Projects with status: Complete

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As her childhood turns into motherhood, teenage troublemaker Gemma comes of age in her fading Scottish steel town. But in a place where “you either get knocked up or locked up,” innocent games can easily turn into serious crime. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - Documentary Competition - World premiere Winner: Best Documentary Feature Award; Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award, Tribeca Film Festival 2019 Official Selection Hot Docs 2019 – The Changing Face of Europe

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One trans man’s pioneering quest to fulfil an age-old desire: starting his own family. This is the story of the dad who gave birth. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - Documentary Competition - World premiere Official Selection Hot Docs 2019 – The Changing Face of Europe

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Living with his mother and working as a farmhand in his hometown, fourteen-year-old Lalo sees buying a smartphone for his high-school crush the only surefire way into her heart. When his mother is forced to use his savings in order to pay for medical bills, Lalo decides to approach the local huachicoleros for help, who quickly enlist his aid in their business of illegally siphoning gas in order to take advantage of the country's shortage and re-sell on the black market. As Lalo naively becomes more involved with the huachicoleros' work, an uneasy air of violence begins to overtake the world around him, while investigators narrow their search for those responsible. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - International Narrative Competition - World premiere Winner: Best New Narrative Director Award - Tribeca Film Festival 2019

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A three year old asks his father an unanswerable question: “Where do we go when we die?” Together, they embark on an epic journey of fantasy realms and mythical creatures in a quest for the answer. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - U.S. Narrative Competition - World premiere

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A behind-the-scenes look at the highs and lows of the life and career of Bill Wyman, former founding member of the Rolling Stones and renaissance man of rock and roll. Using Bill's personal archive and including interviews with Bill’s family, bandmates and friends, the film provides a fresh insight into the reality behind the myths and legends of music’s rock and roll years as we explore the experiences and stories of an amusing, engaging and down-to-earth man; often simply called ‘The Quiet One’. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - Spotlight Documentary - World premiere

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Kaden is a world-class ski jumper in Whistler, Canada, unexpectedly presented with the chance of reconnecting with his teenage sweetheart. Khai is a corporate executive in Shanghai, China, faced with the fact that the girl he fantasizes about on the internet has just started working in his office. The two men go about their lives, without knowing that they are connected. When one is awake, the other is asleep. They dream each other. They are, in some strange way, the same person. The question is what happens if they were ever to meet…. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - Viewpoints - World premiere

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After instigating the largest of leak of secrets in US history - when she disclosed 750,000 documents to Wikileaks - ex-soldier and trans woman Chelsea Manning was supposed to spend most of the rest of her life behind bars in an all-male military prison. But on January 17 2017, President Barack Obama commuted her sentence, in an unprecedented and controversial move that divided the United States and the world. XY CHELSEA follows Chelsea Manning as she leaves prison after seven years inside, and begins a new life, whilst at the same time having to deal with the far-reaching consequences of her past - the historic leaks that lead to her prison sentences, the unintended celebrity status that is thrust on her as one of the world’s most notorious whistleblowers, and transitioning to become the woman she has always known herself to be. An intimate character portrait of a fascinating, unique and complex woman, a true rebel and outsider, who after making history must now start a new life, in a world which is far from welcoming, and in the shadow of rising Nationalism and intolerance, which has fomented hate and division throughout America. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - Movies Plus - World premiere Official Selection Hot Docs 2019 - Special Presentations

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Since the high school and the fish farm closed, the men and teenagers have had to leave the small northern British island of Out Skerries for Shetland’s mainland. Julie is one of the women left on the island with her youngest children. In her empty house prey to the sea winds, daily life follows a strange timescale, at the rhythm of the activities of those who left. Official Selection Visions du Réel 2019 - International Competition - World premiere

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What is it like to grow up in a place that has been forgotten? Tyler, a 16-year-old boy who has never attended school, guides us through an estate in the north of England. Official Selection Visions du Réel 2019 - World premiere Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - International Competition

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Iceland is a country marked by its frozen nature and extreme temperatures, which give it a certain touristic appeal. The harshness of the climatic conditions and the enthusiasm of tourists regularly cause car accidents to happen. From this phenomenon, verging on absurdity, the artist and filmmaker Ruaidhri Ryan had planned to make a road movie, one that he will never finish. He thus adventures into the different phases of pre-production, production and post-production of what this film could have been. This film captures the hilarious diary of this failure, in which Ryan calls on a 4x4, a GPS gnawed by the cold, an elf and a Viking guide with whom he maintains a virtual correspondence. Moving between simulated reality, video games and cinema, the film explores the geography of a country marked by the exoticism of its landscapes, often used as backdrops for Hollywood movies. A hilarious look at the way in which new technologies condition our ways of representing territories. Official Selection Visions du Réel 2019 - International Competition - World premiere

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An intimate journey in the life of a modern feminist who has never stopped being a hopeless romantic. A reflection on the nature of love, sex, relationships, and gender roles for a generation that having freed itself from the chains of tradition, is still struggling to find a new way to organise their lives. Official Selection Visions du Réel 2019 - World premiere

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When a fun-loving, middle-aged single mum accidentally gets pregnant from a one-night-stand, her prim teenage daughter is scandalized. But mother and daughter slowly reverse roles as the pregnancy progresses. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2019 - Discovery - International premiere