“How can you be criminalised for being born the way you are?” asks George Montague, a 96 year old WWII veteran, beginning this documentary. His words echo through the film.
“ARE YOU PROUD?” meets key campaigners and investigates the organisations and events that have contributed to substantial progress within the western LGBTQ+ liberation movement, focussing on the history of Pride in the UK. It celebrates that progress, whilst exploring the controversial questions over the continuing relevance of the Pride march, and highlights the international battles still to be fought.
Combining archive footage, interviews, vox pops and reportage, the film guides us through the history of the Gay Pride movement in the UK. We meet founders of the Gay Liberation Front, founding members of Stonewall (The UK’s leading LGBTQ+ lobbying organisation), the organisers of various Pride marches across the UK, groups such as Black Pride, Trans Pride Brighton and Queer Picnic. The film celebrates the progress that has been made, we are also reminded of “the fact that there are an increasing number of people out there who feel emboldened in hating queers.”
A troubled mafia hit man is sent to England to do a job for an old boss. Old loyalties are violently tested when his conscience begins to work against him.
British teenagers talk about all the "Big" words for approx one minute whilst being filmed against a blue screen, behind them either complementary or entertaining images are juxtaposed along with individual music tracks.
Everyone deserves their fifteen minutes of fame, but what would you say?
Young British people talk about all the "Big" words for around a minute whilst filmed against a blue/screen, behind them either complementary or entertaining images are juxtaposed, each segment also includes an individual original piece of music.
A story of loss, struggle and liberation. Jola, who was trafficked from her home country of Nigeria when she was a child, has spent the last decade being transported across different countries and cities. We begin to unravel the pieces of her individual story and her journey towards liberation.
Official Selection Black Star Film Festival 2018
An experimental documentary looking at the 19th century Cornish mining diaspora in southern Spain through the landscapes of both Cornwall and Andalusia. The narration is based on letters sent home to their families by young Cornishmen.
Memory is invoked through the usage of expired and hand-processed 16mm film.
London 2017, everyone’s over-stimulated, under-energized and trying to love, laugh and live as hard as the next Instagrammer. Jamie and Eve are mates who’ve always shared everything and after getting high at a party, they share everything. In the sober light of day will things ever be the same again?
A darkly comic three-part short film about malevolent women.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2018 - Short Film Grand Jury Competition - World premiere
Gang warfare has always been part of London's history. For Sean Brady it has been a way of life. After his father is killed, Sean meets Tommy Chen and begins to focus on martial arts, an outlet that lands him a job in a gang. After a spell in prison, Sean decides to leave his past behind him. But Danny, the boss' son, wants Sean's skill set. When Sean refuses, his life is thrown into turmoil.
