Produced by Xanthe Hamilton & Jenny Horwell
Directed by Xanthe Hamilton & Michael Pearce
Edited by Marta Velasquez, Filmdependence

Flower arrangement by Anne Hamilton
Music by Tame Impala

A play between the sounds of a stairwell, beatboxing and tango.

About the Artist…

Phil Poppy has created a number of art films edited through Filmdependence.

‘Unidentified Individual’ and ‘The Stairs’ dealt with themes of isolation and the role of the camera within the city.

Both pieces captivate the audience through quiet contemplation; eventhough we are spying on the subjects through a CCTV camera, the music and passive observation bring out feelings towards the subjects and their environments.

In ‘Red Carpet’ the extremes of the need to record every moment with such rigour and urgency is given the Phil Poppy treatment.  Expressions from fans, smiles from stars, the seriousness, desperation and graciousness of the whole ordeal is slowed down and ordered to a point in which a passing moment is now charged with exploration.

Throughout Phil Poppy’s earlier pieces a close relationship between sound/music and the landscape has been used to bring out sensibilities towards each subject.  Lately this use of sound has become more complex.  ‘Quartet’, as screened last year at Kings Place and Richmix, combined four rotating video and audio tracks into a surround sound installation.  Each character’s singing and atmospheric sound created an interplay that can be experienced differently from each corner of the auditorium.

If you would like to know more about the artist please visit his website here.

Trailer for the new Son of Dave album, Shake A Bone.
Recorded in Chicago with Steve Albini, the album is released via Kartel on the 22nd March 2010.

Produced by Kartel Records
Edited by Marta Velasquez

Dancers from the Juilliard School in New York: Ryan Redmond, Lea Ved, Alex Hille, Katie Wells, Zack Tang, Grace Song, Nathan Makolandra.
Choreography: Nathan Makolandra
Music: American Stitches by Richard Walters taken from ‘The Animal’ album

Directed and filmed by Charles Kirby-Welch for Kartel Ltd
Editor Marta Velasquez at Filmdependence
Produced by Kartel Ltd

The true stories of two women revealing the abuse they have suffered at the hands of their husbands.

Hidden Truth was produced by The Samfya Women Filmmakers – a group of rural women in Zambia who learnt filmmaking skills as a way to expose injustices in their community and advocate for change.

Read more about the Samfya Women Filmmakers.

Project Directed by Bahareh Hosseini & Abibata Mahama
Edited by Marta Velasquez
Executive Producer: Helen Cotton

A feature documentary following the journey of 150 young girls from backgrounds of extreme rural poverty as they are taught the skills and are given the confidence to set up their own social and business enterprises to help their communities and themselves.

Ng’andwe & Penelope are some of the inspirational young women featured in The Entrepreneurs.

Directed by Helen Cotton
Edited by Marta Velasquez
Creative Consultant: Ross Kauffman
Sponsored by Camfed, The University of Cambridge and Goldman Sachs

An intimate fly-on-the-wall documentary portrait of teenage girls breaking the stereotypes set for them by intensely conservative Afghan society, in some cases escaping grinding poverty, gaining self-esteem and confidence as players in Afghanistan’s first ever women’s national football team.

The film follows the team during preparations for their first competitive international matches, concentrating on a number of the players and their journey from growing up under the Taliban, to their life in modern-day Afghanistan and their hopes for the future.

As a child, Roya had to collect waste paper off the filthy, dusty streets of Kabul’s slums in order to find fuel for her family. Found by an Afghan charity helping street children, she received an education and found she had a talent for football. She now plays centre-forward for the national women’s team, but also works teaching and training other children who are still forced to work on the streets to help their families.

Other members of the team recount their problems with the Taliban and how football helped them to see a future in present-day Afghanistan, beset by insecurity and suicide bombings.

The film offers a rare and intimate insight into the lives of young Afghan women, showing them as people individuals striving for a future and not just passive victims.

Produced, filmed and directed by Bahareh Hosseini
Edited by Marta Velasquez
Music by Afghan Music Project.

Up-coming screenings:

Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
at Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, W1G 7LP
Bookings:

Email: enquiries@asiahouse.co.uk
Tel: 020 7307 5454
Online www.asiahouse.org/net/Events.aspx
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP

Screenings:

IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival in New Delhi on 8 March 2010.

BBC World August 8th & 9th (3 repeats)
Bnaff – Best of DOXA Documentary film festival, Canada 2010
Amsterdam Int. Doc. Film Festival, 2009
Montreal Human Rights Film Festival, Canada 2009
One World Film Festival, Prague, 2009
Movies that Matter Festival, Amsterdam, 2009
FrauenFilmTage , Vienna, Austria
DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Canada, 2009
Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, 2009

Press & Links:

Director Bahareh Hosseini

A shocking documentary providing a searing insight into the stranglehold of opium in Afghanistan.

Ekhtyar Gol lives in Kabul, his life has become one of sorrow and heroin addiction, but before the war tore through Kabul in in the 1980’s, he held a well paid job as a bodyguard to the country’s president.

Dagen Toordi lives in a remote Turkmen village. She looks after a motherless child in a town were carpet weaving and collecting scrap metal from mines and ammunition are some of the only ways to make a living.

Khoshan lives in an isolated area of Badakhshan with her daughter Shakila. There is no education and hardly any healthcare available, Khoshan resorts to Opium as an antidote to her daily struggles. However, there is light at the end of the tunnel as she is taken to a rehabilitation clinic and given a chance to change her destiny.

Directed by Bahareh Hosseini & Lucy Gordon
Edited by Marta Velasquez
Produced by Lucky Gordon with Equal Access
Commissioned by the British Embassy in Kabul

Upcoming Screenings:

Monday, July 26, 2010, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
at Tricycle Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, NW6 7JR
Box office: 020 7328 1000

Screenings:

“The great game: Afghanistan” Film Festival, The Tricycle Cinema 2009
Also screened in Kabul, Washington, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Brussels for the EC Afghanistan Day.

Press:

More intelligent life

Tricycle Cinema – Afghan Film Festival

Lucy Gordon’s blog

One World review – The Great Game

NY Times blog – The Great Game

Liverpool Daily Post – International Drugs and Harm Reduction Film Festival

A visit to some of the Palestinian & Israeli citizens affected by division of land and community. Amongst all the turmoil we hear the voice of a young Palestinian girl reciting a poem.

Directed by Fernanda Fontes
Edited by Marta Velasquez

Screenings:

Globians Film Festival, Potsdam, Germany, 2008
VI International Non-Budget Film Festival, Gibara, Cuba, 2008
International Film Festival, South Africa, 2008
European Independent Film Festival, Paris, March 2008
International Film Festival Egypt, 2009

A series of short documentaries distributed in the run up to the Beijing olympics warning athletes about the dangers of performance enhancing drugs.

Directed by Chris Godwin
Edited by Marta Velasquez
Produced by White Boat TV

Links:

White Boat TV

11 young women drew up a business plan for a social enterprise: a preschool to serve a poor neighborhood in the town of Mpika where children didn’t have access to early education.

Going to preschool gives children a foundation to go on to the next grade,

says 18-year-old Esnart, the group’s marketing and creative director.

This way, they won’t be roaming around, getting into trouble. They’ll be able to make something of their lives.

Directed by Helen Cotton
Edited by Marta Velasquez
Commissioned by Camfed