Part of Valtari Mystery Film Experiment
Enter Earth – become trapped in endless cycles of creation and destruction. Then look up and rise to the sun as everything turns to dust below. Then cycle begins again. Explores intimate macro terrains in a dialogue with the contractions and expansions in Fjögur Píanó.
SLEEP is a short film which observes the everyday, humdrum routine of a young girl coupled with a scientific, dry and factual narration regarding aspects of sleep.
Sleep affects every moment of our daily and nightly life; and yet, half the time we aren’t aware of this.
A German exchange student begins an impulsive and ultimately destructive relationship with a shy British boy in her final weeks before returning to Munich and her warring family.
Following a small group of passengers on a day excursion upon the River Clyde in Scotland, aboard the famous Waverley, the last sea-going Paddle Steamer in the World.
Sitting together on the deck, enjoying some drinks under the Scottish sun, they pass the time sharing a few stories, which of course they maintain all to be true, and just so happens to involve people they know, or friends of people they know.
The passengers share four tales together, which make up the four segments of the film; 'Truth Machine', 'Chatroom Desire', 'Spark of Innocence' and 'Adam's Journey'. The first three tales seem grounded in what could appear to be very possible circumstances, but the final tale seems perhaps a bit far-fetched, surrounded and steeped in supernatural drama.
On a family trip to the seaside, a father sees his daughter eating a sandwich she dropped in the sand, and remembers that a serial killer's ashes were scattered on that beach. His long-suffering wife wants to enjoy a 'normal' day out without her husband speculating on the dark side of life. Events take a bizarre turn when the family visit a run down amusement arcade where the girl claims drags a strange prize from the claw machine.
Marie is trying to move on from the pain of a past relationship. She goes through an emotional journey of self-discovery and learning to trust in the future again. But will she trust her gut instinct or that familiar voice in her head?
Annie’s day at The Library starts like any other, but the intriguing man who takes the seat opposite her encourages her thoughts to stray and sets her pulse racing. The Library takes the viewer into their fantasies to share in what could happen if etiquette is overridden by carnal urges.
In the heart of Sicily, where the Mafia still rules, one man and his family-run TV station, has become a relentless voice against corruption and organized crime.
“The Valley of the Jato” portrays the daily life of self-made journalist Pino Maniaci on his personal crusade to free Sicily from corruption with his family run TV Station, Telejato.
In a land fighting with itself to purge old traditions, energetic, chain-smoking Pino Maniaci appears as a controversial maverick struggling to stay on-air in shifting times.
An observation, investigation and social record of the lives and thoughts of ten residents of the Golden Lane Estate, London. Built in the late 1950s by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, the Golden Lane estate exemplifies an utopian ideal of social housing. This film documents the life of the complex over half a century since its construction and asks questions about domestic and private space and of making a home in such an iconic and distinctive architectural environment.
According to the Bhagavad Gita, there are three gates that separates this life and hell. The ancient scripture inspires the fateful union of four characters in this classic thriller.
A powerful and inspirational film about the loss of childhood, the stripping away of identity and, ultimately, the hope of reconciliation, all set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.
Through innovative animation, the film tells the story of the 4000 Basque children evacuated to the United Kingdom in 1937. Forced to bid a hurried farewell to their parents, these children were told they would only be in the UK for three months. 75 years later, some are still there, forever separated from their parents and their homeland, their families torn apart and their childhood destroyed by a brutal and bloody conflict.
Through the voices of 14 of these children, now in their 80s & 90s, we reveal this tragic episode in history in a stunning animated documentary that is profound, unexpected and uplifting.
