Projects with status: Complete

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In 1919, a tea lady eavesdrops on a top secret government meeting called to solve the latest, gravest problem facing the British Empire... A satirical comedy which wryly suggests that today’s obsession with female appearance was borne out of one official government meeting. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Laugh Strand

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A work about seeing in the dark, but not being able to see the thing in front of you. The piece describes the experience of imaginary colours as events which exceed the rules of language, colour as a space, distinct from tone and light, setting the stage for a psychedelic melodrama played out by two characters. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Experimenta Strand - World premiere

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When a middle aged couple decide to attend the local swingers party, in the hope to save their frozen marriage, they are disappointed to see they are the only attendees, worse yet the hosts are a couple of stuck up liberals who have a opposed their planning permission. What follows is a night of brutal honesty and small town politics. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Laugh Strand - World premiere

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The absurdity of war told through the irony of a failed Improvised Explosive Device explaining its travails to its maker. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Experimenta Strand - World premiere

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In an unnamed city above the Arctic Circle, in the far north of Russia a narrator, ostensibly the filmmaker, retraces her journey to the city, talking to the images. She tells of her encounters and her recollections of what happened after her visit, between the time of filming and the time of her telling. However, she is aware that the images like her own memories of moving through the city cannot be trusted to provide any certainty about what was happening, what she saw, what she felt and what it meant. Like memories, they shuffle around in one’s mind, play tricks, taking on a life of their own. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Experimenta Strand - World premiere

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Stanley finds himself in prison for a crime that he believes that he didn’t commit. After many years in solitary confinement he begins to talk to his comedy heroes from the past as each one tries to help him remember what he has done. We follow Stanley through his journey of hallucinations as he faces up to his unusual upbringing and his parents’ bizarre religious beliefs. Stanley becomes desperate to learn the truth about what happened to his daughter and what lead to having this ordinary life he has already dreamed of. Award-winning actor Timothy Spall plays Stanley and all the characters in his hallucinations; from the flamboyant Noel Coward to the grotesque Max Wall to the ukulele king George Formby, to Egor in a Transylvanian castle.

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Charlie Brooker’s TV anthology series 'Black Mirror' taps into the collective unease within the modern world. Each stand-alone episode is a sharp and suspenseful tale exploring themes of contemporary techno-paranoia. Without questioning it, technology has transformed all aspects of people’s lives; in every home, on every desk, in every palm there is a plasma screen, a monitor, a smartphone — a Black Mirror reflecting our 21st Century existence back at us. LFF presents three episodes from the forthcoming third season of Black Mirror: Nosedive, San Junipero and Shut Up and Dance Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - LFF Connects Television - Events Strand

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Holidays to Leysdown-on-Sea are not what we remember as this family reminisces over the good times. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Journey Strand

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Jasmine is a troubled teenager on the run who is taken in by Shane, who works at a travelling fairground. An unorthodox bond develops. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Short Film Competition - Love Strand

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On a journey back to her roots, Mia must face her fears. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Journey Strand - World premiere

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Charting the phenomenal journey that took Manchester band Oasis from releasing their first single in 1994, to record-breaking sell-out shows at Knebworth Park in 1996, where the band played to 125,000 fans per night. The story of one of the UK's biggest bands, told in all their intense and volatile glory, using rare and unseen material and exclusive interviews. "The funny thing is, after all that fucking mouthing off about how we were going to be the biggest band in the world, we actually went and did it...and it was a piece of piss" Noel Gallagher

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A feature length film exploring themes of identity, culture and the construction of history. Shot on 35mm film in various Californian deserts that provide a stage in which to re-enact the negotiations of an archaeologist from Cairo with a members of tribe who guard ancient culture hidden in tombs lost in the desert. The scenario for the film was adapted from the 1969 Egyptian film 'A Night of Counting the Years' directed by Shadi Abdel Salam, creating a layered story that echoes from ancient Egypt to the diversity of desert ecology and recent archaeological digs for lost Hollywood film sets. Working in collaboration with the musician and composer Tom Challenger a new choral composition was created and recorded for the film, drawing on traditional and modern acoustic techniques to reflect the shifting sands of the desert landscapes.