Projects with status: Complete

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1872: Lorenzo Lawrence walked an elephant south/until the name and walk were one,/noteworthy as the gentle beast himself, called/Maharajah…

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An 8-minute animated short set over two time periods. In 1999 a boy becomes obsessed with the Y2K bug; In the distant future a girl is learning to be a priest in a religion based upon the ‘artifacts’ left behind by the boy. The people in the future speak in a partially understandable dialect of English that has evolved over time. The cult of personality is terrifying, insane and at times hilarious. We are interested in how humans fabricate meaning and place their most deep-seated fears in the most unlikely of gods. The Year 2000 was simultaneously the beginning of the future, and the end of world. NEW YEAR is a humorous film that looks at humans struggling with their mortality, over thousands of years, through stories, ritual and religion.

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Ominous cinegrams of Albrecht Dürer’s 'Melencolia' print intercut, like cascading scythes, with depictions of a woman in a field, evoking repetitions that exist in harvest rituals, as well as in gestures of madness. Spectres of familial anxieties creep into this loose take on the myth of Poludnica (noonwraith or Lady Midday), a Slavic harvest spirit that could cause madness in those who wandered the fields alone.

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In the underground world of money and sex, this emotionally engaging documentary gives rare insight into the reflective personal struggle of sex workers. Using animation for anonymity, real questions are deliberated by real women, sharing their real stories.

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A disabled man finds love and hope in his neighbour through the confinement of his bedroom window.

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A chronicle of personal experiences taking place in the Negev desert in southern Israel. The film journeys through natural, industrial, and militarized landscapes as a disembodied voice-over weaves childhood memories, geology, ecology and politics into one narrative.

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David Haye. Unified world cruiserweight champion at twenty-eight, heavyweight champion at twenty-nine… on course to join the pantheon of boxing greats before injury and defeat in the ring seemed to put an end to his career. 4 years later, he’s in the fight of his life as he undergoes radical, experimental surgery and trains harder than ever for one last comeback, one last chance to become a legend! With 900 hours of unprecedented, intimate access filming over 5 years, this is an extraordinarily personal portrait of a man struggling with anxiety, depression and self-belief and what it takes to achieve his dreams, what it takes to become a champion!

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A young couple living alone in the woods must contend with a life-altering illness that manifests itself in a violent and terrifying way. Rose’s disease is a vampiric, parasitic thirst for blood. As her hunger grows, all humanity seems to give way to a feral violence that harms both her and those around her. The pair’s love strains under the burden of Rose’s illness, and it is only a matter of time until the secluded life that they have built is upended entirely. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2020

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The source clip is taken from a cult science fiction film where the world is literally turned on its side. The audio track is cut along with the moving image and superimposed 5 times reverberating speech and effects tracks.

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Leaving their dangerous home life behind, Jessica and her brother Charlie will embark on a journey that will change their lives forever.

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Two creative but impressionable kids hatch a plan to purchase their first packet of cigarettes, whilst clinging on to their prized possession; an impossible-to-get shiny gold football sticker.

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In 1959 the legendary ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax set out on a road trip through The Southern States. Recently returned from years of voluntary exile during the McCarthy era, his goal was to collect a definitive cross-section of traditional American roots music, using prototype stereo tape-recorder. This was a world on the cusp of monumental change, the recordings that Lomax made serve as both a peerless collection of traditional music and a social document of the times. 60 years on, SOUTHERN JOURNEY REVISITED follows the route that Lomax previously traversed - searching out the remaining echoes of the recordings he made along the way. Alongside the music, the documentary takes the pulse of a nation, surveying what has and has not changed, for good and for bad, in the 6 decades since Lomax trod the self-same path. Inspired partly by the negative stereotypes of the South that predominate both in Europe and the rest of America, the filmmakers set out to see for themselves if those stereotypes held any water. What emerges is a rich and varied tapestry that gives the lie to any reductive theories about the people and politics of the land that lies “Away, Away, Away Down South”.