In a small rural community of the remote Upper Himalayan region of Ladakh in India, two young sisters struggle with the onset of separation. As they try to make sense of their changing world we slowly discover a lost world where development threatens to tear the sisters apart.
Amelia is a 7 year-old dyslexic who has learned to transform her shortcomings into creativity; when confronted with the unforgiving restrictions of the classroom she will use her imagination to overcome her obstacles.
There was once a man quite sure of himself.
Everyday he would have a morning stroll. On one such occasion, he spotted something he had never seen before: a tortoise. He examined it thoroughly, noticing every detail;
Soon he ran home to tell the family. But would anyone believe him?...
Helene recounts rather peculiar goings on in her household, sharing with us what she thinks Mummy (and Daddy) could do about it.
Based on the Children's category winner at Milan's Festival Delle Lettere, colourful memories are recounted and occasionally improved, through the eyes of this imaginative 11 year old.
'Marvin was born with a hole in his head, he wasn't born stupid, he wasn't born dead'. Narrated by Steve Coogan (I'm Alan Partridge, Coffee and Cigarettes) with music composed by Jeff Mercel of Mercury Rev, Marvin is a short, slightly twisted, animated film based on Frank Pudney's original idea.
Deep in a cornish village a little girl Eloise sits reading her book she's had since birth when shes distracted by movement from within the Reading Room Book Shop across the street. Inquisitive, she investigates but what she discovers is a little more than she bargained for and Mrs Peppercorn shows her how magical her world can really be.
My Dad & Spike tells the poignant story of how sometimes it's the unforeseen changes in life that often matter most.
In a suburban London street, lives 7 year old Ali, his Mum, Dad and fish Spike. All his life, when darkness comes and everyone is asleep, Ali has been comforted by the sound of his Dad's loud snoring next door. But one day the snoring stops.
For Mum and Dad it's a huge relief but for Ali, it sparks a series of fears not only about the darkness of the night but about the health of his fish.
My Dad & Spike is a film about the quiet intricacies of family life.
It's term time at Stouts Hill School and the young Stephen Fry befriends a new boy Bunce. When Fry is caught with forbidden sweets bought from the out of bounds village sweet shop, he persuades Bunce to take the blame. Both are hauled in front of the headmaster under whose intimidation Bunce buckles and tells the truth. As punishment Fry is put into detention while the rest of the school tucks into the Christmas Feast.
A simple soccer ball sparks an unusual friendship between two young boys on opposite sides of the Israeli and Palestinian separation wall. Can this wordless and gaze free relationship over come the seemingly inevitable escalation of conflict, manifested by the wall’s towering presence?
SOUTHBANK UNSEEN will blow our minds and get us thinking through four, visually dynamic and aurally arresting, documentary dramas that delve into the unseen.
These short documentary dramas give us an alternative view of London’s South Bank from the eyes and ears of four extraordinarily gifted individuals.
