Double Barrell Productions, Dir. Susan Luciani
Winner 'Best Cinematography' at the Seattle Independent Film Festival 2009
A highly original story that sees its ensemble cast presented with a series of theatrical set-pieces and dark fairytales. An evening of wonder soon becomes a night of revelation, as the tales begin to resemble the characters' own lives.
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jim Carter.
Feature documentary sponsored by Sky Arts and HRH Prince Charles about the restoration and continuation of traditional craft -making, focusing on the Lodge and Gardens built by the Emperor Qianlong in Beijing in the late 18th century, which have been sealed off from the public ever since.
The film combines two extraordinary stories; that of the Gardens' original creator and his legacy, and the modern challenge of its restoration - with an elegiac celebration of the beauty of Qianlongs forgotten genius.
West Park Pictures & Maccana Teoranta for BBC and RTE Dir. Tom Collins
The Boys of St Columb's is a documentary about the lives of several great Irish figures including Nobel Laureates Seamus Heaney and John Hume, who all attended the same small school in Derry in the 1950s, and since then have helped transform modern Ireland.
NFTS/One World Broadcasting, Dir. Massood Kahn
Shortlisted for Best Newcomer at the Grierson Awards
Winner of Best Debut at the South Asian Film Festival
Highly Commended at the Royal Anthropological Institute's Ethnographic Film Festival
A feature documentary about
partition in India and Pakistan,
following two filmmakers
as they visit each others'
families in their respective
countries. Using the India-Pakistan cricket test match and the newly re-opened train line between the two as a basis, the film tests the current social climate and investigates the relationships between two countries to ask if the situation shows any signs of improving.
West Park Pictures for Reader's Digest
Three part nature series spanning the globe in search of the
world's most impressive safaris.
Using footage from the BBC
archives, this series shows the
full diversity of life in its natural
habitat, with over 100 minutes of original music in a wide variety of ethnic and contemperory styles.
Faction Films for Channel 4, Dir. Masood Khan
Channel 4 documentary looking at Britain’s busiest Sharia council, to see what the Muslim legal institution offers couples in conflict, and to ask whether religious laws should be recognised by the secular British legal system.
