One day - one life in St.Petersburg. According to writings and biography of Russian Absurdist poet Daniil Kharms (1905-1942). An attempt to combine styles of documentary cinema and constructivists theatre, seeking to reveal Kharms' vision of life.
Based on the cult novel by Cris Freddi, Pelican Blood tells the story of Nikko, a funny but left-of-centre young man living in London. Following a disastrous break up with his girlfriend, Stevie, he’s taking life one day at a time, throwing all his energy into his hobby: Bird spotting. Just as life becomes bearable, Stevie arrives back on the scene, causing a rift between Nikko and all his friends, who warn him she will destroy him. They are fully aware of how the couple first met: on a suicide website, pledging they will ‘end it all together’. As their intense, disturbing and highly sexual connection resumes, the relationship between Nikko, Stevie, his friends and his hobby are thrown into questionable chaos. Pelican Blood is a funny and passionate look at the things that make us tick, and the things we tick off the list.
The classic story of Peter and The Wolf comes brilliantly to life in this animated film, recounting a magical world in which little boys can find the strength and courage to overcome their fears and the ever-present dangers that surround them.
Wayne Wilson is a primo paparazzi who has gained his reputation by stalking his celebrity clients. Feted by an editor who need his skills to increase the circulation of her magazine, he goes on a spree of photograping footballers, models and rockstars, but does not follow his brief. Eleanor the editor is not impressed. To get him to make amends, she sends him to photgraph the reclusive actress May Hudson, who has not been photgraphed for years.
He soon discovers that he cannot get her picture in the conventional manner, as she never leaves her Buckingham mansion. Wayne realises he must try to befriend May's village neighbours of film producers and actors. However they quickly quickly turn their aquaintance with him to their advantage by hatching a plan to have Wayne pose as a movie producer to get May in their movie.
Like the film Sunset Boulevard, May makes a triumphal return to Pinewood Studios when the village has-beens succeed in getting their film funded, but when she discovers Wayne is a lowly paparazzi, she drugs and ties him to the bed.
Kidnapped and helpless Wayne's life as a paparazzi unravels before him!
Pig Business documents Marchioness, Tracy Worcester's four year investigation into the intensive pig farming industry. The film reveals the devastating effects intensive pig farming is having on the environment, the health and welfare of agricultural communities, the quality of our food and animal welfare.
Young lovers Julius and Fiona witness the 'birth' of Salvador Dali in a field one summers day. They follow him to his studio, but Julius and Dali are destined to clash over ideals.
Bhavesh, Farhan and Kamal all aged 24, are keen number plate collectors. PL4TE5 documents the stories behind their cherished marks, exploring the roots of their fixation, their lifestyles and charts the accumulation of their collection. All three men are easily identifiable by their plates and cars. The plates have become an extension of their identities.
N is a 13 year veteran of the Dorothy Fish, a psychiatric day hospital in North London, whose sole ambition is never to be discharged. But when glamorous Poppy bursts onto the scene, loudly protesting her sanity and desperate to get out, a baffled N reluctantly agrees to help her.
In a 21st century catch 22, the pair soon discover that to qualify for legal aid to pay for the lawyer to prove she is sane, Poppy must get sickness benefit, for which she must prove she is mad. Trapped in a crazy upside-down world, where nothing turns out to be quite what it seems, a curious friendship develops born of love.
Possessed enters the complicated worlds of four hoarders; people whose lives are dominated by their relationship to possessions. The film questions whether hoarding is a symptom of mental illness or a revolt against the material recklessness of consumerism. When does collecting become hoarding and why do possessions exert such an influence on our lives?
Michael Hallam marries into one of the richest and most powerful families in New York. Neither this nor running one of the largest companies in the big apple is enough for him. Bored with a life that few of us could only dream of, Hallam spends his time using his money, power and charm to predatorily lure countless women into bed.
Unbeknown to him, and as a result of a single decision he makes, his life takes a significant turn for the worse. Everything he has slips away at breakneck speed.
