Projects in genres: Music

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Verbal and physical slapstick suggests darker truths behind love, sex, and relationships.
This dance monologue is an interpretation of a classic performance piece taken from the archive of the late performer and choreographer Nigel Charnock.

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A witch conspires to teach important lessons to various characters of popular children's stories including Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel.

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Montreal is an island where the indie scene is blossoming like nowhere else in the world. And in the true spirit of the music, Timothy George Kelly's DIY film takes us to pop-up shows on rooftops, in subways, at playgrounds and in parking lots.

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Gary is 59, an inspirational Indian teacher in a British school who has dreamt of rock stardom ever since he was born in the presence of his very own Guardian Angel on Christmas Eve. Gary reaches rock bottom when he is forced out of his job and hits the bottle until his Guardian Angel unearths Gary’s long lost talent – songwriting. Gary dusts off his old guitar and heads to rural Ireland where he meets Kathleen, a feisty, middle-aged vet who also plays the drums, and Jack, a penniless pensioner and one-time record producer. Down on their luck, the trio hatch a plan to win a prestigious song contest with a £1 million record deal by making an album with the best Christmas song ever written. But can this loveable, ageing trio really win against today’s young talent?

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Deaf piano player rediscovers his passion for music through his partner's completion of a special composition.

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A song cycle with texts written by World War I poets all of whom, apart from the English painter-poet David Bomberg, lost their lives during the war... This innovative song cycle combines chansons vieilles from European poets, archival visual excerpts, and fragments of World World I-era musical motifs, in which Michael Nyman evokes everything erased from our memory: the unknown soldiers - those who have never been found or have lost their lives.

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Burnsworth, Lancashire is a shithole. And best friends John and Matt want more from life than just the prospect of a dead-end factory job in their small northern town. They find their horizons opened up by the discovery of black American soul music and the British Northern Soul dance scene. They dream of going to America to find the soul record which will make them big DJs on the scene. But the intensity of their rivalry changes their lives forever.

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A short animated comedy (without dialog), depicting an audience’s reaction to different types of music.

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Set against the backdrop of the 80s music scene, this documentary charts the meteoric rise, fall and ultimate reunion of pop sensation, Spandau Ballet.
Rome Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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A teenage boy discovers his unruly neighbour is really a disgraced rock god who "died" eight years ago owing a fortune in unpaid tax. The boy agrees not to reveal his secret on condition that he teaches him the dark arts of rock guitar.
Berlin International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

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A rib-rattling, sonically stupendous account of the Pink Floyd frontman’s continent-crossing concert tour with his epic stage show The Wall Live.
Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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Set in coalition Britain amidst the crisis of capitalism, the UK government launches their flagship deception of ‘The Big Society’ from Liverpool. Connor, a disillusioned 15-year old sits alone in his cell.  He understands the lie: We’re not 'all in this together' like the man on the TV says.  Bullied and taunted by the other young offenders, Connor’s only hope is Linda, his Social Worker, who he has come to trust.  But what happens when Linda’s job is threatened, will she be able to find a way to care for him? When no one hears you shout…Sing.
A surreal and gritty musical set against the backdrop of the UK economic cuts.