Projects with status: Complete

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My Dad & Spike tells the poignant story of how sometimes it's the unforeseen changes in life that often matter most. In a suburban London street, lives 7 year old Ali, his Mum, Dad and fish Spike. All his life, when darkness comes and everyone is asleep, Ali has been comforted by the sound of his Dad's loud snoring next door. But one day the snoring stops. For Mum and Dad it's a huge relief but for Ali, it sparks a series of fears not only about the darkness of the night but about the health of his fish. My Dad & Spike is a film about the quiet intricacies of family life.

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A female gure tells us the possible journeys of gures in this gothic space, playing all the parts of girl, bride, woman. A dress is stolen, returned, rebuffed. A dialogue of rising and falling, returning and escape. This is Not Jane.

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Standing on the edge of a flat roof, a man weighs up the consequences of his next step. Not distraught or hysterical, although clearly waiting for something, he seems resigned to the action he is about to take. He checks his phone one more time.

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The first documentary by the British based non-profit Ya Basta Films is Please Mind The Gap. A look into the increasingly popular and often controversial Gap Year Industry in Ghana. Thousands of volunteers flood into Ghana every year and pay to volunteer in schools, orphanages, care homes and hundreds of other places, but what sort of impact do they make? Do they make a difference? And who really benefits? Please Mind The Gap has been released online and is available to watch for free at www.yabastafilms.org

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Scent follows the harrowing tale of John, an elderly man gripped with grief following the death of his wife Patricia. This quiet, sensitive film explores themes of love, loss and denial through a delicate observation of what is essentially a heart breaking, yet most intriguing situation.

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A lonely man leads a mundane life, but that soon changes when he starts to take care of a woman he finds laying in the streets. Soon though, Theresa becomes trapped, and Benjamin isn't the man we first thought.

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A panic attack in a supermarket exploring big and little worries that becomes an absurd list to be experienced and taken with a pinch of salt.

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When Jodie's brother Brian is convicted of indecently assaulting a five year old, she is thrust out of the sheltered world they have shared since their childhood. Their once close relationship becomes claustrophobic and strained as they face his imprisonment.

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Ben holds a sign in the street for a living, and loves his job more than almost anything. But today is his last day.

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The film depicts one of the world's most notoriously private artist, Lucian Freud. At the core of the film is a sequence that sees Freud and dancer, Amy Hollingsworth in a dance of reminiscence; as though she is a memory of the remarkable characters that have passed through the studio.

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For Jack, life has dealt him a series of challenges that he has overcome one by one. Sometimes it is the challenges laid down by others than can prove to be a persons limit. Smiley is a frightening and hard hitting view of 21st Century youth culture.

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Spitfire Sisters tells the story of the remarkable ladies who flew for the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) in World War Two. Called upon to ferry military planes of all types between airfields, factories and maintenance units, these ladies were faced with bad weather, operational adversities and flying planes they had never flown before. Now in their 90's, these ladies tell us of the adventures they experienced during their incredible lives as Ferry Pilots. With tales of love, laughter and loss, people can't help but feel permanently amazed by the achievements of these unique women. They are the unsung heroes of the Second World War.