Poverty in Britain today has reached crisis proportions. About one in seven children are brought up on supplementary benefits. That means £1.30 a day for all the normal needs of a 10 year old. Meanwhile, the gap between rich and poor is growing. Tax cuts for top tax payers: benefits cuts for the…
The Iowa State Fair draws millions of people to the city of Des Moines every year. However, this film is not about the Iowa State Fair or the people who attend. It's about where they park their cars. Personal note: "It was filmed back in 2017 / 2018. I had worked on a piece for VICE on the…
Three players in the free market take on ethical responsibility for their actions and the following generations: they engage in sustainable production. At various stages, the film charts the careers of successful entrepreneurs who operate locally, nationally and internationally and manage to combine…
An American expat in Dubai explores people's ideas of happiness while an amateur British golfer attempts to conquer the course... Experts and expats from across the globe including a priest, monk, veterinarian, educators and everyday folks guide us on the complex journey to contentment. At the…
On the outskirts of Budapest, in the heart of the woods, hides a ramshackle little hut. Inside, two social outcasts have formed the unlikeliest of bonds: Fanni, a 19 year-old transgender teenager, and Laci, a 60 year-old homeless man. Together, they form a cantankerous, convivial, makeshift family life,…
Un film de Christophe Derouet et Ludovic Lagarde d’après un texte de Olivier Cadiot Fairy queen ou l’histoire d’une fée du XXIe siècle, invitée à déjeuner chez une des reines de la modernité du siècle passé.Fairy queen…
On Friday 22nd of March 1895 in the small Tipperary village of Ballyvadlea, RIC constables discover a badly burned body in a shallow grave. It is the body of Bridget Cleary, a 26-year old woman who had met her death at the hands of her husband only days before. His motive? He believed she had been taken…
Au coeur du trail du Coma d'or. Le film part à la rencontre de Valentin, le créateur de ce trail pyrénéen, et de 3 de ses participants : Alaïs, une skieuse freestyle, son père Ludovic, spécialiste des longues distances, et Hugo, coureur de plat qui…
400 years ago, Europe suffered one of the bloodiest conflicts ever - the Thirty Year War. Furled by religious hatred, military competition, and authoritarianism, this film examines the historical parallels todays conflicts hold with this great conflict.
Filmmaker Pan Nalin travels to the Kumbh Mela, one of the world's most extraordinary religious events. There, he encounters remarkable men of mind and meditation, some facing an inextricable dilemma: to embrace the world or to renounce it. FAITH CONNECTIONS explores such diverse and deeply moving…
Looks critically at the divorce laws of the era (1987) which caused so much legal wrangling and bitterness after couples split up. Some men felt they beared an impossible financial burden. The programme looks at several cases and also shows an experimental centre in Bristol where couples can talk over…
During the English Reformation, hundreds of brave men and women suffered all manner of persecution in order to cling to the Catholic faith that had been integral to the life of the nation for over a thousand years. Many were subject to heavy fines, exclusion, and prison sentences. For others, particularly…
