About Documentary telling the story of the piracy explosion, with unique access to the coastal towns of war-torn Somalia, the boardrooms of the City of London, the operation hubs on board warships in the Gulf of Aden and the heartbreak
Films we've supported
A selection of over 300 films we've supported so far in alphabetical order
37 Uses for a Dead Sheep
A Central Asian tribe use film to trace their past
The Pamir Kirghiz are a tribe of some 2,000 people from Afghanistan. For the last 27 years they have lived in exile in Eastern Turkey. In 2005 an Anglo-Turkish film crew arrives to work with them to tell their story
A World Without Water
All of us will face it soon, some are facing it now
As some of the costliest ever water bills were landing on doormats across the UK, this film investigated the future of the world’s water, painting a disturbing picture of the earth running out of this most basic of resources
Casablanca Calling
Can a group of women leaders change Morocco?
Casablanca Calling is the story of a quiet social revolution in Morocco. In a country where over 60% of women have never been to school, a new generation of women have started work as official Muslim leaders. They are called Morchidat or
The Man Who Stopped the Desert
The story of a peasant farmer who transformed the lives of thousands of people
About The Man Who Stopped the Desert is a full HD, one hour feature documentary telling the story of Yacouba Sawadogo, an illiterate African peasant farmer who has transformed the lives of thousands of people across the Sahel. Soil is
From Haiti’s Ashes
A story of hope in a country that has none
About On 12 January 2010, Haiti was hit by a terrible quake. Hundreds of thousands dead and wounded; thousands of buildings crushed; the capital, Port au Prince, wiped out; death and disease everywhere. The disaster left Haiti and its government
The World Before Her
Is being a woman in the new India about beauty or war?
Two young women follow completely divergent paths in the new, modernising India. One wants to become Miss India, the other is a fierce Hindu Nationalist prepared to kill and die for her beliefs
Viramundo
A musical journey with Gilberto Gil
After decades of sold out shows and international recognition, Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil embarks on a new kind of world tour through the southern hemisphere
How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire
A whirlwind journey through a family history
How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire weaves together a multitude of themes in two overarching timeframes. In the first strand we meet film director Dan Edelstyn in the present day and follow his story as he attempts to trace and