Unravel

Unravel follows the Western worlds least wanted clothes, on a journey across Northern India, from sea to industrial interior. They get sent to Panipat, a sleepy town and the only place in the world that wants them, recycling them
back into yarn.

Reshma is a bright, inquisitive woman working in a textile recycling factory in small time India, who dreams of travelling the vast distances the clothes she handles have. While Reshma shows us how these
garments get transformed, she and other women workers reflect on these clothes. Despite limited exposure to western culture, they construct a picture of how the West is, using both their imagination and the rumours that travel
with the cast-offs.
Director/Producer: Meghna Gupta
Producer: Gigi Berardi
E.P.: Lucy Norris & Tony Clark
D.P.: Susanne Willett
Editor: Prano Bailey Bond

Length: 14Mins
Year: 2012

Selected for:
CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival
(Canada, 2012)
Sydney Film Festival
(Australia, 2012)
Contro-Sguardi: International Anthropological Film Festival
(Italy, 2012)


Simply Rob

Simply Rob is a portrait of Bronx based Poet and Activist Rob Vassilarakis. Estranged from his family when he was just a teenager because of his sexuality, Rob fell into a world of self hatred and drug abuse. In 1993 he was diagnosed with HIV, he was 22 years old. After years of rehabilitation Rob now uses his eloquence and honesty to inspire and educate others. Told through his poetry the film weaves lyrical imagery with Rob's resonating words to tell a personal journey of a man coming to terms with his sexuality and living with HIV.


Director: Tom Shrapnel
Producer: Gigi Berardi
Executive Producer: Tony Clark
Co-producer: Katie Green

Length: 15 mins
Year: 2011

Selected For:
Austin Gay & Lesbian Int. Film Festival
(US, 2011)
Cambridge Film Festival
(UK, 2011)
Winner of Best Documentary Short:
Edmonton Film Festival
(Canada, 2011)
Raindance Film Festival
(UK, 2011)
San Francisco Indie Film Festival
(US, 2011)
Santa Rosa Film Festival
(US, 2011)
Mix Brasil Film Festival of Sexual Diversity
(Brazil, 2011)
London Short Film Festival
(U.K., 2012)
East Harlem Film Festival
(USA, 2012)
Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
(Portugal, 2012)


The Peacewalker

Ashin Sopaka is a Burmese exile. The military government has taken away his political status and his right to express himself. But they havent taken his right to walk. Ashin is a Peacewalker. Following in the spirit of Gandhis peaceful protests, Ashin has encouraged people from all over the world to walk in the name of peace and freedom. In 2007, he started a Peacewalk that would span the length of Thailand. During the walk, Ashin and his followers were continuously harassed and threatened by military authorities that tried to sabotage the walk. In this documentary, Ashin recounts his experiences of the Peacewalk and his hope for a better future for Burma and her people.
Director/Editor: Gary Forrester
Producer: Gigi Berardi
Executive Producer: Tony Clark
Music: Matthew Evans
Sound: Grant Bridgeman

Length: 20mins
Year: 2011

Selected For:
Skepto International Film Festival
(Italy, 2011)
UNSPOKEN Film Festival
(US, 2011)
Third World Indie Film Festival
(USA, 2012)

The Camp

Situated on the picturesque Thai-Burma border, the Mae La refugee camp is home to more than 50,000 Burmese people who have fled the military regime of Burma. This dialogue-free documentary illustrates the lives of people who are dislocated, without international status and without a voice. Set to a haunting soundtrack, this film presents the everyday realities of life in the camp. Some of the refugees hope to see life beyond their self-made community. Others simply embrace each day as it comes.

Director/Cinematographer: Mark Monti
Producer: Gigi Berardi
Executive Producer: Tony Clark
Editor: Gary Forrester
Music: Amelia Cuni

Length: 10mins
Year: 2010

Selected For:
London Short Film Festival
(UK, 2012)
London International Documentary Festival
(UK, 2011)
Refuge in Film Festival
(UK, 2011)
Awareness Film Festival
(USA, 2012)
Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival
(2012, Ireland)
Open City Film Festival
(UK, 2012)

Maryam's Mission

Maryam Bibi campaigns for gender equality in Pakistan. Her charity Khwendo Kor is dedicated to building schools for girls in a drive to redress the inequalities that girls and women experience in Pakistan. In 2009, the Taliban destroyed 10 Khwendo Kor built girls' schools in the tribal district of Dir, North West Pakistan. Now Maryam and her supporters are working - in spite of death threats - to rebuild them, organising tents as temporary classrooms, until the burnt out schools can be rebuilt.

Director: Farrah Durrani
Executive Producer: Charles Bruce

Length: 23mins
Year: 2010

Soul Rebel Films &
Midwinter co-production
for Al Jazeera