In 1970, the Miss World competition took place in London, hosted by US comedy legend, Bob Hope. At the time, Miss World was the most-watched TV show on the planet with over 100 million viewers. Claiming that beauty competitions demeaned women, the newly-formed Women’s Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage and disrupting the live broadcast of the competition. Not only that, when the show resumed, the result caused uproar: the winner was not the Swedish favourite but Miss Grenada - the first black woman to be crowned Miss World. In a matter of hours, a global audience had witnessed the patriarchy driven from the stage and the Western ideal of beauty turned on its head.
Laurie, a cynical schoolgirl, builds and nurtures a secret friendship with Pete, an older man who's apparently obsessed with her.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Love Strand- World premiere
Tam gets the first tube home alone. In just a crop-top and high-waisted jeans he re-lives his Halloween night out.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Create Strand - World premiere
Inspired by a real car crash and by political rupture in 1996, part Road movie, part film noir the film challenges genre conventions to propose a post rupture female led future.
Four passengers on a journey in a black Mercedes are unaware of their significance as state archetypes: a Police Commissioner, a Politician and a Right-wing Assassin. The fourth passenger is Yenge, the only female traveller, a woman silenced by the genre conventions of her role in the film. After a rupture Yenge’s noir voiceover begins to interrupt the male characters’ forced bravado as they are haunted by the Resistant Dead – the residual movements created from stories of people refusing to be forgotten. The film’s destination, The Gossip, addresses tales of female emancipation and empowerment, where a group of female activists transcend time, geographical borders and linguistic barriers to gather in a neutral nether-realm of conversation and mutual support.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Experimenta Strand - World premiere
Set in the idyllic spa town of Ilkley during its annual literary festival, this black comedy follows two hapless evangelicals tasked with killing the world’s most controversial secularist.
An intergenerational film that traverses the relationship between my grandmother (Raji) and my mother (Aruna), during challenging times. As Raji struggles to fight her hallucinatory demons, Aruna attempts to embrace her world.
An animated documentary about the precarious lives of African immigrants seeking their fortunes in Guangzhou, China - the centre of a booming global trade in counterfeit goods.
THE WHOLE TRUTH tells an honest yet hopeful story of the aftermath of childhood sexual abuse, honouring the strength of survivors and championing friendship and communication as healing tools.
Mallory is a smart, well-intentioned but lonely young police officer who must interview Jenny, a schoolgirl, about the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her teacher. During their ABE interview, as she struggles to get Jenny to confront her trauma and admit the truth of what has happened to her, an unlikely bond forms between the two women. As tensions rise, Mallory is forced to face the truth about her own past and realise that the best way for her to truly help Jenny is to finally find the strength to share it. With each others support, Mallory and Jenny must face the abuse they have suffered and find the strength to talk about it.
THE WHOLE TRUTH confronts the stigma around childhood sexual abuse head on and explores the impact of child abuse in adulthood, the importance of speaking up and the future that is possible for survivors when they begin to heal. The film aims to empower survivors, dissolve the taboo around these issues and spark discussions among audiences around the importance of support systems for survivors navigating an often traumatising legal system alongside the psychological aftermath of abuse.
THE WHOLE TRUTH is endorsed by the charity One in Four www.oneinfour.org.uk
When an alien with amazing powers crash-lands near Mossy Bottom Farm, Shaun the Sheep goes on a mission to shepherd the intergalactic visitor home before a sinister organization can capture her.
Shaun, the world’s favourite sheep returns to the big screen in the sequel to his hugely successful and highly acclaimed Oscar-nominated 2015 cinematic debut SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE.
A gritty British drama set in modern-day London. Nearing her final year of school, Hilda’s aspirations hit rock bottom when she is forced to contend with the abandonment of her parents and the dependency of younger siblings. Determined to avoid the breakup of her family, she depends on dance to keep the enclosing chaos at bay. As people begin to vanish from Hilda's life, her only constant is music, but when it stops the silence is deafening.
