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Comedian and ventriloquist Nina Conti explores the world of new age and alternative therapies in a quest for self-knowledge, enlightenment and happiness. With her puppet Monkey as the voice of scepticism, Nina undergoes naked yoga, laughter therapy and shamanic ritual, before taking part in primal screaming and rebirth at a three-day retreat in the wilds of Scotland.
The halcyon days of skateboarding are alive in rural South Africa. Indigo Skate Camp is home to the village's very first generation of skaters, who are growing up with a different outlook on life from their elders.
Two professional executioners accidentally find love in a small factory town.
In “The Committee” 8 to 12 year old children explain how they decided to spend 7000 pounds. They discuss the process of decision making and the values guiding their decisions. The children are 11 regulars at a youth center in Bow, London, and were invited by the artist to spend her Emdash Award budget, normally aimed towards production of art work for Frieze Art Fair. The children were free to spend the money any way they wanted as well as to choose how to make decisions in a group.
This observational documentary hears from a number of young women aged 11-20 who were directly involved in the May 2017 Ariana Grande concert bombing, many of whom reflect on their experiences for the first time. Following three of them in the months after the attack, this intimate film also explores the lasting psychological impact and how their lives have been changed forever.
Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featured in four novels and 56 short stories first published in 1887. Most of these adventures featured the city of London. In this brand new program, we visit the London locations of the Sherlock stories that helped to bring the "consulting detective" to life.
Visual essay exploring the themes of Massimo Dallamano's Giallo "What Have You Done to Solange?" and its two semi-sequels.
Documentary telling the story of the ENSA performers who kept up the troops' morale during World War II, with contributions from Dame Vera Lynn, Eric Sykes and Tony Benn.
More than human?
For decades in Toledo, Ohio, Lott Industries has excelled at manufacturing small car parts. All 1,200 Lott employees have developmental disabilities, yet the company competes with traditional non-disabled businesses and achieves the highest quality ratings. When the US auto industry crisis hits, however, Lott's market is wiped out and president Joan Browne has 12 months to reinvent or close the doors. For the workers, the stakes are even higher since their jobs are a refuge, not only from the impoverishment that affects the majority of America's disabled, but from social isolation. For employees Kevin, Wanda and T.J., work is more than just a direly needed paycheck, it's a lifeline, a symbol of their dignity, and their dreams made real. The race to find a new business plan drives this engrossing recession economy drama, but it's the humanity the film restores to the balance sheet that makes A Whole Lott More such a rare achievement. Written by Myrocia Watamaniuk
Livvy Haydock explores the secretive world of gang girls, to understand the real stories behind the rising trend in sexual exploitation and violence against girls by gang members - and discovers how quickly female victims turn perpetrators.
The record books show that the 2010 Isle of Man TT fuelled by Monster Energy was dominated by one person – history man Ian Hutchinson, whose place in the TT legend was secured when he took victory in all five solo races, a feat never before achieved. However, they also show the 2010 TT was one of the closest, fastest and most thrilling feasts of real road racing ever seen. Lap records were smashed in almost every race, with victory decided by as little as 1.32 seconds - after more than 150 miles of racing on the challenging roads of the iconic Mountain course.
A story about a broken heart.
Comedian Owen Benjamin performs his crowd funded "Feed the Bear" comedy special live from Manchester, England!
January 2011: a team from the University of Basel makes two spectacular discoveries. The first was a previously unknown tomb, which was given the number KV64 and contained two mummies. It had originally been created at the time of Amenhotep III for a princess of the 18th dynasty and was reused a few centuries later for the burial of a noblewoman of the 22nd dynasty. Right next to it is the already known burial site KV40, where the Basel researchers have now carried out excavations for the first time. They discovered dozens of mummies - an unusual find in the Valley of the Kings, where most tombs were built for just one pharaoh. Initially, the archaeologists estimated the number of dead at 30, but after months of collaboration with evolutionary scientist Frank Rühli from the University of Zurich, they came to the conclusion that there must actually be more than 90. Who were these women?
Explores the rise of modern slavery in the UK, giving a portrait of the dark world of forced labor through the eyes of the people involved.
Experimental artist Joseph Lally continues his exploration into the dark side of beauty. Lally’s latest film mediates on the allure of violence in the cinema and questions society’s need for horror in the arts.
