Projects with status: Complete

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Exploring the elusive and complex effects of war on women’s role in ballistic research and early computing, the film features new and archival high speed bullet photography, schlieren and electric spark imagery, bullet sound wave imagery, forensic ballistic photography, slide rulers, punch cards, computer diagrams, and a soundtrack by Scanner.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Experimenta Strand

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A photographer turned paparazzi in the era of hacking scandals and corrupted tabloid editors is caught in the downward spiral of a fabricated story.

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Autistic teenager Danny is enjoying the serenity and solitude of a weekend camping trip in the Welsh woods. However, he becomes the undeserving target of vicious thug Nicholas, who wrongly believes Danny has slept with his ex-girlfriend. With Nicholas egged on by his scheming friend Julia and their weak-willed accomplice Calvin, Danny finds himself outnumbered, afraid and very alone.
A horrifying story of needless persecution that could all too easily have been ripped from the news headlines.

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He is the UK’s and Britain’s Strongest Man, ranked 3rd World Strongest Man & the first man in history to lift 500kg, but that’s not good enough for Eddie Hall. He needs to be the Strongest Man in the world. Driven by an insatiable thirst to be the very best, he is a man on a mission.
This powerful and truly inspirational feature documentary vividly illustrates the sacrifices that this extremely driven man must make to chase his dream. He will stop at nothing. He trains, eats, sleeps and breathes strongman, competing all over the world and breaking records. He faces not only gargantuan competitors, but his own inner demons as he strives to leave behind the scars of his teenage years.
This film gets under the skin of a man totally dedicated to becoming the greatest and offers an engrossing snapshot of an unforgettable character, Eddie – Strongman.
Featuring appearances from Arnold Schwarzenegger and multiple World’s Strongest Man winners Bill Kazmeier, Geoff Capes, Brian Shaw and Zydrunas Savickas.

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A young crook's plans to commit the perfect robbery are thrown into chaos by a cantankerous bank guard and an increasingly unstable robot.

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An encounter in an unfamiliar environment challenges the identity of a volatile young man.

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Every time Lucy is called 'Mouse' by her Mum, she turns into a real mouse! What is Lucy going to do?
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Family Strand

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Jennifer left Gibraltar and entered an enclosed community of Discalced Carmelites nearly 30 years ago. The cloistered community live out an ideal of work and prayer as a creative life. The quotes are from Teresa of Avila’s “Way of Perfection” the spiritual guide she wrote for her Carmelite nuns.

Seven years in the making, the project was realised through the collaboration between inside and outside the convent walls. Filmed inside the convent by Jennifer and Alejandro Roman a volunteer who for some years helps out the community and is the only person allowed inside.

The film gives us rare access to the monastery and her enclosed life within it.

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A kebab shop owner’s son turns vigilante after his father's death in an effort to clean up the relentless onslaught of binge drinking thrill seekers waging war on his doorstep in this Sweeney Todd-inspired gritty thriller.

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Deceive yourself. It works.
"You know that old runner’s trick? You see something in the distance - a building, a tree. You tell yourself you’re only going to run to that point. But when you get there, you don’t stop. You keep running."
Paul meets John while he's out running. A sinister chain of events arouses his suspicions about his new friend. But by then it's too late - their lives are bound together by a shared fate. After being forced out of his job Paul is left doubting his future until he runs into John, a friendly American who seems to have all the answers. They both agree that life isn’t fair and John comes up with a radical plan to turn Paul’s life around. But when a young banker is found murdered, Paul begins to question what John really wants.

Nominated 'Best UK Feature', Raindance Film Festival 2015

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A Documentary Feature about World Champion boxer Joe Calzaghe, and his extravagant father Enzo, who trained him throughout his 20 year career. Their journey started in a tin shed on the windswept hills of the Welsh Valleys and ended under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden – fighting for a final payday that neither could have ever imagined.

Some say he’s the real life Rocky. But Rocky lost... Joe never did.

The film charts Joe's life from impoverished beginnings in industrial Wales and a child-hood of gruelling training and horrendous bullying, to Joe and Enzo taking on the vicious world of Boxing, beating the best fighters that America could throw at them and getting out with their lives, relationship and fortune in tact.

A rags to riches tale of incredible sporting challenges and triumphs and an emotional study of a unique father and son team.

The film inspires us to look to a new breed of fighting champion. Do we want our sons and daughters to respect those who did it all regardless of the personal cost? Or those who can now look to a long and bright future and fresh new challenges with their loved ones by their side?

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Actor Jay's sex tape made him an internet sensation but also ruined his professional career and relationship with his family. When he meets Hannah their relationship could be the fresh start Jay is looking for, but how long can he keep her in the dark about his past?