Projects

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Alfred Rott’s (Timothy Spall) reputation as a womanizing, foul-mouthed right wing genius follows him like a late afternoon shadow. After falling out with authorities over a new Arts Centre in Brussels, Rott is invited to an exclusive orgy where he is handed a once-in-a-lifetime invitation to visit the wealthy and eccentric recluse on the island of Malta who calls himself 'The Grand Duke Of Corsica'. The Grand Duke (Peter Stormare) commissions Alfred to build him a personalized mausoleum in preparation for his own death. A malaria outbreak on the island causes the entire population to flee. Fires break out and pandemonium ensues. Alfred must remain however, to finish the project that may be the greatest, yet most invisible, creation of his remarkable career.

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Deon Williams is missing. And he's not the first. Deon’s mates have their theories on who it might be, always bringing it back to the figures of authority who make their lives difficult. But there is one suspect that stands out the most - the shady proprietor of the rundown chip shop on the edge of the estate with the lisp and unusual skin condition. Something just ain’t right about him. Deon’s brother Junior, resolves to go in and find out the truth.

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Abdullah is exiled in London. His family are trapped in Syria. This is their existence.

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SWEDGE OF HEAVEN is a moving image project that continues a line of the artist's practice engaging with the nature of experience in relation to place – particularly through the perspective of being connected to a place whilst simultaneously being a stranger to or outside of it. Using real world locations in Essex, Swedge of Heaven explores liminal/transitional/peripheral spaces and realms, navigated by a reanimated rave mascot and a wooden Neolithic fertility figure. Although from distant moments in history, the protagonists are both figures indicative of ritual gathering created by Essex communities. Within the work the isolated figures hover in cultural/historical flux, a state of simultaneous belonging and alienation as they pass through and around places seemingly suspended on the edge of conventional time and space. The project employs experimental digital animation techniques that bring together 3D generated models of real world objects/sites and computer generated actors that navigate in and out of these virtual real world spaces.

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A reinvention of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The radical new take on Dickens’ classic seeks both to exhume the original story’s gritty commentary on social inequality and the corrupting influence of greed, and to breathe new life into the lyricism of the original text by setting its scenes to extraordinary tableaux of modern dance. The opening scenes of the film follow a Victorian family preparing a toy theatre for their annual performance of 'A Christmas Carol'. As the family's grandmother narrates the much-edited story and her grandchildren change the scenery, we enter the imagination of one of the children in the audience and watch as the cardboard stage, and the story with it, transforms into a darkly fantastical otherworld.

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In 1943 Poland, six Jewish children murdered by a German housewife. In 2017 Manchester, twenty three concert goers murdered by a student. A terrible echo seventy five years apart, connected by extremism. ARENA follows two intercutting stories of outsider characters whose lives have been poisoned through conditioning to carry out extreme acts of hate. Will society ever learn the lessons of the past?

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In the mid-'80s, Swedish mining company Boliden exported hazardous waste to the town of Arica in northern Chile, turning a blind eye towards its mismanagement. This has devastating consequences for the health of the local community, heavily affecting young children as well as adults. Arica by Lars Edman and William Johansson Kalén plunges us into the lawsuit against the mining giant, as the underprivileged demand justice and petition the company to take responsibility for the case. Official Selection IDFA 2020 - Frontlight - World premiere

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Through a series of vignettes, we see fragments of a couple’s relationship; in sync together, yet out of time with the world around them. As the story unfolds, we slowly start to see their relationship deteriorate. She becomes out of sync with him and thus in sync with the world.

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A story of independence, about a hot water bottle who gets left out in the cold. Directed and animated by Jenny Wright, it is a silent animation, exploring the nature and values of relationships, comfort, support and abandonment, told through an evocative line drawing and watercolour style.

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Enter the relentless pressure of a restaurant kitchen as a head chef wrangles his team on the busiest day of the year. Official Selection Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - Crystal Globe Competition - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Thrill

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Michael, a young hustler with a resentment towards God, experiences the ultimate test of faith when he finds his girlfriend unconscious.

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With the help of their family, friends, and faith, three fathers unravel the incomparable partnership of forgiveness and community in North Philadelphia. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2021 - International premiere