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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
Salam Neighbor
1 x 76’, 2015, HD
Two Americans head to the edge of war, just seven miles from the Syrian border, to live among 80,000 refugees in Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp. As the first filmmakers allowed by the UN to set-up a tent inside a refugee camp, Zach and Chris plunge into the heart of the world’s most pressing humanitarian crisis. They uncover inspiring stories of individuals rallying, against all odds, to rebuild their lives and those of their neighbours.
Living on One/1001 Media
Directors: Zach Ingrasci & Chris Temple
Saving Giants
1 x 88’ or 1 x 60’, 2018, 4K
At the southernmost tip of Africa, the world’s pre-eminent giraffe researcher is leading an unprecedented expedition, to undertake the most ambitious giraffe research project ever attempted. Following the success of ‘Walking with Giraffes’, the first film to bring global awareness of the threats affecting the giraffe conservation, comes this bold new film. Saving Giants is on a mission to provide hope in the conservation of giraffes where populations and habitats are declining rapidly.
Iniosante, Inc.
Producer & Director: Ashley Scott Davison
Revolution In Colour
1 x 90’, 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
Scottsboro:
An American Tragedy
1 x 84’ or 1 x 60’, 2001, SD
In 1931, two white women stepped from a train in Alabama to make a shocking accusation: they had been raped by nine black teenagers. So began one of the most significant legal fights of the twentieth century. The trial of the nine falsely accused teens would draw the north and south of the US into their sharpest conflict since the civil war, yield two momentous supreme court decisions and gives birth to the civil rights movement.
Anker Productions
Directors: Daniel Anker & Barack Goodman
Feature Docs