Projects matching: Orlando Von Einsiedel

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Asil is a young Syrian refugee awaiting documents in Turkey while processing the trauma of losing her home and family. Her story gives voice to a charming gigantic puppet named Amal, who represents millions of migrant and displaced children in a walk from the Syrian border in turkey all the way across Europe. Escorted and animated by a group of puppeteers who are themselves refugees, Amal’s epic journey is one of compassion and discovery.
Official selection Doc NYC 2023 Kaleidoscope Competition - World premiere

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The story of young Afghan girls learning to read, write - and skateboard - in Kabul.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - World premiere
BAFTA Film Awards 2020 - Winner - Best British Short Film
Academy Awards 2020 - Winner - Best Documentary Short Subject

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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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Following his Oscar winning 'The White Helmets', Orlando von Einsiedel turns his camera on his own family as they attempt to cope with a devastating loss.
When his brother, newly diagnosed as schizophrenic and suffering from intense depression, took his own life at 22, Orlando and his other two siblings buried the trauma, rarely talking about it. Over a decade later, the remaining family set out on a hiking tour, visiting landscapes Evelyn liked to walk, to reflect on his life and death. The result is an intensely personal and moving take on the emotional impact of suicide within a family and a powerful account of the benefits of creating safe spaces for emotional communication. Shot in a subjective style and against the stunning backdrop of the British countryside, Evelyn is an emotionally raw film that documents the difficult, yet rewarding, attempt to navigate the rocky highlands of collective trauma. (LFF Brochure)
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - Documentary Competition - World premiere

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Nicu, a homeless street kid, is adopted by the notorious 'Bruce Lee' and brought up in the subterranean tunnels of Bucharest. As he grows up, he begins to realise that this 'King of the Underworld' is maybe not the father that he needs.
Filmed over five years by photographer Joost Vandebrug, the film is a real life Oliver Twist story about growing up, and finding a family.

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A small group of volunteer heroes, the White Helmets defy death, dodging bombs and sniper fire, to rescue Syrians from the bombs that fall incessantly on their towns and cities. However, after three years and with no end in sight, even the heroes may need to be saved.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2016 - Short Cuts

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After a freak meteor storm turns Bob into a Superhero he must face his greatest challenge: going on his first date in six years.

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Since 2007, in the forested depths of eastern Congo, a Belgian conservationist has led a team of Congolese rangers, charged with protecting the world's last remaining mountain gorilla population living in one of the most bio-diverse places on earth, the Virunga National Park.

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Partially blinded by an unknown illness aged 4 and sent out to work on the tough streets of Kano in Nigeria aged 9, Aisha Sani Abdullahi's life chances were not great. However, a chance meeting sent Aisha's life in a completely different direction. Aisha's Song is an energetic and beautifully shot 16mm documentary that uses the sounds of street life in Kano in order to create a vibrant and organic soundscape. Musically lush and uplifting, the film is a positive story of female empowerment from a part of the world where women are all too often overlooked.

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Twelve year-old Fazilla deals daily with the hardships of selling chewing gum on the streets and the discrimination Afghan girls face. However, when she is skateboarding, she forgets all her problems.

Murza is a 16 year-old who has known nothing but a life of war. But through participation in the Skateistan project, he has been able to give up working at a car wash and now has high hopes for both himself and his country's future. 

Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul is a beautiful, verite style, 16mm film about the lives of 2 young skateboarders from Afghanistan. The Skateistan project is Afghanistan's first co-educational skateboarding school. In a country with innumerable problems, Skateistan represents an oasis where children can be children and build the kinds of cross-cultural relationships that Afghanistan needs for future stability. Intimate and challenging in its portrayal of children's stories and stunningly shot, Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul is a touching ray of light from a country only ever in the news for all the wrong reasons.

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Bob Kenner is a Superhero. He lives in Peckham. This is the first time he has granted an interview.