Projects with status: Complete

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A creative collaboration with Ashéninka producer Gregorio Santos Perez and English writer Iain Sinclair, the film follows their ancestors' footsteps to the Peruvian jungle. Their journeys flip between continents and centuries as the narrative is wrested by the Ashéninka people, to produce an original mediation – part documentary, part fiction – on fate, family and the search for Eldorado.

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A woman finds herself stranded in a mountain hut after a mysterious hiking accident during a snowstorm. Alone with only herself to talk to on a broken radio, she is faced with the reality of her PTSD which leads to some unnerving revelations and darkly comedic encounters.

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A mother of a young girl committed a crime that separated the pair, leaving the daughter to live on the side of the road by herself.

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A modern dice appears with some of the 20th century’s most significant political figures. What do they all have in common? What is the connection?

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A portmanteau short comprising a series of dramatic episodes tracing the life experiences of several female characters from the pages of George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'; centring human rights issues and state-sponsored oppression.

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Follow the story of a disappearing, centuries-old tradition that encapsulates the delicate balance, and deep connections, between humanity and the natural world.

Kyung-Mi, Geum-Mi and Jeong-Mi Moon are three sisters, now in their sixties, Haenyeo "sea women", taking only what they need from the sea one breath at a time.

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In Regency-era London five women waiting for a carriage descend into a frenzy of vicious gossip about a notorious scandal - with devastating results.

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When two friends' journey takes an unexpected turn, nobody can predict how events will turn out. Especially when nothing is as it seems.

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Sheltering beneath the streets of London, the company of a West End play find themselves isolated from their loved ones when a nearby terrorist attack cuts short their final night performance. Minds racing over past anxieties from the run, they contemplate life-and-death decisions within the claustrophobic confines of the theatre basement.

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Two trans refugees share their stories in this short film about family- the families we're born into, and the families we make out of our friends.

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Our planet is full of life. From vast oceans to wide-open skies, the diversity of life here seems infinite. But one of those here on earth has been changing the balance for all of its residents.
Yet this is a story of hope.
Meet the people and communities who are making a difference and showing us the way to a brighter, wilder future. Restoring our natural world and restoring our faith in humankind across Britain's WILD ISLES.

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When 11-year-old Dean discovers an injured bird on his doorstep, he finds himself reflecting on past memories and is led on an intense personal journey of discovery and growth. WINGS is a love letter from the late Sonya Hale, written as an enduring signal of hope to her son.
Official Selection Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2022 - World premiere