Projects

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A tense and thrilling feature documentary by BAFTA-winning filmmaker Brian Hill, uncovering the truth behind Sweden's most notorious serial killer. Quick's story shocked and haunted the Swedish nation for 25 years, yet compelling new evidence shows that Quick may not be a killer at all. So why would an innocent man confess to being a serial killer? With unprecedented access to Quick and those behind his incarceration, this compelling real life thriller seeks to discover the truth behind a would be serial killer.

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Filmed over 5 years, A Syrian Love Story charts an incredible odyssey to political freedom in the West. For Raghda and Amer, it is a journey of hope, dreams and despair: for the revolution, their homeland and each other.
Winner, Jury Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2015

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Two cricket journalists, Sam Collins and Jarrod Kimber, set off on a journey to the heart of the second most popular sport on Earth, only to stumble upon something more sinister than they could ever have imagined. This is a film about passion, greed and power - and standing up for what you care about before it is too late.

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The life of Paul Gascoigne, one of the greatest footballers that ever lived: delving deep into his psyche, vulnerabilities, fears and triumphs.

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In 2008 the Indian Government launched an initiative to train 500 million of the rural poor to work in tits growing industrial sector; a policy that new prime minister Nerendra Modi intends to continue. This is the story of two village girls caught up in India's rapid expansion into the globalised world. Jungle Sisters follows best friends Bhanu and Bhuntu as they make the journey of their lives. Travelling 1000 miles to find a new future in Modi's business-friendly India, they take their place in the ranks of factory workers. But as the reality of life on the factory floor forces them to make a dramatic decision, the film becomes an epic tale of love, hope and survival.

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A feature documentary on the forgotten roots of rap. The story centers around Jalal Nuriddin of "The Last Poets" and the forgotten influence of his seminal record 'Hustlers Convention', an album that changed the face of music and still resonates with meaning today.
Hailed by Grandmaster Flash and Chuck D, sampled by the Beastie Boys, Wu Tang Clan, and Nas, Hustlers Convention was the foundation for todays hip-hop scene. This film tells of one of music’s buried masterpieces: the missing link between soul power and hip hop, which gave its creator the right to claim his title as the ‘grandfather of rap’.

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Filmed over five years this story begins in 2009 with Australian musician Julien Poulson hearing the extraordinary voice of poor village girl Srey Thy. The result is romance and the Cambodian Space Project, a thrilling musical explosion that wows audiences with sounds from the 1960s golden age of Cambodian rock

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In 1972 the Los Angeles performance art scene was flourishing, vital and dangerous. It’s founding members went on to define art as we know it. But one of those artists disappeared. Bob Parks returned to the UK, to live with his mother. 35 years later, as tensions build in their bungalow, a tragic accident forces his return to LA.

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The story of itinerant circus performers, cabaret acts and fairground attractions. Rarities and never-before seen footage of fairgrounds, circus entertainment, freak shows, variety performances, music hall and seaside entertainment are chronicled from the 19th and 20th century - early shows that wowed the world and home movies of some of the greatest circus families at a time when the most outlandish, skillful and breathtaking acts traveled the world.
Created in collaboration with The University of Sheffield’s National Fairground Archive.

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Maisie and Daisy McCormack are two ordinary 12-year-olds finding their way through life in the 21st century. Oh, and they may have just hijacked a movie.

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A moment sucked and pulled through every dimension, turned up and out and shaken almost to pieces.
It’s the morning after, and Karen isn’t sure what she thinks. As the present moment jumbles in her mind with fragments of what happened the night before, she’s close to something like madness.

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In a post-apocalyptic world, where the reason for its cause is unknown, we get to follow a mans search for other human existence. He soon notices strange occurrences around him and falls deeper into a monophobic state of mind. What has become of the others?