IN PRODUCTION
A Year of the King presents a mesmerising ride through British ritual during the first year of King Charles III. The coronation unveils a year of pagans, lords, fox hunters, ravers, activists, monarchists and folklorists who tell a story of an island in transition.
SAVA is a river movie, a feature documentary film and a 990 km journey through countries once united in Yugoslavia. In this film nature has a voice (Mira Furlan), conversing with her people they explore a complex relationship between nature, identity and nationhood.
21 Festivals // 5 Awards // Cinema Screenings // Travelling Cinema // TV // Online Release
IN PRODUCTION
110 Houses is a documentary film following a family who win a house in a lottery and medical researcher Salum Mshamu over 6 years during an architectural medical research project aimed at reducing malaria and other vector borne diseases using housing as a preventative method.
"Imagine the ecstasy of the Moths" Vasil Jurukov, from South London, roams the city streets, contemplating his theory about the relationship between moths, light and humanity. As night falls, the moths start to fly. No one really knows why they are attracted to light. Thousands of years ago they glided through a natural landscape, using the moon and the stars for guidance, while we slept by the fire. Now, as we stare into the luminous abyss in our cities that never sleep, the moths begin to spin, seeming lost and confused.
Short Documentary // 9 Festivals // 1 Nomination // Online Release
FOTIA // FIRE
Fotia (Fire) is a film by Matthew Somerville and photographer Marco Kesseler. The work forms a visual exploration of tradition and cultural identity through an ancient narrative set on the Greek island of Chios. Two churches celebrate Easter by firing over 100,000 rockets at the opposing side both sides declare victory and the tradition continues....
4 Festivals // Online Release
HIGH FLYING RATS
A short visual poem by Matthew Somerville with sound design by Julius Zubavicius.
“These private textured buildings, Owned by hidden names, Communities divided,
A city built on frames.
With a bounce and flutter, From the sky to the floor, while some rats can fly, Some fly poor."
Two Short Documentaries on sustainability (2015)
Broadcast by TF1's Ushuaïa Le Mag (France)