Projects matching: Peter Webber

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Based on the book 'The Reason I Jump' written by Naoki Higashida, a non-verbal autistic Japanese boy. Translated from Japanese in 2013 by acclaimed novelist David Mitchell, the book is now a worldwide bestseller, offering an illuminating and life-enhancing guide to Planet Autism – a planet that has very different laws from the one most inhabit.
The book, written when its author was unknown and only 13, is now a bestseller in 27 languages, and has become one of the world’s most widely-read guides to Autism, offering an extraordinary passport to another world.
The book's question-and-answer format gives a remarkable insight into the thoughts and feelings of an autistic person who cannot talk; a Rosetta stone that allows us to hear what it’s like to be autistic. This feature documentary is a cinematic translation of the experiences revealed in the book, weaving Naoki’s writings around stories of non-verbal autistic people across the globe, immersing us in their unique sensory worlds, full of intensity, richness, and beauty - and sometimes shadows and terror.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2020 - World Cinema Documentary Competition - World premiere
Grierson Awards 2022 - Winner - Best Single Documentary – International

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From BBC Earth Films, the studio that brought you 'Earth', comes the long awaited sequel, 'Earth: One Amazing Day', an astonishing journey revealing the awesome power of the natural world. Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands, from exotic jungles to urban jungles.
Astounding breakthroughs in filmmaking technology bring you up close and personal with a cast of unforgettable characters; a baby zebra desperate to cross a swollen river, a penguin who heroically undertakes a death-defying daily commute to feed his family, a family of sperm whales who like to snooze vertically and a sloth on the hunt for love.
Told with humour, intimacy, emotion and a jaw-dropping sense of cinematic splendor, 'Earth: One Amazing Day' is the enchanting big screen family friendly adventure that spectacularly highlights how every day is filled with more unseen dramas and wonders than you can possibly imagine— until now!

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A film about us. It's a film about you, your children, your parents, your friends. It's about every one of us. It's about our failure: failure as individuals, the failure of business, and the failure of our politicians. It is about an unprecedented planetary emergency. It's about the future of us
Based on scientist Stephen Emmot's eye-opening lecture on humanity's biggest threat: overpopulation.

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Young Hannibal: Behind The Mask, directed by BAFTA nominee Peter Webber, introduces us to the Hannibal Lecter character, telling the story of the formative years of the serial killer from his childhood in Lithuania to his teenage years in France. Starring 20-year-old French actor Gaspard Ulliel in the coveted role, alongside award-winning Chinese actress Gong Li, and Rhys Ifans, the film is written by best-selling novelist Thomas Harris, based on his forthcoming book Behind the Mask.

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Set in 17th century Holland, Girl With A Pearl Earring tells the imagined and highly suspenseful story behind one of Vermeer's greatest and most enigmatic paintings. Griet, a tilemaker's daughter, is forced by tragedy to become a maid for the master painter.

Fascinated by his craft, she soon shows an aptitude for helping in his studio, where she finds herself drawn to the man and his world of colour and light. As she becomes part of his work, their growing intimacy spreads disruption and jealousy within his ordered household and beyond, fuelling a scandal which threatens to ruin them all.