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NO TRACE
(2007; 19 mins) Short Film Drama.
Director, Co-producer.
Darryl, a low-life private-eye, searches for missing kids because he
can’t deal with his own abuse when in the army, but the maze of phantom
city-scapes within his terrain seals his reason to double-cross Emma’s
mother for his own self-respect and also Emma’s. |
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BETWEEN
ZERO AND ONE
(2007; 30 mins) Documentary.
Director, Producer, Researcher, most production roles, post-production.
A critical documentary charting selected views on ISEA2006 and the Zero
One international digi-art festival. |
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NO FRAME REQUIRED (2006, 16 mins)
Documentary short
Director, Producer, Researcher, Post-Production and most Production
An
intimate portrait of the enormous adversity within three very different
lives encompassing bullying, fostering, poverty and old age.
Yet the people-centred creative activities run by an arts project
introduce confidence, hope and change. |
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BROAD TAKES (2004, 19 mins) Promotional
Documentary
Writer-researcher, Producer, Director
Intended for video-streaming, this charts the history leading up to
the 'Lets Go Global' internet-TV station for the Old Trafford locality,
and the hopes of various local people and projects for their creativity
and participation in programme-making |
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WIDENING
PARTICIPATION (2003, 13 mins)
Promotional Documentary.
Producer, Director, all production.
Through documenting various approaches used by University-based
galleries and museums to involve local schools and communities, this film
explores the barriers to get into higher education for young people from
particular backgrounds. |
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FACING
UP (2002, 14 mins) Drama
Director, Editor & all production roles.
Four young regular guys – all proper stereotypes – are forced to
address their lack of ability to be real with each other when the plain
ordinary one has a crisis. Distributed
regionally and nationally with an accompanying workshop pack to a
range of schools and youth settings.
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FROM
PUNJAB TO FOOTBALL (2001, 5 mins)
Multimedia Art-Documentary.
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor & various production roles.
A visually compelling art-documentary about sport and globalisation,
contrasting the little-known Sikh sport of Gatka with the most global of
all sports - Football. A
short film co-commissioned by Manchester United Football Club, premiered
at Manchester United in June 2001. |
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RED SUN (2001,
4 mins) Drama.
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor & all production roles.
Dislocated from his homeland and alienated from rural England, a young
man from Bangladesh is saved by a surreal apparition from above.
A short art-film intended for web-streaming, creating a
compact drama in an unusual yet moving form. |
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OUTER
HEAT, INNER BURNING (2000, 6 mins) Multimedia Video-Art.
Director, Producer, Editor & all production roles.
The final production from being video artist-in-residence on the theme
of "Fire" in a rural community, involving poetry and visual art
from local school children. Originally
screened on www.mcaltd.org.uk as a web-stream. |
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PURE
ENERGY (1999, 16 mins) Drama.
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor & various production roles.
Drugs and aids threaten an Asian footballer's chances; screened at
festivals including Kino (Manchester), Bite The Mango
(Bradford), Fillum (London) and BlackScreen (Liverpool) |
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NOT
EXACTLY LINFORD (1996, 9 mins) Drama.
Writer, Co-director, Producer and various production roles.
An Asian athlete fights against both external stereotyping and his own
internal prejudices; screened at festivals including Kino
(Manchester), Bite The Mango (Bradford). |
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RAAG,
GLITTER & CHIPS (1996, 17 mins)
Documentary with drama and art sequences.
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor & various production roles.
A major Arts Council funded production about the struggle for Asian
music in British society, well-received and screened at festivals
including Kino (Manchester), Bite The Mango (Bradford), Fillum
(London) and BlackScreen (Liverpool).
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