Projects

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Held in a remote police station, a mysterious stranger takes over the minds and souls of everyone inside. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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An epistolary feature film: a cinematic discourse between a British director Mark Cousins (the celebrated film maker and historian) and an Iranian actress and director Mania Akbari (famed for her work with Abbas Kiarostami and in her own right as a director) which extends the concept of "essay film" with startling confrontations in the arenas of cultural issues, gender politics and differing artistic sensibilities. A unique journey into the minds of two exceptional filmmakers which becomes a love affair on film. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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The mundane story of a heartbroken man, an online gambling addict, an alcoholic kleptomaniac and an anxious loner living in the same apartment building.

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A five minute animated short film, blending CG 3D and 2D drawn animation techniques, Meanwhile follows four characters traversing a city, each lost in their own separate worlds, trapped in their memories, regrets and frustrations. Meanwhile uses bold colour schemes and fragments of narratives to examine empathy in urban insularity.

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Bill is an elderly pianist in his first week at a care home devoid of music. Growing increasingly aware of Bill's passion for music, resident nurse Emma, seeks ways in which she can connect with him and help him to recover his sense of self.

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Inherited opinions. Inherited isolation. A short film depicting a Dad's influence on a young boy's life. His judgmental character mixed with the boys fondness for his dad prove to be a toxic mix that tears away at a world of opportunity and experiences.

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NOT AND OR involves black and white quadrilaterals spinning in virtual space that alternate with the same static shapes re-filmed from a screen in real space. The second half of the piece is the same as the first, but flipped, reversed and re-filmed again, through successive generations - adding while taking away.

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OUT is a dramatic and sometimes comic story about a mother's reactions to her son coming out as gay in a small town.

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A journey through time that reflects on the social, political, financial, musical and cultural revolutions that have taken place in Rio over the past 40 turbulent years. It is also a journey through the city's evolving and eclectic music scene, and an expression on the power of music - as a form of protest and comment - that can be a catalyst for change.

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A girl called Jackie, beaten and tied to a chair in a derelict building, must use all of her wits and courage if she hopes to survive the night against three terrifying attackers, who tell her that she'll never see her loved ones again.

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In Saudi Arabia's oil-rich Eastern Province, protesters inspired by the Arab Spring have been venting their anger against the government for the last three years. Saudi journalist Safa Alahmad got unprecedented access to the area.

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A teenage boxer searching for self-definition gives in to his true colours at the risk of losing everything.