An exploration of the time and labour involved in the creation of any animated film, no matter how long or short. In a tongue-in-cheek interpretation of the ‘Long Shorts’ title, the knitted frames of animation create a physical manifestation of the length of the filmmaking process.
During the conflict in Northern Ireland a practice developed that saw actors hired to dub those associated with the IRA on broadcast media. Via unseen archive footage and interviews with key figures, THE BAN reflects on the British government’s use of the threat of ‘terrorism’ to justify censorship.
Official Selection International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2024 - International premiere
Official Selection CPH:DOX 2025
A writer, a filmmaker and a January 6th insurrectionist embark on a road trip from Washington DC to Idaho after the insurrectionist has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for her part in the storming of The Capitol. En route they visit friends of the insurrectionist and hear about their respective journeys of “awakening”. The insurrectionist takes the writer and filmmaker on an intense journey into her labyrinth of conspiracy, but is disappointed when, by the end of the trip, she has not succeeded in her mission to elevate them out of their 3D world and help them to see the truth.
When a man returns to his beach side hometown in Australia, he is humiliated in front of his teenage son by a local group of surfers who claim ownership over the secluded beach of his childhood.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2024 - Midnight Screenings - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024
Two estranged friends reunite over tea, only to unveil a dangerous and deceptive plot that will irrevocably alter their lives.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
Four years after the death of her husband, Paal Singh, in a car accident, Harper and her daughter, Megan, kidnap Sebastian (the driver of the other car) who was given a lenient sentence by the court on account of his having Dissociative Identity Disorder.
They enlist the reluctant help of Taran, Harper's stepson, to try Sebastian again and - when he is found guilty - to impose their own sentence. Their plans go awry when, with the aid of his daughter, Lilith, Sebastian is freed. But he doesn't leave. Sebastian and Lilith have other plans for the family who find themselves on trial, and have to endure a night of never ending surprises.
Rose, a former actress turned stay-at-home mom, struggles to reconcile her new life with her past. As she prepares for an important cocktail party hosted by her husband, Sammy, a lost elderly woman named Helen arrives, claiming to live in Rose's house. This unexpected guest disrupts Rose’s evening, adding chaos and hilarity to her attempts to balance domestic duties.
Helen, also a former actress, mirrors Rose’s struggles with aging and lost identity. Alongside Delia, a young ingénue, the women represent different stages of womanhood within Hollywood's societal expectations. Adding to the mix, a movie star who’s also Rose’s ex-lover, and a famous film director attend the party, further complicating the night. The event becomes a stage for unfolding drama, rekindled romances, and revealed secrets.
A poignant and introspective comedic drama exploring female identity, motherhood, and self-discovery in Los Angeles.
Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
Bedridden I-Kiribati Yorkshire nun, Anna (81), struggles to reconcile with her declining body, until an urgent memo from her brother provides her with newfound hope, perspective and purpose. With Kiribati under imminent threat of going underwater due to climate change, her native people's survival depends on Anna's amphibious transformation.
Epic forests of the Siberian Taiga and black lava landscapes of a Hawaiian volcano are woven through this quietly powerful film that opens outwards from a personal story about living with uncertainty.
Rebecca E Marshall draws from footage she has shot over twenty years in an intimate address to her child in the future. She builds connections between Agafya Lykova, an elderly woman surviving alone in the Siberian forest who scares bears away by banging space-rocket debris, a crew simulating life isolated on Mars and her young child discovering the world minute by minute. This endlessly surprising journey offers up images that shake ideas of past, present and future to form a deeply tender vision of the timeless human connections that continue to weave through an increasingly divided world.
Xylouris White (drummer Jim White, Dirty Three; lutist Giorgos Xylouris and Guy Picciotto, Fugazi) provide a haunting original score.
Official Selection Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
In the summer of 2019, a middle-aged couple are subjected to cyberstalking threats and bizarre deliveries including a bloody pig mask and funeral wreath. As the harassment intensifies, the police and FBI close in on a Silicon Valley giant and some very unlikely suspects. WHATEVER IT TAKES tells the extraordinary story of eBay, a Fortune 500 company founded on the principle that "people are basically good”, and how members of their security team ended up in federal prison after trying to protect the CEO from a corporate raider. This is a timely true crime caper about dysfunction, the disintegration of ethics, and a couple of unsuspecting journalists whose lives are changed forever.
Official selection SXSW Film Festival 2024 Documentary Spotlight - World premiere
Lorrie is miserable at school, bullied for her severe vitiligo. She steals the school’s talking goldfish, escaping school and briefly enjoying freedom. However the pair run into danger, putting their new friendship under threat.