An authentic and bittersweet coming-of-age drama about responsibility and assimilation told over one night. A co-production between the Northern Film School, Leeds and NYU Tisch Graduate Film Program explores the often fraught and destabilising effect of teenage motherhood and tells the story of Kat, a seventeen-year-old Irish immigrant who's need for a night out with new friends is encroached upon by her pressing responsibilities.
In a modern, digital world of fake news, government surveillance and cyber-crime, it's important for people to stand up for what they believe in, whatever the consequences. A tense study on internet activism and social media, as we watch a social activist begin a live video feed and discover a dark secret.
An insight into no win, no fee compensation cases.
A girl who lost something important meets a rabbit.
The story of a lonely writer who learns what it is to be human by interacting with a machine known as the Emotional Motor Unit.
A girl in a brothel reminisces and questionins the advice her mother gave her as a child.
The memory cheats - do you recall watching Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit during the 1980s/1990s? This hoax title sequence plays on childhood recollections.
Mozart’s Don Giovanni was first performed in 1787, and was based on the story of the Spanish lothario, Don Juan. The title character seduces, deceives and murders his way through the opera, doing his utmost to experience life, and all that it has to offer, to the full.
In the summer of 2015, the dynamic British rock duo Royal Blood took the iconic Reading Festival by storm, delivering a career-defining performance that left the massive crowd electrified. Captured with stunning visuals and a pulsating audio mix, "Royal Blood: Live at Reading 2015" transports viewers to the heart of the festival, immersing them in the raw energy and unbridled passion.
Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta performed at the Royal Albert Hall.
This is a documentary where we gain access to the rich and their jaw dropping homes to reveal the stories behind multi-million pound disputes. Last year in London's Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea a whopping 6821 planning applications were submitted. These megabuck developments, often create noise, mess and stress and mean neighbours are being alienated for months, even years at a time.
Bereaved garage owner Karen wants to express her thanks to care worker Ana who is proud and reluctant to accept. Karen persists and is eventually presented with an opportunity.
Writer and comedian Dan Schreiber meets the people behind modern-day alien conspiracy theories, from Jesus being an alien to humanity being ruled by an evil reptilian overlord.
Documentary telling the story of the piracy explosion, with unique access to the coastal towns of war-torn Somalia, the boardrooms of the City of London, the operation hubs on board warships in the Gulf of Aden and the heartbreak of a hostage situation gone wrong. (Storyville)
A girl is forced to return to her hometown from London after her mother's death and the break-up of her relationship. Taking a job as a night cleaner in a restaurant, she is troubled by the appearance of the ghost of a girl who disappeared years ago. A mystery unfolds around her, putting her in danger of meeting the same fate.
Save yourself from the undead wiih this handy product! Entry in the Four4 Very Short Horror Film Competition, 2013.
In December 2018: three lives are affected by police violence amongst the chaos of the Yellow Vest protests in France. This film is dedicated to people all over the world mutilated and killed by police weapons.
Bec has scoured her back catalogue (backalogue) for all her favourite bits of material for your viewing pleasure. Does the show go according to plan? No. Did she forget some vital props for this recording? Sure. Does this DVD accidentally capture the spontaneity and chaos of live comedy and come out all the better for it? Absolutely.
Diana Damrau’s reputation as the world’s leading coloratura soprano has been built on her extraordinary technical virtuosity, her sensitive musicianship and her acute psychological insight. In this DVD of Katie Mitchell’s sometimes radical production of Lucia di Lammermoor from London’s Royal Opera House, she is, as the Financial Times wrote, “brilliantly convincing”. The British award winning director Katie Mitchell – took a revisionist approach to the drama, updating the action to the mid-19th century and applying a feminist slant as she added new and unexpected elements. The Financial Times wrote: “Mitchell shows us on stage personal traumas that a self-respecting woman in the early 19th century was meant to keep to herself. It is a messy, bloody list — nocturnal sex trysts, a knife murder, a miscarriage, a suicide in the bath … In all this Damrau is brilliantly convincing. Her rebellious Lucia is a woman of modern attitudes stuck in a still feudal Victorian world.”
Once upon a time, in the city of Veles (Macedonia), a group of teenagers discovered riches beyond their wildest dreams in the ‘digital gold rush’
The self-broadcasted life of a young woman in London before, during and after before it radically changes.
