The true life story of John Davidson. Diagnosed with Tourette's at 15, Johnson was targeted as insane by his peers, as he struggled with a condition few had witnessed. Campaigning for Tourette's as an adult, he was awarded an MBE in 2019 by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his pioneering advocacy.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
In an isolated deaf community, Matt's idyllic world cracks when Eva arrives, making him question his identity and the costs of maintaining his supposedly utopian society.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
An experimental feature film that dives into the murky waters of memory. The filmmaker's daughter Eden, dressed as Dorothy, walks a path of recollection but she does not walk alone. On her journey she is accompanied by workers from a factory that produces memory.
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
Fighting Demons is an unflinching portrait of four bare-knuckle fighters, including a devoted father fighting for his family’s future while haunted by his past. Set between the chaos of the cage and the quiet of home, it explores masculinity, survival, and the cost of breaking the cycle you were born into.
Mr X has been in state care most of his life. He builds extraordinary structures out of found objects. As he prepares to leave hospital, his objects become space vehicles to travel across society’s boundaries. He builds for us a vision of his new life.
Four queer people, in beautiful and striking sites and environments across Scotland, ask questions about the stories we choose to tell and how these stories shape the lives of those who come after us.
The film is an archive for the future, claiming space for marginalised cultures, languages and identities.
An experimental film that recreates the experiences of dementia through spoken word, documentary, dramatic reconstruction, and never-before-seen deteriorated archival footage: 16mm films from the 1930s to the 1960s, featuring major historical events and world travel. THE MEMORY BOOM is framed from inside the mind of Pops, a hospitalised grandfather with severe dementia. The decayed footage serves as a visual exploration of Pops' memories.
Pops' grandson narrates from his bedside, attempting to preserve Pops' memories while struggling to comprehend memory loss. Pops' confused thoughts rise to the surface, and he shares them with his grandson as if it were 'storytime' leading him down rivulets of muddled tales and garbled memories spanning his lifetime. Pops' Filipina nurse supports the grandson, sharing her inability to care for her own dementia-affected father in the Philippines. The film charts the trio's journeys through emotional turmoil, leading to a deeper understanding of the nuances of memory.
THE MEMORY BOOM was created with documentary participants from community groups across rural England and features anonymously donated archival materials, courtesy of Exeter Phoenix. The film was made in memory of the filmmakers’ relatives who lived with dementia, and explores memory preservation and photographic consent.
Official Selection PÖFF - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
Genre-busting tale of how unemployed amateur cyclist, Bryan Allen, and heavily in debt father-of-three, Paul MacCready, together with a rag-tag team of neuro-diverse outliers, set out on a death-defying and madcap quest to untangle the mystery of human powered flight and in doing so win the most coveted prize in aviation.
Built from a remarkable trove of recently discovered 16mm footage along with an arsenal of innovative techniques, this uplifting story of ingenuity, courage and determination, challenges us to question the assumptions we make about about society’s outliers and reminds us of how the stories we tell can help us to understand and perhaps change the world.
TRANS CAMERA ACTION uses digital and analogue filmmaking methods for a meaningful exploration of the construction and impact of trans and non-binary representations through conversation with trans and non-binary film workers. The film also includes experimental and allegorical views of trans representations in 16mm and 8mm film.
In this dark comedy, sixth-former Rae is chronically ill and stuck at home with her glorious imagination and seething rage for company.
Official Selection Superfest Disability Film Festival 2024
Different forms of communication are explored when a filmmaker attempts to find the name of a dead person they discovered behind their flat in Glasgow.
