The musicians of the Buena Vista Social Club exposed the world to Cuba’s vibrant culture with their landmark 1997 album. Now, against the backdrop of Cuba’s captivating musical history, hear the band’s story as they reflect on their remarkable careers and the extraordinary circumstances that brought them together.
The story of three men who have spent longer in solitary confinement than any other prisoners in the US because of the murder of a prison guard in 1972 at Angola, the Louisiana state penitentiary. Robert King, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox were convicted by bribed and blind eye witnesses and with no physical evidence. Targeted as members of the Black Panther party the film follows their struggle against the miscarriage of justice and their cruel and unusual treatment. Known as the 'Angola 3', their story culminated in 2016 with the release of Albert Woodfox after 43 years in solitary confinement.
As The Beatles end their gruelling tour schedule in August 1966 they return to the studio to record the landmark ‘Sgt. Pepper’ album.
As one of the biggest selling records of all time, described by Rolling Stone magazine simply as “The most important rock & roll album ever made…”, ‘Sgt Pepper’ (released in June 1967) marked a pivotal moment in the 1960s, cementing the advent of Psychedelia and the Summer of Love.
This documentary journies through various solo projects to the release of Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane, touching on flower power, John Lennon meeting Yoko Ono, LSD, meditation, Jimi Hendrix, the death of Brian Epstein, Abbey Road Studios and the Magical Mystery Tour.
Among the interviewees featured in the film are Hunter Davies (the band’s official biographer), Pete Best (the band’s original drummer), music manager Simon Napier-Bell and author Philip Norman, who has written biographies of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and of Paul McCartney among others.
Joan has been housebound with M.E. for most of her teenage years, but now in slow recovery an urge for independence is causing friction with her mother. So when Joan's tutor encourages her to push herself more, she throws caution to the wind and, risking a relapse, leaves the house in search of new experiences. And a horse.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2017 - Cinéfondation Selection - World premiere
Set in London, he story of an enigmatic Iranian cab driver, who works at night and doesn’t like to talk about his past.
He has two jobs, yet seems not to be interested in the money. He eats at his uncle’s café every day, yet is fully aware of being betrayed by him. He agrees to his mother’s arrangements for his return, yet has no intention of going back. We learn that he was once a war hero, yet he disappeared from the battlefield without a trace.
A man with no past, no future, no ‘conviction’, he still gets involved in the conflict of a total stranger and carries it through to the very end.
Parallel stories connected through an intimacy with death. The living and the dead communicate through visions, memories and reality.
What happens to the ones we love after their death? Can we keep them alive through our memories or perhaps by placing them in an imaginary afterlife? This film explores the parallel life that we can dream of but cannot touch.
Seven people wander through memory and dream looking for the ones they loved and lost. Between the dreamscape and landscape, the dead and alive are finally allowed to communicate, because they can feel and hear each other.
Alone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators he is forced to make compromises merely to survive as his life of exile grows one day longer.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2017 - In Competition - Short Film Competition - World premiere
BAFTA Film Awards 2018 Nomination - Best British Short Film
In Klong Prem, there are 10 rules. If you break them, you will almost certainly die. If you don’t break them, you will definitely die. This is the true story of Billy Moore — jailed in one of the world’s toughest prisons, Klong Prem, the notorious 'Bangkok Hilton'. Refusing to die there, Billy becomes a student of the lethal art of Muay Thai Boxing and in the process finds a brotherhood that will help guide him on an incredible journey to redemption.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2017 - Midnight Screenings - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018
Cary Grant was one of Hollywood's biggest names, the quintessential leading man and the ultimate self-made star. Born in Bristol in 1904 and christened Archibald Leach, Grant was haunted by conflicts between his public persona and his personal life, and in his fifties started a cure of LSD aiming to free himself from his demons.
For the first time, using newly discovered personal footage and Grant's own words from his unpublished autobiography, he retraces his journey (voiced by Jonathan Pryce), exploring his own screen image and what it took to create it. The story of the man behind the mask of subtle charm and suave sophistication. A man in search of himself and the love he did not find in his life.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2017 - Cannes Classics
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge the death of her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine...
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Gala Screening - Thrill Strand
Croydon, suburban London 1977: Under the spell of the Sex Pistols, every teenager in the country wants to be a punk, including our hopeless hero Enn. Crashing local punk queen Boadicea’s party, Enn discovers every boy’s dream; gorgeous foreign exchange students. When he meets the enigmatic Zan, it’s love at first sight.
But these teens are, in fact, aliens from outer space, sent to Earth to prepare for a mysterious rite of passage. When their dark secret is revealed, the love-struck Enn must turn to Boadicea and her followers for help in order to save the girl he loves from certain death. When the punks take on the aliens, neither Enn’s nor Zan’s universe will ever be the same again.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Love Strand
