Ten days before the millennium, Hope, a single mother, arrives in London with her two infants, clutching only the clothes on their backs. Escaping a haunted past, she seeks refuge in a city gripped by Y2K paranoia. A charismatic stranger offers sanctuary, but as Hope navigates an uncertain future in unfamiliar streets, she uncovers his chilling motives. The threat to her family dwarfs the feared technological collapse. In a pulse-pounding race against time, Hope must protect her children at any cost, no matter the
personal sacrifice.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - Short Film Competition
An epic fable inspired by the life of Ann Lee, the founder of the Shakers, a radical religious movement that began in the late 1700s. Mona Fastvold's film depicts Ann Lee's establishment of a utopian society and the Shakers' worship through song and dance.
Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2025
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - Official Competition
Can a dog still be man’s best friend if that man is the Führer? Blondi explores the bizarre bond between Hitler and his beloved German Shepherd. From eating the crumbs under the table at the Führer’s birthday, to living in the confinement of the bunker, this film presents intimate glimpses of the dog’s daily life intertwined with the realities of war and fictitious, humorous newsreels, depicting the oblivious pet's significant and surreal impact on the Reich.
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025
A group of facilitators, apprentices, volunteers, people living with dementia, and their supporters gather in a community hall. Together, they revisit memories of food, discovering how the past can affect the present.
A poetic memoir and political report, shot in Berlin and Leipzig, and in landscapes around the British Isles. The film’s narrative builds out from the events of the Reichstag Fire in Berlin in 1933 in which the pioneering German-Jewish sound recordist, Ludwig Koch, on whom the film ultimately centres, plays a minor role, placing him and his family in danger. The film is structured in two parts, juxtaposing Koch’s persecution in Nazi Germany with his experiences as a refugee recording bird song and other sounds in Britain.
The film’s images of contemporary urban and rural terrains, and of objects and documents, create a collision between past and present. Shifts in time are further emphasised through the use of Koch’s original sound recordings from Germany and Britain which feature throughout the film.
A personal and transformative story of Louise, an ex-dancer who transitioned in the 1980s. A former member of a dance group called Pyramid Dancers, Louise was part of the legendary London club scene during its most iconic era of the 80s and 90s. Through rare archival footage and Super8mm film, the documentary transports us back to those electric nights, offering an intimate look at how those years shaped Louise's identity and how her love for dance fuelled her journey towards self-acceptance and authenticity.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025
An unpleasant return to Das Institut für den reinen Tor, Menschheim, Germany, for a forgetful investigation into memory.
Restarring: Dr Forschung (incarcerated); Prof Suchen (in pseudonym); Fernando Pessoa (in 5 personas);
James Joyce (in multi-Finnegans).
"I have more than just one soul.
There are more I's than I myself.
I exist, nevertheless"
Alberto Caeiro
"I'm not who I have in memory
Nor who is in me now."
Fernando Pessoa
A group of facilitators, apprentices, volunteers, people living with dementia, and their supporters gather in a community hall. Together, they re-enact a wedding, discovering how the past can affect the present.
Das Institut für den reinen Tor, Menschheim, Germany, takes you “searching, exploring, constructing, deconstructing, reconstructing, post-construction, under-construction, over-destruction, counting, measuring etc.” - with Dr Forschung (dismissed); Prof Suchen (in pseudonym); Fernando Pessoa (in 5 personas); James Joyce (in his multi-Finnegans) .
"It was life but was it fair?
It was free but was it art?"
James Joyce
"Because I am the size of what I see
And not the size of my height... "
Alberto Caeiro
"I am nothing.
Never shall be anything.
Cannot want to be anything.
This apart, I have in me all the dreams of the world."
Álvaro de Campos
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
