Projects with status: Complete

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A young man meets the worn voice of a fading city under the lights of a London sex shop.

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Ex-miner Les Moore can't let go of the past. Thirty years since the end of the miners’ strike the last UK coal mines face closure. As Les fights to preserve the mine’s legacy his family must find a way to survive in a fragmented and forgotten community.

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The story of a lonely but upbeat girl called Shelby who rides the local buses in an attempt to keep warm and find meaningful connections with her fellow passengers - in a world that all too often looks the other way. A sensitive look at those in the community who are vulnerable and marginalised. Highlighting that their lives, like those of all of us, are essentially the result of many factors beyond our control rather than any personal action.

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A single, steady shot records the rising tide in the evening. Using sound and text, the film invites you to think and experience beyond the boundaries of the frame.

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All's fair in love and pranks. Davina and Mark are a couple, locked in a prank war. Will they or their relationship survive the final credits?

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A poetic portrait of an Iranian watchmaker, whose philosophical musings on craft invite us to reflect on how we engage with time in a fast-paced world. Moving between his colourful pared-down home and the streets and windswept marshes of East London, we discover the horologist's ascetic and beautiful private world.

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This piece records a water-music-light attraction which has been in operation at Watermouth Castle theme park in North Devon since the early 1980s. Installed in a child-sized theatre, the performance synchronises a 1920s Mighty Mortier organ with a water tray exhibited at the Festival of Britain in 1951. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2016 - Wavelengths

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Two Feet Tall is a modern-day fairy-tale of empowerment - at ground-level. We follow a week-in-the-life of a downtrodden office worker - entirely from the perspective of her feet - and discover that sometimes confidence is a little lift in the sole...

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A grim display of misguided patriotism and tribal thuggery during the England-Germany 2010 World Cup football match. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Debate Strand

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Animated audiovisual work made using video zoetrope, hand drawing, photocollage and digital techniques.

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Cosmo, a South African pianist falls in love with Sakeena, a British Muslim ballerina, who is being forced into an arranged marriage by her abusive radicalised Uncle Jehandar. Through their struggle, Cosmo tries to show that the power of love is far more important than the love for power. Cosmo seems like the perfect choice for Sakeena, but he is running away from a dark past which catches up with him as he tries to prove his love for Sakeena. Only ever wanting true happiness, the pair begin to fight for their freedom to love each other, but this leads to her family discovering the truth about their relationship. Feeling betrayed, her Uncle Jehandar arranges an honour killing and promises her family that she will never step a foot out line once he's finished with her.

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Nestled on its own in the burnt brown hills of Southern Spain is a stunning modern villa with a refreshingly blue swimming pool. “El Cortijo” is the luxurious home of an ageing rock star in his early 60s and his much younger, very beautiful wife. Bill, the wild haired rock star and Isabelle are very much in love, but beneath the perfect surface of their lives, dark secrets lurk. Into this paradise comes Lucas, a dangerous ex-lover hell bent on revenge. His aim: to destroy their marriage and blackmail her into returning his inheritance - a fortune that his wealthy father had left to Isabelle instead of him. In a mischievous game of cat and mouse, the hunter soon becomes the hunted and Lucas sees his plans utterly destroyed – nothing is what it seems. What unfolds is a dangerous, tangled web of deceit and destruction as he becomes a plaything in their deadly game.