Projects in genres: Experimental

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Through the lens of an experimental film, Mankus shows technology and the diminishing attention to plants and life.

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A portrait of teenage escort, Coco. Winner of the Illy Prize for Best Short Film, Directors' Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival 2015
"What begins as a summary of online reviews of a teenage escort becomes a provocative and formally audacious commentary on the fluidity of identities and perceptions of young women in the Internet age. Indeed, the only thing that's certain is that all these people who claim to know "Coco" may not know anything at all."
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Debate Strand

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The world's first female US Navy Seal candidate awakens on a mysterious battlefield that will force her to confront her darkest secrets and a military conspiracy.

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"A romp through the museums of England and Switzerland in which the objects on display come to life and reveal the stories of their creation. It is a celebration of the chaotic diversity conjured by the human hand and mind, and the eccentricity of museum collections." Paul Bush
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Experimenta Strand

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This film piece samples the title sequences, trailers, theme songs and publicity shots for some twenty adaptations of Jin Yong's mid-century wuxia classic, 'The Condor Trilogy', produced over nearly four decades, along with contemporary Google street views of suburban Britain, interweaving mundane and mythical landscapes with fantasies of fight and flight.

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I get up and have breakfast. Don't get old. Im so Unhappy Happy.

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In 1963 Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to go into space. Fifty years later, she gave the interview which forms the basis of this film.

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In a hair-salon in Haifa, the director installs a mini film-set over the washing-basin. As she washes their hair, she converses with the salon’s clients - Arabs and Jews, on topics ranging from politics to love. What emerges from these conversations is an honest and nuanced portrayal of contemporary Israel.

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Please don't explode...

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In the summer of 1990, a teenage filmmaker successfully raises $100,000 to shoot a pioneering horror film. 25 years later, he tells the story of a cult classic that never was.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Cult Strand

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Better known by his pseudonym Araucaria, John Graham set The Guardian crossword for 55 years. In December 2012, crossword number 25,842 appeared in the paper with a series of clues revealing a personal message to his followers.
'Dear Araucaria' unpicks the crossword to journey into John’s world of clue-making.

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Twenty-eight short experimental videos made by me over the last 10 years are being shown simultaneously on 8 projectors at Espace Croisé, Centre d'Art Contemporain, La Condition Publique in Roubaix, a short metro journey from Lille. This video gives some idea of what the show looks like.