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Preston Street Films dive into audio with Strandings doc for Radio 4
After years of making beautiful looking films, Guy and Chris from Preston Street Films decided to make the leap into making films without pictures. Their first radio documentary – Strandings – is being broadcast of Radio 4 this Sunday [28 April] at 7.15pm It tells the story of Peter Riley, an Exeter academic who persues whale remains across the UK, unraveling what these magical creatures might be…
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TOPS | comedy doc combines laughter and insight
A genre-blending documentary, TOPS announces its refusal to conform right from the beginning. Directed by Amy Pennington and Jos Bitelli, the documentary interviews four trans masc people, living in the UK, and asks them about their experiences of getting top surgery. Pennington will conduct the interviews, and pose the all-important question: what top did you want to wear after top…
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Bleeding Love | Choose Life, Choose a Family
Addiction can take many forms, some more obvious than others, it’s something people need love and support through on the road to recovery and Emma Westenberg’s Bleeding Love is a beautiful, emotional exploration of that.
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Silent please! | The Artist leads new silent season at Plymouth Arts Cinema
Theatre Royal Plymouth and Plymouth Arts Cinema have teamed up to present a trio of film screenings in anticipation of the world premiere stage adaptation of The Artist, the 1920s Hollywood love story which is coming to Theatre Royal Plymouth this May.
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LaRoy, Texas | Sprialling and fun dark comedy thriller
LaRoy, Texas is a fun dark comedy thriller with an exceptional cast and chilling villain that leads you down an entertainingly murky spiral following bad decision after bad decision. The mystery and betrayal at the heart of the film enthral you whilst the characters are the comedic foundation that makes it an emotionally resonant American tale.
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TOPS, Teapots, and reality telly | A chat with Amy Pennington
TOPS is a new comedic documentary that satirises the bizarre world of early 2000s British Television where a hilariously invasive TV Presenter interviews Transgender people post-top surgery (Surgery performed on the chest as part of Gender Affirming Care) and asks them ‘What TOP did you wanna wear after TOP surgery?’
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Silver Haze | captivating and intimately crafted PLUS Reclaim the Frame Q&A
Sacha Polak’s captivating and intimately crafted drama Silver Haze delivers a powerful and emotionally charged depiction of working-class life in Britain, featuring Vicky Knight in an award-winning performance that is both revelatory and magnetic.
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Ratcatcher | celebrate an incredible debut
Join Exeter Phoenix in celebrating Lynne Ramsay’s incredible debut film, Ratcatcher’s 25th anniversary, with a 4K restoration and introduction from Phil Wickham from the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum.
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Chasing The Sun | relationships and revolutions
Music, not miles of open road, is at the root of Chasing The Sun documentary, producer Pip Piper tells D&CFilm. To be fair, there is poetry in that cyclical motion.
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Chasing The Sun | communal connection and travel efficiency
Grand technology visionist Steve Jobs considered computers to be “bicycles for the mind”. The reason: person + bike = ultra efficiency. In fact, it is the most efficient combo on the planet and puts people on top of the efficiency evolution tree. Chasing The Sun is a documentary which tracks that efficiency as it follows those on the Chase the Sun cycling challenge.
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I Could Never Go Vegan | On a quest to find the truth
Dartmouth Films has announced that they will be releasing award-winning filmmaker Thomas Pickerings’ powerful and topical documentary I Could Never Go Vegan on April 19, across the UK and Ireland. On a quest to find the truth, Thomas sets out to investigate the leading arguments against the Vegan movement and, despite Veganism being on the rise, explores what is stopping people from reducing…
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"A close up carries so much emotion!" | Steve Moles and The Shot: close ups
The close up is the emotional power-house in a film. As part of the series of filmmaking peer-led workshops, Steve Moles takes a closer look at the close up and how to use it originally and effectively
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Empire Records | celebrate Rex Manning day in style with Dolly's Film Club
“We mustn’t dwell. No, not today. We can’t. Not on Rex Manning day”
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Respect Cinema | a screening of films that connect
The moving image can create a deep connection. Respect Cinema presents an hour of films that highlight inclusion, prejudice, community and change.
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Riley | Heartfelt familiarity
Riley is a heartfelt emotional exploration of questioning your own sexuality and while there are anxieties about coming out to others, predominantly, it’s about the difficulty of coming out to yourself.
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Isla’s Way | Authentically You
Isla’s Way is an Australian documentary focusing on the titular Isla Roberts, an 87-year-old woman with her live-in friend, and constant companion of over 30 years Susan. Yet Isla refuses to classify herself as a lesbian or acknowledge she’s in a queer relationship – the only way she can be described is as ‘Isla Roberts’.
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The Best of Comic Strip | comedy, conversation and Comic Strip
Picturehouse Cinemas is delving into the historic ha-ha as they celebrate The Comic Strip Presents. Devon ripples through the oevre like a hole in a donut. The series of short films helped launch some of the biggest names in British comedy: Robbie Coltrane, Rik Mayall, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Nigel Planer, Ade Edmondson and Peter Richardson.
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