Herb’s life is a mess. He can’t hold down a job, can’t talk to his son, has a neighbour who won’t shut up and a diet that consists mainly of cheap beer and mushy peas. It’s no way to live and he knows it.
Then he learns from a TV news report that Danish prisoners have it way better than he does: a job, easily accessible healthcare, the quiet of the countryside, even an HDTV. They’re practically living in hotels.
He says goodbye (and good riddance) to his dingy flat and smuggles himself to Denmark aboard a cargo ship, landing in a quaint town with everything he needs - including a bank to rob. But when he meets a friendly local barmaid and a lovable stray dog that won’t leave his side, he begins to wonder if prison really is his only chance of finding a fulfilling life.
A comedy drama about a struggling actor with undiagnosed Dissociative Identity Disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder), who battles for his sanity when he wins the lead role in a West End play and falls for the pretty makeup artist.
Having never won a major tournament, ailing football giants SSC Napoli had criminally underachieved. Their fanatical support was unequalled in both passion and size. None was more feared. But how they ached for success... On 5th July 1984, Diego Maradona arrived in Naples for a world-record fee and for seven years all hell broke loose. The world’s most celebrated football genius and the most dysfunctional city in Europe were a perfect match for each other.
Maradona was blessed on the field but cursed off it; the charismatic Argentine quickly led Naples to their first-ever title. It was the stuff of dreams. But there was a price… Diego could do as he pleased whilst performing miracles on the pitch, but when the magic faded he became almost a prisoner of the city.
The third film from the Academy Award and multi BAFTA-winning team behind SENNA and AMY, this definitive feature documentary was made with Maradona's full support, constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage from his personal archive.
In a city where the devil would have needed bodyguards, Maradona became bigger than God himself. This is the wild and unforgettable story of God-given talent, glory, despair and betrayal, of corruption and ultimately redemption.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2019 - Out of Competition - World premiere
A homage to the 20-year journey of renowned professor and activist Rok Ajulu. Filmed across six countries, in multiple formats, it follows Rok’s account of his struggles as an exiled freedom fighter of the post-colonial era.
In conversation with his daughter, he tells of his numerous deportations, prison sentences, and academic career. As Rok recounts the collapse of the apartheid regime, BREAKFAST IN KISUMU shows us a homecoming: his journey back to Africa for the transition of the African National Congress (ANC) from liberation movement to governing party, his marriage into the Sisulu Family, and the continental significance of 1994.
Official Selection IDFA 2019 - IDFA Competition for Short Documentary - International premiere
Two strangers are trapped in an elevator together. One is slowly dying, having attempted suicide; the other is dying to escape as she has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Ed and Alice, trapped together in a lift. Ed has just attempted suicide and his life is slowly bleeding away. Alice has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and is torn between her desperate phobia of blood and her overwhelming desire to save his life.
A magic realist tale of chance, karma and retribution inspired by the Brothers Grimm fable The Wanderers. On an isolated peninsula, a small band of outsiders and survivalists, led by an enigmatic, but fading and delusional matriarch, are severely tested by the unexpected arrival of two strangers. As the two strangers rivalry runs its course, the leadership of this out-of-the-way community is increasingly called into question and an extraordinary chain of events ensues.
Ex-paratrooper Jack Bishop is adjusting back to civilian family life whilst trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter. Whilst Jack was away fighting he felt guilty for not being around for his little girl whilst she was growing up.
SOLDIERS OF EMBERS follows Jack into an exciting dramatic story of brotherhood and vengeance.
Through the journey of the film we see how Jack goes from kind caring family man and changes into a dark, vengeful character due to the hell and tragedy that he is put through. By the end of the film we see how one decision that Jack made could have bought a completely different outcome.
What price do the farmers of Punjab pay for the rice on our plate?
The north Indian state of Punjab was said to have produced enough food to feed the entire country during the Green Revolution. However, the overuse of chemicals introduced to enhance production poisoned the water with carcinogens and created an infertile soil addicted to chemicals. Just as the land is dependent, so are more and more farmers becoming addicted to drugs, which help them to work longer hours in the fields. The expense of the chemicals and drugs forces farmers to take loans from 'Arthis', the rich middlemen who increase their interest rates without warning. Over 50,000 farmers have committed suicide in the last ten years, by drinking the toxic chemicals that are murdering Punjabi soil.
In Lagos, Nigeria, Ebele Njoko has been running all his life. A search for acceptance and love from his family, has led him to recreate himself as Adrian Njoko, respected father, husband, and brother. Suddenly, Adrian’s past and secrets have caught up with him and his world soon begins to crumble as he frantically tries to control the growing ripple effect of a revelation.
Adapted from Jude Dibia’s Natur och Kultur award-winning 2005 book 'Walking With Shadows'.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Love Strand - World premiere
