Projects

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We think of the arctic as a pristine wilderness, and when scientists went to collect breastmilk from Inuit mothers, they were expecting to find the purest milk anywhere on earth. But the levels went off the scale. The milk of the Inuit mothers was loaded with chemicals migrating from the south. Set in the wilderness of the Canadian Arctic, Invisible tells the story of how man-made chemicals are building up in our bodies and being passed from mother to child in the womb and through breastfeeding. It is thought that these hormone disrupting chemicals are causing havoc with the reproductive systems, neurological health and immune systems of animals and humans across the planet. Today scientists cannot find a single woman anywhere in the world who does not have chemicals such as flame retardants in her breast milk. In this beautiful and thought-provoking film, artist and film maker Roz Mortimer takes us on a hypnotic journey to the high arctic. Featuring throatsinging performances from Tagaq, medieval texts and epic scenes of contemporary Inuit life, this film resists conventions of science documentary and questions how we live in the world today. Filmed entirely on Baffin Island, Nunavut, in the communities of Iqaluit and Qikiqtarjuaq.   Website: www.wonder-dog.co.uk/invisible

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Designed as a hospital for well-off patients, the Israel American Medical Center has been going up in Tel Aviv since 1968, but it has never been finished. The architect who designed this building is invited to re-visit his unfinished work and venture into what were to have been huge emergency wards, splendid private rooms for patients and well-equipped physicians' surgeries. The abrasive contrast between desire and reality and between expectations and frustrations is present in this film.

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'in that sleep of death, what dreams may come' (Shakespeare). Shot in varying live and object stop-frame formats, Jamais Vu depicts an individual's descent into his own madness, capturing the perverse poetry of insanity by using motifs of dream, blackout, amnesia and final annihilation. As we enter the opening dream, we witness the protagonist's (Antonio O) fall into the self-referential world of the Cellar, a place where objects seem to have their own malicious intent. Trapped within the unknown space, Antonio O struggles to hold onto some sense of his own self. He starts to have flashbacks of his forgotten memories which become so vivid that he can not handle any more and as he collapses, he regurgitates all of his memory into a book and breathes his last breath. Ultimately, though, we realise that the Cellar is the main protagonist.

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A young Japanese girl keeps her mother up to date with family life in her absence.

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The setting is the London Underground. The film passes through real places and transforms in and out abstract shapes and forms. The music and the images are presented as equal elements in balance and harmony with each other. The film was created using a unique production process with the director/animator also working as the score composer. The images were designed as a reaction to the music.

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Raja Khan is a man on a mission. He's persuaded his childhood friend Big John who owns chip shop chain Big Johns to invest millions into his dream - his won TV station. Raj wants to create his own station for British Asians, but he has a David Brent style of management and has gathered young Asian graduates who are desperate to get in to TV to make his programmes. Raj is facing a deadline, he has only 3 months to get his channel on air or he'll lose his channel. The pressure is on.

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Euan MacInnes prepares to run for the Scottish Parliament. Standing in 2007 for Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party, if elected Euan promises to turn up to Parliament with a white face and a black cloak. Does he have a ghost of a chance or is he just a good dancer?

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About a business relationship.

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From chopping board to dining table the film follows the preparation, delivery, and consumption of a tasteful snail's dessert.

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Documentary on the making of the feature film Speed of Light with commented footage of the film and in-depth interviews.

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Body disintegration and distortion becomes metaphor for the breakdown of certainties. I perform sounds of the body in the process of painting, filming and struggling with the material. Image and sound collapse and the atmosphere of decay is emphasised by heightened film 'noise', while 'found' sound extends the idea of inseparability between individual and environment.

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A man wakes up and goes on a journey to a special place. A spur of the moment sequence, made without planning.