A portrait of the artist’s uncle Steven. Filmed over two years, whilst Steven is involved in restoring an antique grand piano inherited from his grandmother, Isabel. Steven’s inventive experiments dictate the action, but as the instrument unravels into thousands of pieces, it gradually takes over his material and psychological landscape.
The remarkable, forgotten story behind David Bowie's biggest-ever hit record – and how the birth of MTV, and an unlikely journey deep into the Australian outback led to its unprecedented success.
Official Selection Berlinale 2015 - Generation 14plus - World premiere
The story of Maria Altmann, a Jewish refugee who, with Randol Schoenberg, her young lawyer, took on the Austrian government to reclaim a haul of prized Gustav Klimt paintings that were stolen from her Austrian family by the Nazis during the Second World War.
Berlin International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere
In 1947, Sherlock Holmes, long-retired, lives in a sleepy Sussex village with his housekeeper and her amateur-sleuthing son. But far from living out a peaceful retirement, he is haunted by an unsolved case from 50 years ago. He remembers only fragments: a confrontation with an angry husband, a secret bond with his beautiful but unstable wife. With his legendary mental powers on the wane, and without his old sidekick Watson, Holmes is faced with the toughest case of his life - a case that might finally reveal to him the mysteries of the human heart.
Berlin International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere
A stranger claiming to be a land surveyor arrives at a remote frontier village governed by a nearby castle, and fights to gain the acceptance of the villagers.
Berlin International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere
Tell Spring Not to Come This Year follows one unit of the Afghan National Army (ANA) over the course of their first year of deployment in Helmand without NATO support. It is an intimate film about the human side of combat, told from a largely unheard and misrepresented perspective, that explores the deep personal motivations, desires and struggles of a band of fighting men on the frontline. Without a NATO soldier in sight, and no narrative but their own, this is the war in Afghanistan, through the eyes of the Afghans who live it.
Berlin International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere
There is just one week until Kate Mercer's 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband. The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.
Official Selection Berlinale 2019 - Homage to Charlotte Rampling
A mysterious and damaged young man must confess a terrible sin. What he reveals to the warm hearted priest resonates way beyond the confines of the Church - calling into question a relationship that has lasted over 1500 years.
Chronically ill Anna is visited by Doreen, a door-to-door proselytizer who makes herself at home and stays the day, slowly defrosting her non-welcome. Together, they walk in the park, bake a cake and watch an Ingmar Bergman film. Both women are blind, played by blind actors in this existential comedy.
London 1967 and Ruby and Lyle have a problem. A dead body in the bathroom. How it got there and who it is remains a mystery. But before CCTV cameras and DNA testing, disposing of a dead body could still be murder.
A seismic day in the life of sixteen year old Chris, who lives with his hot-blooded brother David in a derelict seaside village. After finding David beaten on their kitchen floor of their bungalow, Chris’ day takes another turn when a beautiful girl from out of town steps into his world. As Chris allows himself to dream of something better, David’s dragging them down again.
Today 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with autism, most are boys . if you had 2 daughters diagnosed with autism , would you want to know why ? are we living in an autism epidemic ? or a epidemic of knowledge ?