Projects with status: Complete

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Have you ever fallen in love with a tree? When the residents of the Woodberry Down Estate in Hackney, London, find out that a property developer has been given permission to fell a much-loved 150-year-old London Plane street tree - which even has its own name, the 'Happy Man Tree' - they start a campaign to try to save it. The film charts the ups and downs of the nine-month David and Goliath battle from the point of view of the brave and endlessly creative local activists who range from 7-year-old Lucas to 82-year-old Sylvia who has lived on the estate for 60 years. This is an innovatively-made grassroots-style film with the charismatic Happy Man Tree as its central character.

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A horror set 43,000 years ago. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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While Steve is desperate for his sisters to prove his innocence, Izzy and Jess are fighting to preserve their safe space and their connection to each other is key. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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In our wealthiest nations, old age homelessness is on the rise and so is the number of pensioners using foodbanks. Is Old Age Poverty an unstoppable global disaster? With a unique mix of comedy animation, interviews with experts and personal stories from all around the world, YOUR HUNDRED-YEAR LIFE explains how we got ourselves into this mess and what we can do to get out of it.

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EMILY imagines the transformative, exhilarating, and uplifting journey to womanhood of a rebel and a misfit, one of the world's most famous, enigmatic, and provocative writers Emily Brontë who died too soon at the age of 30. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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For Gwen its always 1999. The face in the mirror is unfamiliar and her partner isn’t recognisable to her despite waking up together every day. Joe’s past is coming undone and his partner, Sarah, fears she will be forgotten. A doctor refuses to give up on them, determined not to let them unravel. THE ALMOND AND THE SEAHORSE is a funny, poignant and moving story which follows two couples where one partner has survived Traumatic Brain Injury and how this impacts their lives together.

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CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY follows the adventures of a 14 year old girl in medieval England, as she navigates through life and avoiding potential suitors her father has in mind. Official selection Toronto International Film Festival 2022

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In 1968, art students Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell made a trippy photo collage for their musician friends Syd, David and Roger. The resulting album and album cover, 'A Saucerful of Secrets', helped launch two careers: that of Pink Floyd, one of the 70s megabands, and of Hipgnosis, which, over the course of the next 25 years, designed a stream of iconic album covers. Photographer, filmmaker and designer Anton Corbijn fills his Hipgnosis history with case studies of album art from Pink Floyd’s 'Dark Side of the Moon', considered by many to be the greatest album art of all time, to Led Zeppelin’s mind-altering 'Houses of the Holy'. Fuelled by Powell's vivid storytelling, Corbijn captures the energy of a team making iconoclastic art amidst one of the most hedonistic eras in music history. Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2022 - World premiere Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2023

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An exploration of dance as a way to ease coming off anti-depressants. The film is a journey of sorts from isolation to connection, and an artistic montage of city life, revolving around the theme of dance. BAFTA Film Awards 2023 - Nomination - Best British Short Film

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A new epidemic of a mutant virus breaks out in Israel, and the country is cut off from the rest of the world by land, air and sea. As a result Israel is in a state of chaos, and the people stranded there are willing to do anything in order to get out. The Gaza strip however, is the only uninfected place due to the separation wall... Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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When the geriatric ward in a small Yorkshire hospital is threatened with closure, the hospital decides to fight back by galvanizing the local community, and invite a news crew to film their preparations for a concert in honour of the hospital’s most distinguished nurse. What could go wrong? ALLELUJAH celebrates the spirit of the elderly patients whilst paying tribute to the deep humanity of the medical staff battling with limited resources and ever-growing demand. Official selection Toronto International Film Festival 2022 - Special Presentation - World premiere

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A road movie in search of the work of renowned Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa. The film follows a protagonist scouring the island for the ‘lost’ garden of Lunuganga. Finding the treasure might be the goal, yet her search is the catalyst for encounters with a series of characters and rarely visited buildings that reveal the story of Bawa’s life and work.