WE ARE TOGETHER

Multi-award winning feature WE ARE TOGETHER (Thina Simunye) tells the moving and inspiring story of 12 year old Slindile and her remarkable friends at the Agape orphanage in South Africa.

PROJECT KASHMIR

From directors Senain Kheshgi and Geeta V. Patel and the Academy Award® winning Ross Kauffman comes PROJECT KASHMIR – a feature documentary.

UNTITLED
KIM LONGINOTTO PROJECT

The latest film from internationally acclaimed and BAFTA award winning director Kim Longinotto.

COWBOYS IN INDIA

The latest film from Simon Chambers, director of the wonderful EVERY GOOD MARRIAGE BEGINS WITH TEARS

  • WE ARE TOGETHER

  • STATUS: IN THEATRES
  • DIRECTED BY: Paul Taylor
  • FOR: HBO Documentary films, FILM 4, EMI UK, PALM Pictures, Channel 4, More 4, The British Channel 4 Documentary Film Foundation
  • AWARDS: TRIBECA Audience award, TRIBECA Special jury prize, EDINBURGH Audience Award, IDFA Audience Award, IDFA First Appearance Award, SHEFFIELD GRIERSON Award, IDA music award, MEIFF Audience Award, AMNESTY Audience Award, AMNESTY Jury Prize, ONE WORLD jury Prize.
  • WEBSITE: www.wearetogether.org
  • SYNOPSIS:Multi-award winning feature WE ARE TOGETHER (Thina Simunye) tells the moving and inspiring story of 12 year old Slindile and her remarkable friends at the Agape orphanage in South Africa. Filmed over three years, with unforgettable kids, soaring music and a plot full of surprises, WE ARE TOGETHER arrives as a stirring and uplifting theatrical documentary.

RISE FILMS IS DONATING 100% OF PRODUCERS PROFITS FROM THIS FILM TO THE www.risefoundation.org TO HELP PROVIDE AN EDUCATION FOR ORPHANS & CHILDREN AFFECTED BY AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

  • PROJECT KASHMIR

  • STATUS: IN PRODUCTION
  • DIRECTED BY: Senain Kheshgi & Geeta V. Patel
  • FOR: DISHOOM PICTURES, ITVS, SUNDANCE INSTITUTE
  • WEBSITE:www.dishoompix.com
  • SYNOPSIS:From directors Senain Kheshgi and Geeta V. Patel and Academy Award® winning Ross Kauffman, comes PROJECT KASHMIR––a feature documentary in which the directors, two American friends from opposite sides of the divide, investigate the war in Kashmir and find their friendship tested over deeply rooted religious biases they never had to face in the U.S. PROJECT KASHMIR explores war between countries and war within oneself by delving into the fraught lives of young people caught in the social/political conflict of one of the most beautiful, and most deadly, places on earth––Kashmir. 
  • UNTITLED KIM LONGINOTTO PROJECT

  • STATUS: IN PRODUCTION
  • DIRECTED BY: Kim Longinotto
  • FOR: Channel 4
  • SYNOPSIS:Internationally acclaimed and BAFTA award winning director Kim Longinotto is one of the pre-eminent documentary filmmakers working in the world today. She has won major prizes for her films all over the world, including the Prix Art et Essai at Cannes, a BAFTA and in 2007 she was short-listed for an Academy Award®. Previous films include SISTERS IN LAW, HOLD ME TIGHT LET ME GO, DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE and THE DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET. Kim has been described as an ‘Auteur’ documentary-maker and is renowned for creating extraordinary human portraits and tackling difficult topics with sensitivity and compassion.
  • COWBOYS IN INDIA

  • STATUS: IN PRODUCTION
  • DIRECTED BY: Simon Chambers
  • FOR: More4
  • SYNOPSIS:Orissa, India - where tribal people fight with their bows and arrows against multinational mining moguls from London. The filmmaker, aided by two hopeless local guides, searches for answers amongst conflicting allegations, as the truth becomes more and more elusive. A humorous film about a serious subject.