Projects with status: Complete

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In a picturesque corner of rural Scotland Alec Calan has a serious case of addiction to Ray-Ban sunglasses: Welcome to Pink Velvet Valley!
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Laugh Strand

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The story of Shmilu, a Hasidic Jew in crisis, torn between his community and the romantic possibilities of trendy East London. SAMUEL-613 is the first fictional film made with the UK's Hasidic population, gaining unprecedented access for a drama including non-professional actors and Yiddish dialogue.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Dare Strand

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Sick To My Bones is a post apocalyptic allegory set years in the future after climate change and war has ravished the Earth. It explores the relationship between good and evil as an angel wakes up to find herself close to death and bound by chains to her demonic prisoner.

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Out of the darkness a sound emerges. Terrified people take to the streets in search of its source. They get their cameras out, documenting the sky. We watch on, our muscles contract and our pupils dilate.
This film piece explores the circulation, spectatorship and undeclared politics of contemporary networked images.

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A film centred upon the dramatic and volatile landscape of Iceland; interfusing the cultural, political and ecological forces that shape the island. The film combines Iceland's remarkable terrain with two corresponding voice-overs from the past and present: poet W.H. Auden, reading ‘Journey to Iceland’ (1937), and environmental activist Ómar Ragnarsson.

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A traumatised patient, trapped in a destructive relationship with her megalomaniac doctor, resorts to desperate measures to escape. Legal text and medical records interwoven with pulsing pills tell a story of addictive, emotional enmeshment.

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Inspired by the iconic, 1916 Herbert James Gunn painting 'The Eve of the Battle of the Somme' 'The Big Push' combines original verse by renowned Scottish Poet John Glenday with evocative paint-on-glass animation to create an integrated, mixed-media triptych aimed at commemorating the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme through art, verse and animation.

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Collector Paul Wells, who over many years has amassed one of the best private collections held on the subject of death.

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How to Sound Design Your Life
The Foley Artist sees a master of sound at work on a fashion film. If you’ve ever wanted to see the chasm between the finished product and the extraordinary lengths taken to produce it, this short is for you.

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Six-year-old Norah journeys into a magical land conjured within her imagination in order to save her mother from an unyielding, seemingly enchanted, sleep.

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The day before turning thirteen, James is taken to the funfair by his mother – with his imaginary cowboy friend in tow. But, upon realising that his parents are less happy than suspected, James makes a difficult choice in order to be the young man soon needed by his family.

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Taking inspiration from Felice Casorati's painting 'Eggs on a Book', photographers Metz+Racine and film director Mototake Makishima collaborated to create a 'still-life' short film. Set in Italy of the 1940's against a backdrop of political unrest, the film explores the mysterious world of objects and the enigmatic symbolism of eggs.