Projects matching: Sophia Di Martino

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The layered structure on which BROKEN ENGLISH rests is the fictional ‘Ministry of Not Forgetting’ (led by Tilda Swinton and her trusty interviewer George MacKay), who take Marianne Faithful on a journey into a rich and event-filled past. Images, clips and interviews are interspersed with musical responses by Beth Orton, Courtney Love and Nick Cave, creating an inventive and soulful portrait of cultural icon Marianne Faithfull. Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2025 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - Documentary Special Presentation Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2026

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In this personal and intimate film writer-director Elizabeth Sankey uses her own story of being admitted to a psychiatric ward after the birth of her son to explore the unexpected yet compelling connections between perinatal mental health illness and the history and portrayal of witches in western society. Using clips of cinematic witches to illustrate her own experience and those of fellow sufferers, alongside interviews with medical professionals and academics, Sankey creates her own spell book for all to use. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2024 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - Documentary Competition

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Socially awkward and environmentally conscious teenager, AJ, has a few things on her mind. Mostly how the methane from all the cows is destroying the planet, and how she would rather be anywhere in the world than on holiday with her painfully normal family. On discovering that there’s no Wi-Fi, AJ is determined to have the worst week of her life, but her plan comes unstuck when she becomes unexpectedly captivated by a chlorine-smelling, sun-loving lifeguard named Isla. In this charming coming of age tale, AJ falls in love for the first time, and back in love with her own family. Official Selection Glasgow Film Festival 2021 - Audience Award Winner

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Siobhan McSweeney (DERRY GIRLS) stars in this character study about a woman who becomes increasingly infatuated with her neighbour.

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Jaq's in pain. But she also wants to have sex. Which should be relatively straightforward, but her body is out to sabotage coitus in the worst way it can think of: vaginal evacuation on an antique chair. Jaq has endometriosis. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - World premiere Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2020 - International Competition

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Yesterday, everyone knew The Beatles. Today, only Jack remembers their songs. He’s about to become a very big deal. Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter in a tiny English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best friend, Ellie. Then, after a freak bus accident during a mysterious global blackout, Jack wakes up to discover that The Beatles have never existed… and he finds himself with a very complicated problem indeed. Performing songs by the greatest band in history to a world that has never heard them, and with a little help from his steel-hearted American agent, Debra, Jack’s fame explodes. But as his star rises, he risks losing Ellie - the one person who always believed in him. With the door between his old life and his new closing, Jack will need to get back to where he once belonged and prove that all you need is love. A rock-n-roll comedy about music, dreams, friendship, and the long and winding road that leads to the love of your life. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - Closing Night Gala - World premiere

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This macabre fairy tale follows a lonely teenager who finds an abandoned camera and turns it on herself in her quest for companionship. Her controlling father, intent on preventing her happiness plays an unwitting role in her tragic fate.

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In a rural pub restaurant on a busy motorway, same-sex couple Brona and Alex await the arrival of a man named Karl. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Journey Strand - World premiere

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Chloe thinks she's just going in for a routine test. Things do not go as planned.

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A romantic comedy set in space, or – to be more specific – on planet Earth. World-weary banker Zac embarks on his search for his eccentric sister, Alice, who has gone missing while on a narrowboat trip with her new boyfriend.

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Once you've butchered your first lodger, eating meat three times a day can get dull. How can Dave and Charlotte liven up mealtimes with only 7 pence?