Shanghai Below the High Rise is a cutting-edge documentary about Shanghai's 'underclass'; a group of millions made up of both impoverished local residents and migrant workers, who are all paying the ultimate price for the city's ongoing development programme in the lead-up to the 2010 World Expo.
In an attempt to get the stories of those worst affected, the film journeys into the city's poverty-stricken backstreets, uncovering a way of life that could very soon be gone from the city forever.
Among the many conflicts explored, we see a backstreet neighbourhood ravaged by an incomplete construction project; migrant workers forced into the city's 'hidden' economy; and former state employees left jobless, and with limited future prospects.
This is a Shanghai rarely seen in the West. This is a Shanghai from below the high rise.
Tibet. March 2008. The biggest uprising since China took control in 1959, sweeps through the country. Meanwhile, Tibetans in exile march on their homeland, determined to support their countrymen. This is a year of dramatic possibilities for Tibet. For more than 20 years, the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual and political leader, has pursued his Middle Way Approach: giving up the goal of Tibet's independence in return for genuine autonomy. But China has consistently rejected his proposal. Now, more and more Tibetans are questioning his strategy. Can the Dalai Lama's path of peace and compromise find a solution for Tibet? Or will the voices calling for independence prevail?
Police raid a Glaswegian Asian household. The son, Ali is arrested on suspicion of terrorism. Between cops, hacks, mullahs and militants, the Malik family’s world descends into nightmare. Yet not everybody is an enemy. Fast-paced, topical and thought-provoking, this is the first-ever feature film made by the South Asian diaspora in Scotland. A night of darkness.
An Act of Terror was nominated for a BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award 2009 in the 'Best Producer' Category.
Recently there have been massive, unprecedented rises across world markets in the value of Jade. It is now 40 times more valuable than gold.
This part observational, part impressionistic study of a day in the life of a Muslim community, illustrate their hopeful efforts to discover Jade in the harsh conditions of a dried-up river bed in a remote town on the Silk Road in Western China.
What would life be like if women weren’t judged primarily on their looks?
Wistful and lyrical, this is a journey through the eyes of Shabana, a passionate 25-year-old British Muslim woman in Scotland who always longed for freedom from bodily scrutiny, and found it by wearing the controversial hijab.
Alfie Singh, Accountant turned Film Producer, has a great idea for a film. It’s called 'Ealing Comedy' and it’s about an Accountant turned Film Producer called Alfie Singh. Alfie will play himself and his real son Paul will play his son in the film.
Turned down by all the Financiers, Alfie vows to make the film himself. His life with his teenage son and his struggles to finance and make the film are all woven together in a series of mad-cap events concluding in a very British triumph.
An animation film in which young British Muslims explore and challenge negative portrayals and stereotypes of Islam in society and the Media through a series of snapshots conversations from across East London.
Lian comes from China, to sell pirate DVDs on the streets of London. Her only reminder of home is a precious memento, that she keeps hidden from her flatmates. But when she tries to view it, it becomes mixed-up in the merchandise; and her loss becomes London's gain.
Imperium depicts the rise of two friends from small time hustlers to big time heroin smugglers, set against the backdrop of the East End of London; it portrays their relationship as takes on the seedy world of the London underworld.
Bob, a gentle retiree with a passion for woodworking, finds an outlet from his tired marriage in the form of an unusual character he comes across in his workshop.
