A visual approximation surrounding the learning or relearning of sight through bionic implants. As we view diffuse abstracted visuals, based on real footage, the soundtrack reveals that we’re sharing the experience of someone in a fictional medical experiment.
When the Filmmaker is told his next film must be about crime, sex or celebrity to get funded, he takes matters into his own hands and begins shooting in his home with a cast of characters connected to his own life.
We first meet two English builders, employed to replace the garden fence, temporarily removing the barrier between the house and a Pakistani neighbour. This introduces the film’s central theme of hospitality which ultimately finds its expression when a homeless Slovakian man charms the Filmmaker’s Colombian cleaner to let him in and tests everyone's ideas of the expectations and boundaries between host and guests.
Official Selection Sheffield Doc/Fest 2020 - World Premiere
The Owl and the Pussycat set sail with their few precious possessions on a journey in which they learn nothing and lose everything except each other.
This 4 minute film by Mole Hill has been made using an innovative ‘waximation’ technique to mark the 150th anniversary of Edward Lear’s evergreen nonsense poem.
BAFTA Film Awards 2021 - Winner - Best British Short Animation
This hypnotic VR narrative unfolds around 5 characters, increasingly struggling to access their uploaded memories. Set in a breathtaking visual landscape, this dystopian future unravels slowly around you, leaving you challenged to re-think your own beliefs and actions. It’s an exploration of a possible future that says much about our present lives.
Imagine a world where there is no air left to breathe, no rivers to race a paper boat on and no parks to roam in. Environmental damage, job-automation, the breakdown of personal connections have led to a future where the best choice of survival is to upload your own memories into an automated AI cloud server and reconnect with loved ones in the vastness of the net.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2021
Young activists in Oxford wage a trans-positive graffiti war after discovering TERF stickers dotted around the city.
Official Selection BFI Flare LGBTQ+ Festival 2021
VITROLAGE is a short film highlighting confidence issues faced by women who have been the victims of acid attacks.
A key message at the end was important to highlight important stats and figures and to bring awareness to such disturbing attacks.
Sam and Tusker are partners of 20 years, who are travelling across England in their old RV visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia two years before, their time together is the most important thing they have.
Official Selection San Sebastian International Film Festival 2020 - Competition - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2020
Documentary focusing on Irish musician and The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, featuring animation, unseen footage from director Julien Temple’s own archives and contributions from collaborators, artists and MacGowan’s family. The film culminates with MacGowan's 60th birthday celebration, populated by musicians and film stars.
Artist Ralph Steadman, known for his collaborations with writer Hunter S. Thompson, provides original artwork which animator Jonny Halifax brings to life.
Official Selection San Sebastian International Film Festival 2020 - Competition - World premiere
Special Jury Prize, San Sebastian International Film Festival 2020
