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E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea

E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea

Theatrical Starts July 20, 2025

90 MINUTES - SWITZERLAND - 2024
A FILM BY BEATRICE MINGER & CHRISTOPH SCHAUB

A cinematic journey into the mind of Eileen Gray. The Irish designer builds a refuge on the Côte d'Azur in 1929. Her first house is a discrete, avant-garde masterpiece. She names it E.1027, a cryptic marriage of her initials and those of Jean Badovici, with whom she built it. Le Corbusier, upon discovering the house, becomes intrigued, obsessed. He covers the walls with murals and publishes photos of them. Gray describes these paintings as vandalism and demands restitution. He ignores her wishes and instead builds his famous Cabanon directly behind E.1027, which dominates the narrative of the site to this day. A story about the power of female expression, and men’s desire to control it.

The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane

The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane

Theatrical Starts July 22, 2025

USA - 2023 - 108 MINUTES
A FILM BY MAUREEN GOSLING

Barbara Dane: Pete Seeger mentored her, Bob Dylan peddled his songs to her, Louis Armstrong discovered her, Bonnie Raitt was inspired by her. She launched the career of the Chambers Brothers, jammed with Muddy Waters, shaped Jane Fonda’s politics, became the first American performer to break the post-revolution embargo with Cuba – why isn’t Barbara Dane a household name?

Never Look Away

Never Look Away

Theatrical Starts November 22, 2024

2023 - 85 MINUTES - ENGLISH/ FRENCH/ WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY LUCY LAWLESS

CNN combat camerawoman Margaret Moth walks the razor's edge between sanity and chaos. Her mystery and beauty bewitches lovers and her confidence intimidates powerful men. Moth stares down danger and she confronts those that perpetuate it. In vivid, emotional dioramas, we see what Moth and her camera crew felt; the nightmare dreamscapes of war. In footage - both what she shot, the production shot, and others - we go on a rollicking ride through love, truth and war. Early on in her career she covers conflicts in the Middle East before fatally, she is sent to Sarajevo to cover the Bosnian war.

Tish

Tish

Theatrical Starts May 17, 2024

2023 - 90 MINUTES - UNITED KINGDOM
A FILM BY PAUL SNG

A moving portrait of social documentary photographer and trailblazer Tish Murtha, who dedicated her life to documenting the lives of working-class communities in North East England.

Zodiac Killer Project

Zodiac Killer Project

Theatrical Starts November 21, 2025. Available for Film Festivals.

2025 - USA & UNITED KINGDOM - 92 MINUTES
A FILM BY CHARLIE SHACKLETON

A film about a film that was never made, this boldly original essay begins as an exploration of one man's obsession with catching the Zodiac Killer but quickly unfolds into an anti-true crime investigation into our cultural obsession with the genre. Against the backdrop of sun-drenched landscapes, deserted hallways and empty homes, T/F alumni Charlie Shackleton guides us through the film his team would have made, projecting a speculative narrative into our imaginations with irreverent humour and razor sharp precision. Zodiac Killer Project subverts the visual shorthand of evocative b-roll, “back-tors” and slow zooms to dissect and playfully turn the now pervasive genre on its head. A distinct and singular vision, this meta rollercoaster ride of a film is a richly layered examination of documentary ethics, implicating both filmmaker and audience.