These are good days for Sean until the phone call.
Premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, August 2006, where the film won the UK Film Council/Kodak award for best British short.
In the summer of 2004, on a car journey in Eastern Europe, Pavla Fleischer met and fell in love with Eugene Hutz, lead singer of New York's Gypsy Punk band Gogol Bordello. Captivated by his energy and his musical verve, and desperate to get to know him better, she decided to make a film about him.
The Pied Piper of Hutzovina follows Eugene and Pavla on their subsequent road trip through Eugene's home country, Ukraine.
It is the story of two people traveling together on two very different courses. Her aim is to rediscover a forgotten romance; his is to rediscover his roots. She hopes to find love on the road; he hopes to find musical inspiration from the gypsy culture he is determined to preserve. This is an intimate portrait of a filmmaker with a passion for
her subject, and a punk musician with a longing to revisit his past. Theirs is a journey which tests their relationship and challenges their perceptions of the music they both love.
Filmed on location in London and New York, The Plans of Man is a modern re-imagining of the biblical Adam and Eve story, with a touch of Greencard.
When Adam's perfectly planned life falls apart after fiancé Lilith leaves him, he must decide whether to stick to the old plan and follow Lilith to New York, or make a new plan. The choice seems easy, and Adam prepares himself to leave London. However, he fails to secure a US work permit, despite sleeping with his boss for a US job transfer.
Vivacious American Evie turns up on Adam's doorstep in an immigration jam of her own. Adam needs a greencard, Evie needs a visa - the plan seems clear. Evie hides her feelings for Adam as they get married, but Adam's revised plan soon hits yet another bump in the road when he falls for his new wife.
Is Adam brave enough to abandon his plan and take a bite of the apple - or is it a foolish mistake he'll regret forever?
Anita has fallen in love with Paul. The growing feelings she has for him bring up many questions and fears in her, but she soon realises that love is more than just a measure of the space between us.
Set in the reign of King James VI of Scotland, The Witches tells the story of three fishwives who concoct a plan to save themselves from the threat of witch dooking.
There Will Be Something Later explores the dreams, obsessions and disfunctional relationships of seven characters. Some are friends, some family, some, neighbours. Some hold secret feelings of love or compassion for one another and all of them want to win the local talent contest.
Keith has recently set up home with Claire in a suburban part of London leaving behind him a three year relationship with Julia and the inner city area he grew up in.
His action angers his sister and surprises his brother-in-law. Both attempt to change his mind but to no avail. He meets John on a routine call-out job. A mutual interest in football leads to John's offer of a free hotel room for Keith and his friend when they travel to Stockholm for an international football friendly taking place at the weekend. On route to the airport, realising he has left his passport, Keith returns home to find Claire in bed with Ryan, his brother-in-law.
Keith travels solo to Stockholm after his friend Dave, who has the match tickets, pulls out at the last moment. Angry, hurt and alone in a foreign city, Keith goes to the only place he knows; the hotel room offered by John. There he meets Anna, John's previous girlfriend, and ends up staying at her apartment. Over a period of several days, their complicated lives interweave as each one tries to manoeuvre the emotions of an unrequited love.
A Filipino migrant has been living and working in Israel for ten years. Without a residence permit, in a country with very harsh law enforcement, she is only free to move around the house and the garden where she works. She has a special bond with her pet, a tortoise.
On a Friday night in London, Alec, an enigmatic homeless man, sits across the street from a black-tie party at a posh hotel. A chance occurrence gives Alec the opportunity to enter this high society gathering, where the layers of his personality and his past are revealed to an unsuspecting audience.
