Films

Shed your tears and walk away

Directed by Jez Lewis

UK film-maker Jez Lewis' personal journey of discovery to find out why, in the beautiful and quirky town of Hebden Bridge, his childhood friends continue to die at their own hands.

Funded by Screen East / Bungalow Town.

My Perestroika

Directed by Robin Hessman

Produced by Robin Hessman and Rachel Wexler

The story of the last generation of Soviet children brought up behind the iron curtain. Just coming of age when the USSR collapsed, they witnessed the world of their childhood crumble and change beyond recognition. Funded by ITVS/POV/Ford Foundation/Sundance Institute/YLE.

A Red Square / Bungalow Town production.

Men of the City

Directed by Marc Isaacs

Produced by Rachel Wexler

Marc Isaacs lives streets away from the financial hub of London, The City, yet his neighbourhood is filled with the poorest underclass of London. He is fascinated by the characters that populate this unique place, whether they are movers and shakers or live in the long shadows that it casts in and about itself. Using his camera as a visual notebook, Marc will be able to let the viewer see inside this closed world, a world to which we are all tied. In production for BBC/Storyville.

The English Surgeon

All White In Barking

Directed by Marc Isaacs, Produced by Rachel Wexler

‘At times bleak and hopeless yet at others warm and humorous, Marc Isaacs’ brilliant film highlights the beauty that can come from acceptance while not forgetting how far there is still to go.’ – The Observer

Premiered at Sheffield DocFest, Nominated for the Joris Ivens Award IDFA 2008, Winner Amnesty International Human Rights Film Award ZagrebDox.

Garbage Warrior

Directed by Oliver Hodge, Produced by Rachel Wexler

Winner of the Audience Award at Vancouver Film Festival and nominated for three British Independent Film Awards.

What do beer cans, car tires and water bottles have in common? Not much unless you’re renegade architect Michael Reynolds, in which case they are tools of choice for producing thermal mass and energy-independent housing. Shot over three years in four countries, GARBAGE WARRIOR is a timely portrait of a determined visionary, a hero of the 21st century.

Clowns

Directed by Daisy Asquith, Produced by Dunstan Bruce, Co-Produced by Rachel Wexler

Daisy Asquith follows Mr Pumpkin, The Great Velcro, Potty the Pirate and Tommy Tickles into the bizarre world of children’s entertainers.

DAISY ASQUITH has been making documentaries since she was 19, and has won a number of prestigious awards for her work, including RTS Best Documentary Series, a Bafta nomination for ‘15’ and a Grierson award.  Clowns is the first film made by Dandy Films.

Philip and His Seven Wives

Directed by Marc Isaacs, Produced by Rachel Wexler

“When Philip Sharpe’s marriage broke up six years ago, he began a life so bizarre that Marc Isaacs’ captivating film…made national news.” The Daily Telegraph

Six years ago God told former rabbi, Philip Sharp, that he was to become a Hebrew king. Philip then decided to take seven women to be his wives and created a new Godly family. Now they all live together in one house in a quiet English town. Filmmaker, Marc Isaacs, insinuates himself into the family to try and understand why seven women have chosen to live under the rule of one man.