In POISON we encounter a man (Lucas) and a woman (Edith) who are seeing each other again for the first time in ten years at the cemetery where their only child is buried. They're meeting after many years apart - the body of their son Jacob needs to be exhumed because toxins have seeped into the ground. We follow them over the course of an afternoon, while they wait for their meeting with the cemetery's caretaker - who never turns up. During the course of the afternoon, both Edith and Lucas drop their masks, and secrets are revealed. Lucas has remarried, his new wife is pregnant and he is writing a book about the loss of his son. Edith has never been able to move on despite doing her best to pretend to. It slowly becomes clear that their whole meeting is based on one big lie. Edith fabricated the event to lure Lucas into meeting her after all these years, without knowing what it is exactly that she is looking for. It’s not until Edith and Lucas have exposed their vulnerabilities to each other that they are able to let each other go, and each go their own way.
Official Selection Munich International Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection Galway Film Fleadh 2024
After a tremendous loss, Robin tends to her tropical garden. When a familiar visitor unexpectedly interrupts her peace. Drudging the painful past back with him, he threatens to expose the fragile facade Robin has painstakingly grown, forcing her to confront the pain she so desperately sought to escape.
Bodies of water are intervened upon, moved, disrupted and exploited. Labouring bodies experience similar pressures from the same forces of power and extraction. Distant communities – Northern England and Jamaica – share similar histories of manipulation and oppression whose record is kept in the living memory of its waterways. But water, like people, can find a way to exert its own will.
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025 - World premiere
In the heart of Nepal, nestled amid majestic landscapes and ancient traditions, lies a profound tapestry of spiritual and religious practices. Nepal's history has been predominantly shaped by patriarchal traditions: the Sramana tradition of renunciates and the Brahmana tradition of priests. Yet, there exists a lesser-known matriarchal tradition. Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, meticulously planned by its founder Gunakamdev, features a unique constellation of eight Ajima temples on its peripheries. These temples, dedicated to the grandmother goddesses Ajima, serve as protectors of the city and hint at matriarchal ideals.
Tantra, a spiritual path focusing on energy and liberation, adds another layer to Nepal's spiritual landscape. Unlike patriarchal traditions, Tantra celebrates women's sexuality, emphasizing mutual enjoyment and viewing the body as a sacred temple. Within this matriarchal framework, six genders are recognized, promoting a more inclusive understanding of human diversity.
Kathmandu's labyrinth of temples, structures, and symbols offers glimpses into a bygone era when wise women possibly ruled and protected society, and when Tantra and other spiritual practices flourished. However, invading patriarchal forces have rewritten Nepal's history, obscuring its rich and diverse spiritual heritage, leaving many unaware of their profound legacy.
Plunging us into the ever-accelerating rhythm of food supply and the emergence of new techno-capitalist processes, BLISS POINT looks at the entanglement of automation and human labour, from dark kitchens and food advertising sets to AI-managed warehouses.
Official Selection Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2024
Dani, tirelessly tending to her ailing mother, experiences a turn of events when her mother mysteriously dies while in her care. In the aftermath, Dani becomes haunted by the incessant ringing of her mother's phone, unearthing unsettling secrets...
Sam's search for identity gets interrupted by a mysterious neighbourhood fox. Together they embark on a magical journey to the attic to discover the surprising things they might have in common, and how to celebrate the ways in which they differ.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - Short Film Competition
A documentary crew explores the cut-throat world of competitive hula-hooping, in which a semi-professional junior hooper seeks revenge against the formidable rival who ruined his world record attempt.
Project video for ‘How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car’, a game installation that challenges people to cross the street without being detected by an AI.
Official Selection Ars Electronica Festival 2024 - S+T+ARTS Prize 2024, Honorary Mention
The remarkable true story behind the ground-breaking birth of Louise Joy Brown in 1978, the world’s first ‘test-tube-baby’, and the tireless 10-year journey it took to make it possible. Told through the perspective of Jean Purdy, a young nurse and embryologist, who joined forces with scientist Robert Edwards, and surgeon Patrick Steptoe to unlock the puzzle of infertility by pioneering in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The film celebrates the power of perseverance and the wonders of science as it follows this maverick trio of visionaries who overcame tremendous odds and opposition to realise their dream, and in doing so allowed millions of people to dream with them.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
