrator, and British-Zimbabwean singer and dancer Kwaye.
Carys responds to her dying father's request to visit him and her brother in deepest Wales, as he tries to make amends for years of neglect. An inclusive short film about family, truth and reconciliation.
Luke Ellis' innovative business takes food waste from local restaurants and uses organic cycling methods to grow micro-herbs and vegetables from an underground bioponic farm under the streets of Sheffield's industrial quarter.
FRAMERATE: Pulse of the Earth’s meditative imagery bears witness to landscapes in flux. The impact of human behaviour and the immense force of nature unfolds around you across an array of screens. This is a space where your perspective may shift.
Official Selection La Biennale Venice 2022
A marine odyssey into the folklore, ecology and history of seaweed in northern Scotland. Voiced by harvesters, environmentalists, archaeologists and seaweed farmers behind the miracle resource.
Young birdwatchers, Mya and Arjun, feel the pressure of climate change and the biodiversity crisis greatly. Although they feel isolated and judged by others, they are determined to stand up for what they believe in; coming of age in the age of climate chaos.
Official Selection DOK Leipzig 2022
A remote family farm is caught in the grip of climate change. Unprecedented storms, famine and disease threaten the home, livelihood and relationship of the father and son who remain there.
Following a man waiting in his hut in the desolate expanse of the Russian Arctic. He is holding out in order to observe a natural event that occurs here, every year, but ocean warming is taking its toll.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2022 - World premiere
Academy Awards 2023 - Nomination - Best Documentary Short Film
Our planet is full of life. From vast oceans to wide-open skies, the diversity of life here seems infinite. But one of those here on earth has been changing the balance for all of its residents.
Yet this is a story of hope.
Meet the people and communities who are making a difference and showing us the way to a brighter, wilder future. Restoring our natural world and restoring our faith in humankind across Britain's WILD ISLES.
The story of an unlikely friendship forged in isolation. After a particularly harsh winter, Brian goes into a deep depression; completely isolated and with no one to talk to, Brian does what any sane person would do when faced with such a melancholic situation, he builds a robot. Charles is that robot. (Feature developed from Jim Archer's 2017 short BRIAN AND CHARLES).
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2022 - World premiere
