In the dark workshop of the Anglo Saxon, Abbey of Malmesbury, a monk named Eilmer is secretly constructing an impressive contraption - wings. He plans to out do his predecessor Icarus and conduct the world’s first ever successful air flight. The almighty Abbot is already suspicious of Eilmer’s dreamy head and is watching him closely.
As the first snow flake settles on cold concrete, the ice cream vans begin to contemplate the harsh winter ahead. For, like the caribou and the grey goose, the season marks the start of a long voyage in search of sunnier climes.
More than 10 million sheep and cattle were burned in the United Kingdom during the Foot and Mouth crisis in 2001. Over a decade later, a farmer still suffers.
She has lost the most dear thing in her life and all that is left is a slowly withering garden. Will she learn to see every new day as a new opportunity?
In 1962, the patients at a psychiatric hospital tell their stories to a nice young couple. But what really happened at the hospital before this young couple arrived? And are this apparently pleasant young couple really who - or what - they seem?
The true story of Imperial Provisor Frombald, a very composed and efficient administrator. who is asked to travel deep into the Serbian countryside to resolve a spot of eighteenth century vampire hysteria that leaves him feeling nothing less than a little hysterical himself.
Experimental Animation. Third in a Trilogy of Films
Following Manufactured Noise and Indoctrination.
Total abstraction, subliminal rhythms, indoctrination and intrusion.
Are explored to an emotive soundtrack composed by the director
Michael Salkeld
Animated documentary featuring the voices of children locked up in immigration detention centres around the world. Governments routinely deny media access to these facilities so the voices of children detained in Australia, Greece, South Africa and USA were recorded secretly over the phone and reveal their hidden suffering.
Summer 2013, England and Wales. Jolene (19), an indie folk star, is having trouble convincing her writing partner Benny (20) to become more commercial. Too many Music Industry types become involved leaving Jolene feeling dazed and confused, and Benny - marginalised. They find themselves bundled into a crowded motorhome masquerading as a 'Tour Bus', headed to a beautiful, if rather remote Music Festival in North Wales. As they journey away from the metropolis environments of the City and further, and further into the unknown natural beauty of the Valleys they are able to confront their ambitions and emotions for the first time. Can they both get back to where they once belonged, and move forward together, or will all be lost in the noise and confusion?
LadyFrotto is a short film which follows a solitary man as he engages in an unconventional relationship with a unique individual. We observe his short time with it... [giggle] 'her' and watch as this surreal story of love unfolds.
Manufactured Britishness depicts a fictional future where immigrants must undergo physical assessments to demonstrate their worth as prospective British citizens. The narrative is set in post-industrial locations which are turned into training zones where immigrants engage in pre-learned and repetitive tasks in order to pass a bizarre test of citizenship.
