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Public Figure
1 x 66’, 2019, HD
‘Public Figure’ explores our increasing obsession with social media and questions if what we see online is reality or a delusion. We follow the lives of Instagram influencer’s around the globe and throughout our travels, they show us how they’ve turned their lives into enterprises, while voicing their personal concerns about the addiction. At the same time, clinical psychologists and counselors inform us about the short-and long-term effects of social media and real- life interaction.
Red Button Films/ Gravitas Ventures
Director: Brian Corso Featuring: Rose McGowan & Denzel Washington
Requiem For The American Dream
1 x 73’, 2016, HD
‘Requiem For The American Dream’ is the definitive discourse with Noam Chomsky on the defining characteristic of our time - the deliberate concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a select few. Through interviews filmed over four years, Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality - tracing half a century of policies designed to favour the most wealthy at the expense of the majority.
American Dream Pictures/ Gravitas Ventures
Directors: Peter D. Hutchinson & Kelly Nyks
The River And The Wall
1 x 97’, 2019, 4K
We follow five friends on an immersive adventure through the unknown wilds of the Texas borderlands as they travel 1200 miles from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico on horses, mountain bikes, and canoes. They set out to document the borderlands and explore the potential impacts of a wall on the natural environment, but as the wilderness gives way to the more populated and heavily trafficked Lower Rio Grande Valley, they come face-to-face with the human side of the immigration debate and enter uncharted, emotional waters.
Rio Grande Film, LLC/ Gravitas Ventures
Director: Ben Masters
Rent A Family Inc.
1 x 80’ or 1 x 60’, 2012, HD
Ryuichi runs a small Japanese company ‘I Want To Cheer You Up Ltd,’ and operates it from his mobile phone. He rents out people: family members, friends, colleagues or others, to help customers hide their secrets or make their life appear more appealingly successful than it really is. On the surface, Ryuichi’s family life is ordinary enough. But he is most happy when he is at work impersonating someone else.
Plus Pictures
Director: Mette Heide
Revolution In Colour
1 x 90’ or 2 x 60’, 2015, HD
‘Revolution in Colour’ tells the story of Ireland’s struggle for independence during the early 20th Century, not in black and white but in colour. The newsreel, primarily from the British Pathé archive with additional footage from the British Film Institute and the Irish Film Archive, has been painstakingly restored and colourised. The end result creates a powerful emotional connection with the people, the personalities and the past bringing Irish history to life in colour.
Zampano Productions/British Pathè
Producer & Director: Martin Dwan
Santa Quest
1 x 77’, 2014, HD
Canadian actor John Dunsworth is tackling one of the most challenging roles of his illustrious career - Santa Claus. This film follows John’s journey to bring home the gold for Canada at the Santa Winter Games in Sweden. Along the way, he hopes to discover what Santa and Christmas are really about. For John, the journey is an opportunity to explore religion, belief systems, existentialism, and his own achievements and failures.
Tell Tale Productions
Director: P.J. Narowynski Starring: John Dunsworth
Feature Docs