documentaries . arts and educational

	OH MY DOG! year: 2007/08 length: 52' work in progress format: HD 12' trailer: Current TV This is a tragic comic portrait of urban society as seen through the relationship between people and dogs.   It shows the extremes people are willing to go for their dogs and what that reflects and says about the world we live in.  The film highlights the enormous developing pet industry in the USA, worth $43 billion per year and the growing emotional desire to be mum or dad to a cute, cuddly dog rather than to a baby.
	KOLKATA'S BOOK MARKET Work in progress year: 2008 length: TBC format: DV India:  College Street, located in the centre of Kolkata, is the biggest book market in the world dating back to 1886, with hundreds of book -shops and 1,200 book hawkers. Today, it’s identity and future, are threatened by the construction of India’s first Book Mall.  How does India embrace globalisation and keep its traditions, in a city famous for its love of literature and poetry?   We are exploring the question, whilst falling in love with the books. trailer to follow
	BREAKING WALLS Is a digital installation comprising of a film to be projected in a public space during the week of World Mental Health Day. An interactive DVD will be produced and distributed, to include the film and interviews with all the professionals a mental health patient will meet on their journey.  A steering group supporting and contributing to this project includes: BUG (Brent Mental Health User Group) RETHINK (a charity dealing fighting against the stigma attached to mental health) Professor Dinesh Bhugra, Dean of The Royal College of Psychiatrists and Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity at the Institute of Psychiatry Peter Byrne, NHS psychiatrist, Senior Lecturer at UCL and Director of Public Education at the Royal College of Psychiatrists