Taking the situation in Darfur as its catalyst the film is the contemplative journey of the film-maker to the land of her birth at a time of crisis. She examines the race dynamic in Sudanese society through the prism of her own experience of race in Britain and Sudan.
Darfur is on everyone's mind, from pedlars in the souk to professors at the University and the film offers a unique opportunity to see and hear Sudanese people articulating how they feel about the Darfur crisis, about race and politics in their country and about the place and role of the international community in their affairs.
When Candy Connor and Randy Bush, celebrated Californian self-help gurus, come to London to launch their bestselling book ‘Are You Ready For Love? How To Find Love in Three Days’, they choose three single Brits for a publicity stunt to prove that their advice works.
Luke, Barry and Melanie are the three unlucky-in-love hopefuls who pay good money to take part in Candy and Randy’s promotional promise.
Luke, a self-confessed ‘Monster Lover’, is a 38-year-old ageing pop star who relies on his status as a one-hit wonder to attract one-night stands. He is in desperate need of help to find a real relationship.
Barry, a 35-year-old Jewish dentist, is a perfectionist with high expectations for his perfect partner. He turns to Candy and Randy in a last attempt to avoid his domineering mother’s match-making scheme.
Melanie, a 32-year-old photographer, is a hopeless romantic looking for ‘The One’. Always seeming to find the wrong one, she believes that Candy and Randy will help her to find true love.
These three single Brits have just 72 hours to find love by following the advice given to them by the Californian gurus and their new book. Throughout this three-day period, their every move is filmed by roving cameras who are documenting their success for a promotional television programme to be shown at a press conference after the three days are up.
An errant father and his young son are thrust together unwillingly to perform a grim family task. Granddad has died, and the son and grandson have been entrusted with scattering the ashes at his beloved Anfield Stadium. But nothing in this family ever goes to plan, and the boy is left with a problem on his hands.
Bata-ville is a bittersweet documentary record of a coach trip to the origins of the Bata shoe empire in Zlín in the Czech Republic. Against the backdrop of regeneration in their local communities, former employees of the now-closed UK shoe factories in East Tilbury (Essex) and Maryport (Cumbria) are led on a journey that begins as a free holiday but soon becomes an opportunity for a collective imagining of what entrepreneur Tomas Bata's maxim 'We are not afraid of the future' means for them in 21st- century Britain.
Inspired by the contrast between the idealism of Bata and the more recent industrial decline of East Tilbury and Maryport, host/directors Pope and Guthrie lead this unorthodox coach party on a journey through Bata's legacy.
In a bewitching musical drama Tina longs for what she can't have. A chopper magically appears and a whirlwind of colourful musical scenes unfolds, involving a furious mother, dancing neighbours and clowning policeman.
A film noir about mixed signals. Confusion. And there being no signs.
A girl who desires a woman decides to take matters into her own hands after being beaten up - Only she didn't reckon on the outcome.
A delicate portrait of a mother and daughter's strained existence together in the Scottish countryside. A birthday celebration is hampered by a crumbling life that is held together by a daughter's love.
What do you do when your wife Iona Aylesbury (Kristin Scott Thomas) can’t tell the difference between a shrink and a shop, your eight-year-old son Orlando spray paints his rabbit’s name on the walls to get attention, while his gay godfather Stephen (Ralph Fiennes) lies half beaten to death in hospital. Your boss is drawing you into a scam which could cost you your career, your father Edward Aylesbury has an illegitimate love child with his former mistress Gloria (Penelope Cruz), her social worker Colin (Rhys Ifans) can’t help prying into her past and present, and your stepmother Penelope's (Harriet Walter) bond with her dogs is your best role model of a loving relationship. Every family has secrets it hides behind the walls of its home - these are the dilemmas and secrets of Marcus Aylesbury (Damian Lewis).
When Marcus’s old ‘friend’ Trent (Ben Chaplin), an intelligent investigative journalist, gets wind of a story he knows will make him a media star the good old virtues of honesty, loyalty and friendship are sacrificed to the new morality of success and celebrity. Pushed by his powerhouse editor, Trent is forced to bend his ideals of using journalism to make a difference - and instead focuses on writing ‘sexy stories that sell’. This darkly comedic drama relentlessly pulls these characters into situations which threaten their stable place in a society where privilege and birth are no longer powerful enough to protect the fortunate few, and where the American values of money, beauty and success have become the cornerstones of contemporary London life.
Double-crossing Rich is abducted in the middle of the night by Tommy. He's taken to a deserted scrap yard and locked in the boot of a car destined to be crushed. Rescued by Ol' Duke, the two share a drink, then Rich slowly realises that something is horribly wrong.
Two young children wake one bright morning. To the audible and visual backdrop of a city slowly coming to life after its slumber, they discover their mother asleep, arms around a stranger. They quietly switch off her alarm and embark on a morning full of freedom, exhilaration and innocence.
With Cole Porter's songs, Divine Inspiration is a musical comedy about Kenneth Hawkstone, an artistic genius who can paint, write, direct and also date models. But he's suffering a mid-life and a spiritual crisis that affects his creativity. When he affirms that he doesn't believe in God, God is surprised because Kenneth is 'her' favorite creation and wants to meet him immediately.
