The Gift is a three-channel film that brings together case studies of political gifts of culture made during moments of crisis in the identity formation of Europe and its political interlocutors.
Multi-Screen Installation
Blue-skinned astronauts, that could come from our distant past, face off against post-apocalyptic tribal group from far off into our future,
Short Film in Nepal
After relocating to Kyoto in the aftermath of the 2011 japan tsunami, Takashi and his young granddaughter Nayu navigate life together.
Short Form Documentary
Set in the aftermath of an eco-disaster. An abandoned nuclear reactor under the biblical town of Bethlehem has been converted into an enormous orchard
This was our first film together, and we have since done many more, largely the same team too which is really nice. Nominated for the Turner Prize (2017)
Filmed in Puglia, Italy, the film explores the illicit traffic of ancient artefacts.
Speedway
Two Screen Installation. The film examines themes of marginalisation and oppression. Filmed in East London, it investigates the complexities of coming of age for alienated Muslim youth in the UK.
A study of the Sleeping Hermaphrodite (2nd century AD) sculpture belonging to the Louvre Museum. Animations are key in creating the illusion that the sculpture is breathing. It also includes three colour sequences lasting 18 frames each: the view of a myriad of fish making a star dispersal movement, a horde of hyenas devouring an animal, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. This film is an interpretation of the Hermaphrodite's dream.
When a young Indian couple move to London for the husband's studies, events in their recent past come back to haunt them with devastating effect.
In a neighbourhood rife with racial tension, a local girl falls for a recent immigrant who is the victim of prejudice and shame.
A young mother is looking for escape from her daily routine. After
being let down by a babysitter she decides to leave her little girl with
a neighbour and walk into the surrounding countryside
This film revisits the colonial and gendered gaze of artist Paul Gauguin. Filmed in Tahiti, it features women recreating the compositions of Gauguin's paintings.
The Invisible Worm, a with spontaneous moments of joy, physicality and thinking aloud. The subtext of the film is the mythical persona of the artist, and how artist friends lean in to one another, leading to both innocent and corrupted effects.
A portrait of mother and daughter artists Elisabeth Wild and Vivian Suter, living in their jungle home in Panajachel, Guatemala.
Richard struggles to cope after his partner Rachel dies in an accident, leading him to test the boundaries of life and death.
Haunted by a sense of guilt that extends beyond his tenement apartment, Hirsch craves forgiveness from a brother he cannot forgive.
A 'family service' robot programmed to love, but unable to deal with the emotional impact, and goes about trying to 'fix' those who do not love him back..creepy stuff...
A woman leaves to meet her older lover, but when a boy catches her, she just wants to go home.
This observational portrait focuses on the inner workings, daily labor rhythms, and assembly lines of the modernist-style Guinness Brewery in Ikeja, Nigeria.
A lovely documentary, an intimate portrait of parallel journeys exploring time, age and memory.
A dance narrative film by Savvas Stavrou, shot in Greece.
Shot in Budapest, a story of a classically trained Violinist busking through Eastern Europe,
A chance encounter in the dead of night connects three people in search of forgiveness.
Sci-Fi thriller based on the story of Jericho, directed by Rob McLellan featuring David Oyelowo and Jessica Oyelowo.
A poignant drama exploring the lives and relationships of two half-sisters
Taiwanese woman and a young Filipino migrant who meet one evening in a park on finding an abandoned baby.