Wallace D. Popple is having a bad day. A series of painful mishaps befalls him as he goes about his workday. Yet within this off-kilter tale about happiness lies a twist for the twisted.
A funny and often moving account of one of UK music's great lost treasures.
Formed in 1974 by a group of school friends from Croydon, Johnny Moped were the band fronted by, and named after the enigmatic Paul Halford (aka Johnny Moped). By 1977 the group found themselves at the heart of the burgeoning punk scene in London and for a brief moment even looked like contenders.
Despite being able to count both Chrissie Hynde and Captain Sensible as past members, success was not to come their way and Johnny Moped are now largely forgotten - punk rock’s great lost band!
Their story is however a fascinating one that, along with some of the era’s most innovative music deserves to be heard.
Birds Fly South is a micro budget, low-fi, tender, autobiographical, urban fairy tale coursed through with humour about love, life, death, mental illness and hope.
We see the story of 2 brothers lives shown through the prism of 24 hours and investigate what reality is, as Adam comes to visit Jake.
Earlene arrives at Venice Beach after running away from an old flame, only to become fast friends with bohemian intersex skater Bruno. Together, they set out into the desert to find themselves.
Emily is a troubled child. Like most teenagers, she has angst and rages against her parents. Her favourite pass times are doing drugs and aggravating her mother. Can Emily overcome her internal battle with her mother and realise where she has gone wrong?
On the week of Charlie’s 13th Birthday he makes a terrible discovery that brings him closer to his Father. Filled with shock he decides not to tell anyone and becomes immersed in a forgotten world that he does not want to leave.
Londoner David is newly retired and wants more from his lonely life in a bedsit. He takes up a new hobby and finds more than he bargained for. It's always the quiet ones.
Have you ever woken in the night unable to move, certain that you are not alone? This is an experimental documentary examining what happens when dreams leak into waking life. It is about what is real, what is not, and if it even matters.
In the dark workshop of the Anglo Saxon, Abbey of Malmesbury, a monk named Eilmer is secretly constructing an impressive contraption - wings. He plans to out do his predecessor Icarus and conduct the world’s first ever successful air flight. The almighty Abbot is already suspicious of Eilmer’s dreamy head and is watching him closely.
As the first snow flake settles on cold concrete, the ice cream vans begin to contemplate the harsh winter ahead. For, like the caribou and the grey goose, the season marks the start of a long voyage in search of sunnier climes.
More than 10 million sheep and cattle were burned in the United Kingdom during the Foot and Mouth crisis in 2001. Over a decade later, a farmer still suffers.
