Projects in genres: Experimental

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A poem arrives on the screen letter by letter. The image is all text with the story in the soundtrack, a blackbird's song.

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A journey into the historical and tactile entanglements between sheep’s wool, migrant plant seeds and the River Tweed. Official Selection Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2024 - World premiere

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A modern fairytale plays out in a crumbling 'kingdom' populated only by a King and a Servant. The arrival of a mannequin Queen throws their carefully constructed world into chaos. A surreal comedy about serving others, arrogance, and the slippery nature of power. Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2024 - World premiere Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024

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[S] is an artwork that exposes the lifespan of infinity. The film delves into an immersive loop of organic forms, reflecting on the entangled nature of life and art. Official Selection Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2024

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Archive footage, music and voice combine to explore the choreography of childhood and the possibility of childish autonomy. In a world ruled by adults, how does the child in film resist oppression and control? The childish imagination escapes in flights of fantasy, both brief and absorbing. Energy is directed and contained. "I'm live as a battery. Who am I to you?"

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Combining poetry, dance, music, and archival audio, Danse Macabre paints a portrait of the human psyche, drawing on the work of Dr Carl Jung. The film explores the different aspects of the conscious and unconscious minds which are represented through character performances from dancers, singers, unseen voices, and musicians. Official Selection Durban International Film Festival 2025

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A woman’s life has been turned upside down ever since she noticed those strange floating strings in her sight.

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Two out of work actors attempt the impossible task of mounting a full production of Hamlet inside the ultra violent world of Grand Theft Auto, shot entirely in game. It’s January 2021. The UK has just entered its 3rd lockdown and all theatres remain closed. For actors Sam and Mark, the future looks bleak. As the pandemic drags on Mark, who lives alone is increasingly socially isolated, while Sam is panicking about how he is going to support his family. They channel their midlife frustrations by immersing their avatars in the horrifically violent yet beautifully rendered virtual world of Grand Theft Auto online. They steal cars and shoot strangers, but also find moments of calm reflection walking through meadows of wildflowers. In one gaming session they stumble across a theatre and have an idea. Why not stage Hamlet inside the game? Well, there are several reasons why not, chiefly that most people in the game are intent on murderous destruction, not polite appreciation of a theatrical production. But wasn’t theatre just as dangerous and rowdy a business in Shakespeare’s time, and isn’t Hamlet, a play about revenge the perfect choice for this place? Official selection SXSW 2024 - Documentary Competition - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024

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In this ode to fútbol and Colombia’s Caribbean region, Daniel—a Colombian-British filmmaker—recalls his first memory of the sport he loves: the 1993 championship final between Junior de Barranquilla and América de Cali that he watched on a VHS tape with his father in London. Through conversations between Daniel, his father and two uncles, JUNIOR TU PAPÁ pieces together fragments of waning memory to collectively remember a time in Colombian history when fútbol was a national obsession. A distraction from the relentless violence the country faced while Colombia’s national team was considered one of the best teams in the world. Official Selection Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Cine a la Calle 2024 Official Selection New York Colombian Film Festival 2024 Official Selection Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias 2024 Official Selection True/False Film Fest 2024

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A young filmmaker arrives in New York to find finance for an impossible feature. Official Selection Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2024 - World premiere

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MIRAGE - EIGENSTATE weaves together analogous investigations into the nature of reality, positioning Western science as just one methodology among many in a constellation of pluralistic worldviews. The film explores different interpretations of reality, from Sufi mysticism and Monorealism to theories of quantum mechanics. Edited in the style of American astronomer and planetary scientist Carl Sagan’s 1980s television show, 'Cosmos', which sought to explain the origin of life and the fourth spatial dimension, MIRAGE - EIGENSTATE references scientific mass communication, where complex concepts are described in straightforward ways, often through images. Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2025 - Forum Expanded - International premiere

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From the deep snow of the Belarusian forest to the heat of the reeds in the French Camargue, Mother Vera is the story of a young Orthodox nun; her turbulent past, and fragile future. Revealed through spellbinding visual language echoing the rigid discipline of monastic life, we enter the enclosed, shadowy spaces of a convent outside Minsk. Sound and silence submerge us in the rhythm of the place. At the monastery farm, two hundred men live in rehabilitation. They are a mirror to Vera’s old life. Faced with a life-changing decision, Vera must confront her past to find the freedom she desires. Official Selection Visions du Réel 2024 Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - Documentary Competition