London Tango captures the excitement of dance and gives a privileged access into its world. The business, the showmanship, the glamour, and the sheer hard work.
Meet the stars of the dance world and the tentative beginners; those for whom dance is a calling they'd sacrifice anything for and those unsure of what they are looking for but willing to take a chance, to grow.
Get carried away. Your journey begins with a single step.
Summer, 1978. London.
Georgia sits in a Geography class covering her exercise book with graffiti. Her classmate Peter watches her with longing. Georgia turns and catches him – but ignores his gaze.
After school Peter goes to the local record shop to buy the new Buzzcocks single, Love You More. It's the day of its release and he's desperate to own it. As he's flicking through the rack of 'New Releases' Georgia comes in. She's after the same record.
But there's only one copy. And Peter's got it. Georgia quizzes him on Buzzcocks. She's quietly impressed that this seeming geek knows his stuff. But there's still only one copy. Georgia slips it into Peter's school bag and they hurry out.
In the street she invites him to listen to the stolen record with her. He hesitates and admits he's supposed to be going straight home. Georgia laughs and leads him to her place - a flat above a pub.
They go to her bedroom and listen to the song. It's loud and quick and it ends suddenly. Georgia throws herself at Peter and they devour each other; a frenzy of skin and limbs, the energy of the music propelling them into losing their virginities.
Georgia walks Peter home. Peter wants to know if she'll continue to ignore him at school. Georgia says, 'Don't be poxy'. They kiss, tenderly.
Peter watches Georgia depart. He's madly in love. Georgia walks away from him. A nervous look in her eyes. Perhaps she will never love him more than she did today.
The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries. All action takes place around NASA's Space Sciences Laboratories, UC Berkeley, to recordings of space scientists describing their discoveries. Actual VLF audio recordings control the evolution of the fields as they delve into our inaudible surroundings, revealing recurrent 'whistlers' produced by fleeting electrons. Are we observing a series of scientific experiments, the universe in flux, or a documentary of a fictional world?
When Colonel Pretis of the UN falls in love with Mathilde, a local girl, during the Balkans war, he lets his passion overcome his sense of duty. Mid life crisis and the beautiful Mediterranean blur the tragedies of war. When he realizes he's fallen into a deadly trap, it's too late.
Mental Block depicts the journey of a young freerunner (Ali) striving to find his own personal route through life using the discipline of parkour, but all motion stops when he reaches the inevitable mental block. Set within inner-city estates Ali discovers the hardest obstacles to overcome are in the mind.
A young girl's carefully crafted magical world shatters when her mother is hospitalised and her estranged grandma comes to stay. The only way grandma can communicate with her is via the fantastical stories she tells. As they battle each other their new roles in the house, they come to terms with their grief.
Love is like a hired suit. It often doesn't fit.
Charlie wakes up the morning after the night before with an unexpected houseguest. They both just need to make it to the church on time.
A bittersweet comedy about two guys with jobs to do this morning.
Grieving the death of her adoptive mother, Alison tries to track down her natural mother to find a replacement 'Mum'. She sends out a videotape as an introduction.
In Kisumu, Kenya, a group of boys create and perform an Aids awareness show for local audiences, based on their own lives as HIV orphans, and their experience of life on the streets. In so doing, they find a voice, and discover a sense of purpose.
Having never left the ship when Nora, a service android, is given the oppertunity to leave her life of menial labour and take part in an mission to save the human species, she believes her dream of freedom will be fullfilled. Narrowly avoiding destruction she crash lands on a desolate planet finding herself stranded and without means of communication. Her journey quickly turns to one of survival both for herself and her fellow androids.
