Projects

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This delightfully choreographed Technicolor follow-up to the modernist cartoon classic 'Joie de Vivre', made for Alexander Korda’s London Films, is a lesser-known delight. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Create Strand - Restoration World premiere

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Before opening A Colour Box for the GPO in 1935, New Zealander Len Lye experimented with an all-singing, all-dancing stop-motion monkey hungry for peanuts. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Create Strand - Restoration World premiere

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An abstract look at daily life in London. A restoration by Cinémathèque Suisse of an unfinished version of Hans Richter's EVERY DAY (1929), found at the archives of the Cinémathèque in 2012. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Treasures Strand

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After a dispute fuelled by jealousy, knife thrower John is stranded in an Asian port. There, he rescues the young Chinese woman Song from the violent clutches of two libertines. Deciding that she is the ideal partner for his act, they begin performing together at a vaudeville theatre. One day, John’s former mistress, the stylish dancer Gloria, turns up. John needs money to win her back, so he takes part in the robbery of a mail train and ends up losing his eyesight. He attributes all the good things that happen to him from then on to Gloria. But in reality, it is Song who has been devoted to him all along... Official Selection Berlinale 2018 - Retrospective

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George Studdy’s cartoon pup makes the transition to the cinema screen and sets the tone for many a British tourist with his drunken high jinks in Paris. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Create Strand - Restoration World premiere

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Lost for nearly a century, this rediscovery offers a wonderful opportunity to fall under the spell of Betty Balfour, Britain’s ‘Queen of Happiness’. Betty Balfour was Britain’s biggest star of the 1920s, so the discovery of one of her key films was a major event. Identified by archivists at EYE Filmmuseum in the Netherlands, this Dutch-language version is incomplete, with footage missing throughout the film. This version was painstakingly pieced together by the BFI National Archive's restoration team with new English intertitles. It restores a truly vivacious performance from Balfour, and adds to the knowledge of director George Pearson, a key figure in British cinema of whose films a bare handful survive. Telling the story of a pair of working class youngsters with big dreams – a cheery chorus girl and a serious writer – the film toys with expectations, blurring the boundaries of reverie and reality, tragedy and comedy. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Archive Special Presentation - Restoration World premiere

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The man on the moon and the last Englishman on Earth appear in a clever mix of propaganda, science fiction and comedy, with a killer punchline. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Create Strand - Restoration World premiere

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An early experiment in bringing colour to animation sees a bubble-blowing doll, a toy circus and a stubborn donkey revelling in two-tone glory. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Create Strand - Restoration World premiere

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Though likely intended as a charming comic tale of young love, this film takes on a strangely gothic hue thanks to the uncanny movements of a puppet plaything. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Create Strand - Restoration World premiere

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In Northern England estranged brothers reunite in a remote cabin. Forced to confront their painful upbringing, they try to process their separate journeys as a result of generational and lived trauma. Official Selection New York Film Festival 2025 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - European premiere

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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

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Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2025 - World premiere Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2025 Official Selection San Sebastián International Film Festival 2025 Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025