Documentary – JAMIE KATAKY http://jamiekataky.co.uk/wp2020 Cues for imagined films Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:41:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.9 http://jamiekataky.co.uk/wp2020/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-Filmstrip-32x32.jpg Documentary – JAMIE KATAKY http://jamiekataky.co.uk/wp2020 32 32 Motherland http://jamiekataky.co.uk/wp2020/2020/10/12/motherland/ Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:28:13 +0000 http://jamiekataky.co.uk/wp2020/?p=8

“A powerful study of the Windrush scandal” – Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
“Chief among the successes is Ellen Evans’ Motherland” – Danny Leigh, The Financial Times

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Motherland traces the experiences of two young men forcibly returned to Jamaica after a lifetime in Britain, alongside the story of a Windrush-generation man denied re-entry to the UK. Through the personal accounts of those who have had their British identity questioned by the state, MOTHERLAND explores what it really means for someone to “go back home”.

One of 20 films commissioned by The Uncertain Kingdom program. Shortlisted for Grierson Award, 2020

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Available on BFI Player, Curzon Home Cinema, Amazon Prime and iTunes

Directed by Ellen Evans,
Produced by Alice Hughes,
Cinematographer Thomas Doran,
Editor Jamie Kataky,
Composer Matt Huxley,
Sound Design Oriol Campi,
Colourist Vlad Barin,
Graphic Design Daniel Prothero

]]> Eve http://jamiekataky.co.uk/wp2020/2020/10/12/eve/ Mon, 12 Oct 2020 10:44:15 +0000 http://jamiekataky.co.uk/wp2020/?p=11 Release Autumn 2020

EVE, is an intimate story of a 9 year old girl called Eve, living in one of the oldest off grid communities in the UK. Following her journey returning to school and becoming a young climate activist. Her story encapsulates the human complexity of navigating the environmental crisis and what moving to live off grid really means for a UK family.

Commissioned by BFI Doc Society
Developed through the Made of Truth’s Fund & Climate Story Lab

Directors: Joya Berrow & Lucy Jane
Producer: Orban Wallace

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Somalinimo celebrates the experiences of four Cambridge University students as they seek positive change and find solidarity with each other in what could otherwise be an isolating and intimidating environment.

Full film available on the Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2020/sep/02/somalinimo-somali-culture-blackness-and-islam-at-cambridge-university

Directed by: Alice Aedy
Written and produced by: Awa Farah
Produced by: Julie Vergez and Chloe Abrahams

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At a nunnery in the Himalayas, a young woman named Chomo fills her days with meditation and study, hoping to emulate the first class of senior nuns to receive the prestigious Geshema degree.
This quiet portrait contemplates a fairer future for women in her field.
 – American Museum of Natural history
 
]]> Zero Zero http://jamiekataky.co.uk/wp2020/2020/10/10/zero-zero/ Sat, 10 Oct 2020 20:25:20 +0000 http://jamiekataky.co.uk/wp2020/?p=135 Rooted in an ethnographic approach to filmmaking, Zero Zero meditates on one family’s relationship to identity and belonging.

The BFI Doc Society presents a Try Hard Film

Director: Eva-Grace Bor
Producer: Sorcha Baron

World Premiere – Black Star Film Festival, 2020
Nominated for Best Short Doc

Aestethica Short Film Festival 2020

London Short Film Festival 2021

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