Projects

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A hybrid live action-animation documentary exploring the spiritual beliefs of the Pemón Indigenous People of Venezuela. This threatened culture inhabit the lands surrounding the Eastern Tepuis of the Guiana Shield, one of the oldest mountain ranges on earth. Official Selection Global Lift Off Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection Cine Las Americas International Film Festival 2023 - International premiere

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A story of self-harm from those living through it. Collaborating with mental health charity Fullscope, directors Joseph Clark and Zan Barberton worked closely with groups of young people. Through workshops and interviews, the young contributors' fingerprints are metaphorically and literally all over the film, making it an honest testament to their experiences.

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BAULERA 12 takes us on a trip to where we are all going; death. Knowing he is terminally ill, Amaru (36) builds a memory room in a storage unit and a spaceship to travel into the unknown. He prepares himself and us; when ready, Amaru travels to an otherworldly place. Official Selection Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2024 - World premiere

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Many queer people are alienated from the idea of undressing for a massage, entering a typical barbershop for a 'men's haircut' while being perceived as something else, or facing the repercussions of a 'controversial' tattoo. BEING SEEN follows three individuals as they each attend an appointment with queer practitioners. Official Selection Encounters International Film Festival 2023

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A meditation on growth and symbiosis, inspired by the entangled lives of fungi. Journey into a hidden world where edges blur, connection is vital and life thrives through togetherness. Official Selection Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2023

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An autobiographical short film that tells the story of Neapolitan teenager Dino Desica, who joins a neo-fascist group to escape discrimination for being non-Roman and queer. The film's title references a controversial 2006 political debate statement, adding layers of historical context.

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In the isolation of Texas’ Big Bend, a lone trailer on an abandoned commune has become the reluctant hideout for Geena and her criminal husband, Clyde. Exhausted by Clyde's controlling ways and desperate for interaction with the outside world, Geena decides to leave, but another trailer suddenly arrives, carrying a couple from New York. Ignoring the risks their presence will bring, an intrigued Geena convinces Clyde to let them stay, a decision that will have dangerous consequences for them all. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2023 - Viewpoints - World premiere

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A captivating feature-length documentary that offers an intimate glimpse into the lives and journeys of six extraordinary burlesque performers from across the United Kingdom. Through this documentary, the film aims to challenge misconceptions surrounding burlesque and showcase its empowering nature as a celebration of body positivity, creativity, and self-expression.

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As Italy lurches to the far right, a Malian finds a place amongst a family of charcoal burners in the remote Calabrian mountains. Official Selection AFI Fest 2023

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Before their 17th Birthdays, two black boys attempt to bury contraband in order to save their cultural identity from being erased by the UK government, however, they unearth new truths that test their friendship. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival London 2023

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The film features a group of women who reside in a care home in a small market town of Sefrou, Morocco. HER PLOT OF BLUE SKY is a record of one of the days in which the Amazigh women inhabitants of the care home were seen using the cameras. The images they create - of themselves and others - are playful yet harrowing, they point to the invisibility of women, non-hetero normative, neurodiverse, functionally diverse and elderly people in media more general. Woven into the women's narratives is Rachida Madani’s poem, Tales of a Severed Head.

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A woman struggles with the pressures of motherhood and uses a childish game at a local baby group to vent her fury, sparking an unexpected chain reaction. Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2024 - International Competition