WE ARE BIRDS
in production
He’s been dismissed as crazy all his life: a liability, dangerous, irresponsible. But to those who really know him, Raul Rodriguez is a visionary, an artist, a man who has pushed the boundaries of human powered flight like no other. But when he decides to make a comeback at the age of 49, even his family think he’s gone mad. Feature documentary.
Producer: John Battsek at Ventureland: Deepest Breath, The Rescue, Searching for Sugarman.
Executive Producer: Fisher Stevens at Highly Flammable: The Cove, Before The Flood.
Editor: Julian Hart: Deepest Breath,
Tinder Swindler, American Animals.
K2 WINTER
in production
Feature documentary about the first winter ascent of K2, an extraordinary human triumph but one that ended in wild controversy and the tragic deaths of three accomplished mountaineers. The film follows a son on a painful search high in the 'death zone' for the body of his father and the truth to how he died.
Producer: John Battsek at Ventureland: Deepest Breath, The Rescue, Searching for Sugarman.
Director: Amir Bar-Lev: The Tilman Story, Happy Valley, Long Strange Trip.
ROW 400
Aim Films
Feature documentary following Mansour Al Dhahari, a local Emirati and a man on a mission. Having never set foot in a rowing boat before, Mansour attempts to row 400 kilometres down the length of Abu Dhabi's coastline. Funded and endorsed by Crown Prince Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the film is distributed by Vue Cinemas and Active Abu Dhabi and was the centrepiece to an Emirate-wide health campaign aimed at local Emiratis.
Executive Producer: Heather Sullivan
at Aim Films.
CHASING
Gravitas/Amazon Prime
Feature documentary following one man's obsession with rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in record time. For Jason Caldwell, an accomplished river rower with a collection of silver medals, it took two crossings to understand that it's not about the records - it's about the men in the boat. Winner of Best Film at the Young President's Organisation Film Festival 2022.
Executive Producer: Evan Hayes at Ace Content: Free Solo, Senna, Being Costeau.
Editor: Jessica Congdon: The Way I See It, Eyes On The Prize.
BEST FILM
2022
HOUSE OF THE GODS
Coldhouse/Amazon Prime
The great northern face of Mount Roraima soars from the depths of the Amazon rainforest like the prow of a gigantic ship. House of the Gods follows Leo Houlding and team on their real world quest through 100km of untracked jungle, into a unique slime forest and up the desperately steep cliff.
Director: Matt Pycroft at Coldhouse.
Editor: Jen Randal: This Is Beth, Pyscho Vertical
FOUR MUMS
Atomized/National Geographic
Four middle-aged mums, close friends from Yorkshire, decide to enter a 3000 mile rowing race across the Atlantic Ocean. With no previous experience they are up against endurance athletes and adventurers, the mums battle 40 foot waves, sleep deprivation, blistered hands and sea sickness to cross from La Gomera to Antigua in 56 days.
THE CITADEL
Posing Productions/Red Bull Explorer
'Citadel' is a striking narrative woven around 'The Mountain God', a majestic 3000m peak in the untouched corners of the Great Alaskan Range. Follow Matt Helliker and Jon Bracey, a formidable UK alpine climbing duo, in their mission to make the first ascent of the mountain's daunting 1200m north-west ridge.
Director: Alastair Lee at Posing Productions.
