Projects

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The true story of Captain Matthew Webb, the first-ever person to successfully swim the English Channel - which he did in splendid form in 1875- equipped only with his moustache, doses of Brandy and a wire wool swimsuit.

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Soffia realizes that if you can't beat them, well then you better join them. In her quest to be accepted by the popular girls in her class, Soffia finds herself sacrificing her true friendships and morals. Whoever said that teenage girls were innocent - well, they were so wrong. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Journey Strand

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In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to proliferate nuclear weapons.

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'The Sky Trembles and the Earth is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers' [the complete title of this piece] is partially inspired by Paul Bowles’ story 'A Distant Episode', and charts a mysterious transformation from observational making-of to inventive adaptation, shot against a staggering Moroccan landscape. "Ben Rivers explores the illusion of filmmaking in Morocco... The Moroccan Sahara is littered with the legacy of films shot in its dramatic vistas: abandoned sets that reveal the artifice of filmmaking and trigger our recollection of the half-imagined spaces of familiar films from decades past." (Artangel) Locarno Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

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This film is about a man finding purpose for his life in the most unlikely place after years of self-destruction. Infested with gangrene, unable to walk, Josué was cast out of the traumatised streets of Juárez, México into the desert and dumped in a mental asylum run by its own patients. Assisted by people employing empathy as the only means of survival, Josué transcended near death - discovering compassion in his darkest hours. Six years later, Josué manages the asylum. He dreams of his estranged daughter in California - last seen 22 years ago. Trawling the Internet, Vanessa encounters her father in the trailer for this film. The reunion offers Josué possibility to repair his shattered past and start life afresh.

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An experimental abstract animation using direct-on-film painting and collaging combined with 2D computer imaging. The colourful and lively animation is set to an atmospheric music soundtrack.

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Three white hipsters- Jamie, Finn and Neil- plan an Afrobeats club night. As Jamie and Finn fixate on making at least one black person attend, Neil questions just how racist this might be.

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Bricks is a short film about the clash between a city broker (Blake Ritson) and the tough builder (Jason Flemyng) he hires to renovate his wine cellar.

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A film about a boy's feelings of love for his best friend, another boy. The second of two films based on the theme of Love Works: exploring South Asian LGBT relationships in contemporary Britain commissioned by Bobby Tiwana.

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An unassuming young lawyer leads a fight against the Nazis near the end of the Second World War.

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The action in the film revolves around a large pagan-like head covered in grass set within the post-industrial cityscape. The monologue '50 ways to murder magic’ ( Artaud 1947) running in the background, is audible intermittently.In parallel to the dialogue the narrative is fragmented, interspersed by sequences of animated drawings.

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In this delightfully demented homage to the golden days of horror movies, Supervillain (a perfect Terence Harvey) leads us on a thrilling guided tour of the ways of evil. Dare you find out what sort of villain you would be?