Projects

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When Helen David first founded her fashion label, English Eccentrics, in the early 80s, she was living in a Brixton Squat and selling her designs from a market stall in Camden. By the mid-90s, she was dressing stars including Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Prince, Helen Mirren and Helena Bonham-Carter. Then, at the turn of the millennium and during the height of her success, her brand unexpectedly collapsed. Twenty years later, her son – filmmaker Oliver David – investigates what happened. Looking through her life’s work, he traces her creative journey, through meteoric success and devastating failure, and discovers how she reinvented herself after losing everything.

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Tensions arise amidst the heat of a busy Pakistani takeaway. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - Short Film Competition

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Dublin 1985. Teenager Billy is cultivating an obsession: he’s tracking down VHS tapes of films branded 'Video Nasties' – The video nasty ruckus was fuelled in the early days of home video by conservative activist Mary Whitehouse, concerned about the harmful influence of certain horror films deemed 'extreme'. Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) 2025

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A film that is inspired by the novel 'The Baron in the Trees' by Italo Calvino. Calvino's book tells the adventures of a boy who climbs up a tree to spend the rest of his life inhabiting an arboreal kingdom. Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025 - World premiere

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The personal story of three exceptional astronauts who came together in America’s race for the Moon - Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee. The events that followed shook the US space program to the core, and has left a lasting impact on their families and on all space flights since. With exceptional access granted to the production team along with a rich ingredient of unseen personal archive, it's a story of jeopardy, adventure, tragedy and recovery, as told by those closest to the crew. Ultimately, it’s an inspiring story of the human spirit, as we continue our quest towards new horizons in space and look to the new generation of Artemis astronauts prepared to face the risks in doing so.

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Mark Gwynne Jones tells the story of his family's terrifying 1980's encounter with a celestial entity in Matlock, Derbyshire.

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The fate of a couple unfolds in an unsettling way.

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The story of two full-of-life, lonely and desperate strangers. One has risked his life to come to the UK to seek asylum; the other is a bold, vivacious woman clinging on to life, looking bleakly to her future whilst not quite being able to let go of her chaotic past. Jostling between comedy and heart-breaking moments of vulnerability, our story treads the fine line between pathos and humour, where human nature and tragedy are just a part of everyday life. Cindie is jobless, childless, and her life has been spiralling - addicted to her love of a party, vaping and drink. A working-class woman about to turn 40 and at her lowest ebb, she’s offered a lifeline via a sham marriage by fixer Amel - to a political refugee, Tariq, 27. In 2025, the number of people crossing the Dover Straits to the UK to seek asylum has doubled to around 60,000; this number continues to rise. A story about drag, immigration, class and true friendship. And so much more than that - it’s a love story, a modern fairy tale, and love is something we can all relate to regardless of sex, race, or religion – love is universal.

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Children lie. But when one lie threatens Ms Lawson’s integrity as a teacher, can she keep on defending a student as peculiar as Maria Obasi? Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025

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An animated exploration of diasporic female identity, inspired by the director’s Bété ancestry in central Ivory Coast. Blending abstract storytelling with rich spiritual iconography, the film delves into feminine cosmology, folklore, and traditional artistry. Featuring copper motifs and intricate relief engravings, DÉDÉ reimagines West African sculptures through animation, bringing mythological deities, fertility carvings, and tribal masks to life in a visually striking journey.

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A burn survivor dwells on the incident that scarred him, unraveling a tale of malpractice and the devastating cost of putting profit over people. Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) 2025 - World premiere

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Alliances are forged when two opposing forces struggle to establish dominance in a desolate city. As humanity's relationship with the environment is tested, a British ornithologist, battling his own demons, attempts to piece together clues to the origin of a mysterious illness, as wildlife traffickers and pseudo-scientists converge at the crossroads of Europe. In response, a fearless band of Eco-warriors - intent on nature running its course - plot the downfall of an unorthodox gang of misfits who long for humankind's next evolutionary step.