Projects

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Female sumo wrestling champion Hiyori confronts obstacles both inside and outside the ring in an attempt to change Japan's national sport forever. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - International premiere

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A restless young man wants to leave love, and the Earth, behind. Mankind reflects the idea of humans being explorers by nature, and the consequences of standing still, for too long.

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Omar lives a lonely life in London. One evening he meets Marco, a Spanish student newly-arrived in town. As their night together progresses, the truth of Marco’s journey to London will change Omar forever.

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In a world where light powers everything, a curious child is finally allowed to visit the factory that their parent owns. But the dark secret they uncover inside this factory threatens to tear their whole world apart. Now, they must make a choice between family, or the life of another...

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Faraz’s quiet life working at an isolated petrol station is turned upside down when his ageing father Malik begins to speak in a long-forgotten language and insists on returning back home. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 Journey Strand - World premiere Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2019 - Critics' Week - International premiere

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Between the 1960s and 70s three sisters each ate from her own coloured enamel plate at a specific place at the table. PLATES juxtaposes audiovisual recording of material objects with narrative interpretations of their past context. Each plate manifests an individual sound, colour, and damage. Evoking interpretations of childhood identity.

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A post-Brexit pagan dance fantasy about a troupe of Morris dancing badgers trying to avoid the animal quarantine compound which has been built above their burrow. But when tragedy strikes, a young badger goes rogue and forges a forbidden friendship on the other side of the bars.

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The film gives insight in to Alyssa's anxiety phase of grieving as hallucinations build to a peak, blurring her understanding of time and mortality before reaching an emotional rebirth.

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An ex bodybuilding champion now personal trainer finds secret excitement in his life when he agrees to train a young man for championships; an overweight beauty clinic secretary who lacks confidence in her physical appearance uses her sexy voice to create a persona for seducing men she feels she could never have; and a dispirited religious singer tries his luck at becoming a wedding singer to increase the chances of finding the love of his life. This is the bittersweet tale of three middle-aged disenchanted characters yearning for love and connection in a city that does not embrace them. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - Love Strand - World premiere Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2019 - Voices - International premiere

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In the dark of night, a flashing stable light is answered by another, on the other side of the village. Kerim and Rena are in love, but have had to marry other people. They meet once a week atop a hill to speak to their relatives, and are only able to express their love for one another by flashing the lights from their barns at night.

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In a world of constant flux and chaos, it’s almost a shock to discover some experiences remain unchanged, natural, primitive even. In the middle of London lies Hampstead Heath, 320 hectares of forest, parkland and wildlife, plus three unique, gender-segregated swimming ponds. People take the waters in them all year round, just as they did in the time of Keats and Constable. Capturing all the beauty of the English seasons, Patrick McLennan and Samuel Smith filmed the swimmers over 12 months as they shivered, laughed, complained, ruminated, philosophised or simply sought respite from all that life threw at them. THE PONDS is a heart-warming celebration of eccentricity and sheer bloody-mindedness as these unusual people, united by a shared passion, meet to take on whatever the weather… and life… throws at them.

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Martin the Mushroom was born on the wrong rock. The mushrooms on his rock look like him, but they don’t share the same enthusiasm. Martin journeys to the other rock but is rejected by a native mushroom because he looks different. Thus begins his epic journey to find his place.