Directed by Chloe Ruthven From the Guardian, 25th August 2009: “In 2003, Chloe Ruthven got a job at a London primary school, giving extra help to kids who were falling behind and becoming disruptive as a consequence. Two of them, nine-year-olds Mario and Nini, were so consistently disruptive that Ruthven began teaching them in a…
Category: Documentary
Teens and Tiaras [2009]
Produced by Jo Hughes Minnow Films The London Season was once at the heart of the upper classes, providing a marriage market for the young daughters of Britain’s most privileged. Today, “The Season” remains one of the last bastions of British elite society, surviving into the 21st Century thanks to its determined organisers, Jennie and…
Cotton Wool Kids [2008]
Directed by Joshua Neale Princess Channel 4 / First Cut
There’s A Rhino In My House [2008]
The remarkable relationship between native Zimbabweans Judy and John Travers and the orphaned baby rhino they adopted in 2007 after a poaching incident. Finalist, Best People and Nature Programme – Jackson Hole Wildlife Festival 2009 Directed by Anne Sommerfield Oxford Scientific Films Discovery / Animal Planet
The Solitary Life of Cranes [2008]
Winner – Britdoc Festival 2008 “One of the most absorbing… documentaries of the year, and one which could in a minor way be called life-changing because it alters your perspective and, once seen, won’t be forgotten. Graceful and revealing.” – The Observer “Utterly crafted… wholly transports you to a different physical and psychological space…” –…