Press
Afghan Star
"Little-hyped films that could steal the Sundance spotlight"
hollywoodreporter.com, 13th January 2009
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The End of the Line
‘The End of the Line uses the same lyrical underwater footage as nature documentaries, such as “The Blue Planet”. But rather than lulling the audience into a false sense that all is well in the oceans, it catches the viewer’s attention with meditative camerawork and lush, dramatic music and then reveals the inconvenient truth about the impact of over-fishing on the oceans.’
The Yes Men Fix the World
“Pic's biggest laughs are generated not from the Yes Men's gags themselves but from the cutaway shots of audience members looking on with barely disguised shock or, even more disturbingly, unruffled acceptance."
The Foundation
“It is time for charities to step up and become commissioners themselves”
“..finally they are breaking out and making incredible feature documentaries that win awards all over the world. The Brits are taking over.”
"Documentaries are a great way for brands to communicate what matters to them and what they stand for."
"The more you can prove the impact documentaries can have to [third sector] partners, the more will come on board."
Screen International, September 19th – 25th 2008
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"Jess Search, CEO of the Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation has been instrumental in supporting the industry and championing new talent."
Chosen
“Brian Woods’ sad, involving documentary…left you feeling that no photograph can be trusted…Occasionally as the rostrum camera panned across a row of boys to close in on one face, you found yourself wondering how many other children there had secrets too …The alleged chief perpetrator never came to trial … but he got a kind of trial here and the verdict was damning.”
The Independent, Tom Sutcliffe, 1st October 2008
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“If you really wanted to know what it feels like to have no control over your life, you needed to see Chosen, a brave documentary in which three middle aged men spoke in ghastly detail about being sexually abused by their teachers at Caldicott Prep school…A criminal case against Wright was stayed on the grounds that it all happened a long time ago. Not to these men it didn’t. It was brave of the documentary to name him.”
The Times, Andrew Billen, 1st October, 2008
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“The result is raw, emotional and intense beyond words. Moreover, Chosen isn’t just an exercise in misery voyeurism: everyone involved wants it to have a bigger impact.”
The Independent on Sunday, 28th September, 2008
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“Well and away the most wonderful thing last night, easily the equal of John Freeman’s classic Face to Face series, was Chosen (More4)...I started watching reluctantly at 10pm and was still riveted by midnight. It is not a film I would advise you watch before trying to sleep...The slow, clammy realisation of what was happening crept up on you like a hole in your sole.”
“A remarkable new documentary funded by the Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation will paint a picture of Caldicott in the 1960s and early 1970s that will shock those who have only ever regarded it as an elite educational bastion in Buckinghamshire...”
“There are some moments that you know will stay with you for the rest of your life.”
We Are Together
"...one of this year’s most moving documentaries."
"Extraordinary, uplifting...remarkable."
Solitary Life Of Cranes
“One of the most absorbing documentaries of the year.”
How Is Your Fish Today?
"A genuinely intelligent, poignant, wryly comic and - despite the seeming limitations of the low budget and the digital-video format - cinematic film."
Talk to Me
“Moving and funny and beautifully constructed..”
Life After the Fall
“Rather than focusing on the daily violence in Iraq, Kasim Abid made a powerful statement by filming his family in Baghdad."
Sounds Like Teen Spirit… a Popumentary
“This irresistible crowdpleaser will be a sought-after fest item sure to score theatrical and broadcast sales in relevant EU countries and beyond.
Here's Johnny
"Candidly chronicling his "horrible and brutal war"....this exemplary documentary is vividly illustrated with Hinklenton's own visceral art."
"Innovatively adopting the comic- book style that forms the subject of the film itself, the doc was the first to win two Grierson Awards in a single year.."
Black Gold
"a documentary by two brothers..threatens to do for the multibillion- pound coffee industry what Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me did for fast food: shock consumers into thinking again about what they are buying."
"A remarkable documentary…Black Gold has extraordinary power."
The Telegraph Magazine, 14th October 2006
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"The Francises are aces behind the camera."