An unusual documentary exploring sound. Unique elements of Japanese culture are revealed through ancient rituals and extraordinary musical spectacles. A young Buddhist priest whose family has been serving a temple for the past 500 years is also a DJ and beat-boxer. A drum teacher takes part in a costume performance of a 700-year-old ghost story. A female performer plays the Sho, a rare bamboo instrument that is believed to imitate the call of the mythical phoenix. The core ideas explaining the magical potential of sound that permeates all parts of the film are presented in the tradition of Shingon Buddhism. These beliefs are explored through following Buddhist chanting lessons for student priests at Shuchiin University in Kyoto.
A woman prepares to take her own life. Entry in the Four4 Very Short Horror Film Competition, 2013.
Russell is a jack-the-lad teenage boy: obsessed with social media. His love-interest Jameela has a stern, eagle-eyed father determined to keep the pair apart.
A girl who is in the transition of puberty encounters something that arouses her sexually for the first time. She becomes restless as the day goes by in her oblivious semi-urban environment.
A lost American travels with his long-lost Ukrainian cousin to the Highlands of Scotland.
When Callum undertakes work experience with his embarrassing Nan, he soon discovers that the world of jacket potatoes can be complicated.
Captain Morgan and his crew return from their trip to Australia with a huge treasure in the belly of their ship. "Live at the End of the World" documents their highly energetic Melbourne show which took place in early 2013. Chris Bowes and band present the rabid fans with an explosive best-of set including fan favourites "Keelhauled", "Shipwrecked" & "Nancy the Tavern Wench". The Pirate Metal sensation fired from all cylinders and played a show that will go down in Metal history!
Paul and four of his friends head out to Ash Farm on a weekend camping trip to film a small documentary on the stories of David Sullivan the devil worshiping farmer who slaughtered his family back in 1980 then disappeared without a trace. One of the campers goes missing then they find him murdered in the woods. The four remaining campers are running for their lives and cant find their way back to the car. Paul films the whole thing on his handheld camera but are Pauls reasons for going out to Ash farm really about David Sullivan or are his intentions more sinister.
Street kids Kolya, Irina, Ksusha and Denis describe the abandoned building they live in as 'a Fairytale place' where anything is possible. Their gang have relied on each other since they were young kids; stealing, begging and turning tricks to survive on the streets of the broken, post-Soviet city of Perm, Russia. All born in the years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, they have created their own kind of society as together they battle with freezing temperatures, harassment from the police and their very vulnerable existance, using drink and drugs to block out the horrors of life and escape into fantasy. The four face their brutal, unforgiving world with grit and often caustic humour, but now, on the brink of adulthood, time is running out for any of the group to escape their toxic situation. Told with candid honesty and heart-breaking humour, A RUSSIAN FAIRYTALE is both eye-opening and utterly compelling, with tragic revelations woven between glimmers of hope.
Where do department store Santas really come from? Meet the sinister organisation responsible for making sure there's one in every grotto this Christmas...
A meek nine-year old girl struggles to find an object for her tenderness inside the confines of a hard-nosed home environment and post-industrial town.
A short in four chapters ("Dr. Orloff's Monster", "Factory of the Living Dead", "The Sinister Dr. Orloff" and "Female Vampire") dedicated to Eurocine and Lina Romay.
Unrealised documentary about The Stranglers
Hello, citizens of Autodale! You are pretty. Your neighbours, friends and family are also pretty. But sadly, not everyone is pretty. Some are ugly… We, here at Autodale, do not want “uglies”.
A researcher hunts for her friend and stumbles upon a terrifying entity.
On November 16th, Amon Amarth will release their new documentary and supporting live album(s), The Pursuit Of Vikings: 25 Years In The Eye Of The Storm – which includes a retrospective documentary that features a wealth of live and behind-the-scenes content and extensive band interviews. This film tells the Swedish quintet’s history, through both their own eyes and those of the fans that have supported them along the way. It is a thrilling collection that pays respect to the faithful, as well as making for a detailed and riveting introduction for those new to their inspiring story. Paired with this documentary is the live video/audio, which contains two different sets at 2017′s Summer Breeze Festival in Dinkelsbuhl, Germany, capturing the unit at their very best.
Peter Millard is back and he still isn’t finished trying to break all the rules of cinema.
Moving out of our family house I had to dispose of some of my possessions. A time of reflection. The film is a small memorial to all those who perished in the concentration camps.
What would you do if you could see your future on-screen from a click of a button? This is what happens to Purdy and Joleen on their first date. Will this spark the romance or an uproar?
A study of human interaction, expressed through movement and sound.