New Shoots: Films from Disabled Directors

Episodes - New Shoots: Films from Disabled Directors

• Crew Battles Short debut film by director Bim Ajadi, about a break-dancing trio who reflect on their lives and experiences during the build-up to a competition
• Driven Short film about an ex-policeman who was prompted to set up a driving school for disabled people after losing his left arm in a motorcycling accident
• Elegy for Elswick Envoy Debut film about an artist's anguish at having to part with her beloved Elswick Envoy. Nancy Willis embarks on a journey to find someone who can give her battered car a good home
• Gone to the Dogs New series of debut documentaries, beginning with Gone to the Dogs, a portrait by Klaus Fried of a night at Walthamstow Dog Track, focusing on the fortunes of those taking part
• Lost Luggage Short film by director Lucy Bennett about the fate of the hundreds of suitcases lost at airports each week. The story follows a London auctioneer as the luggage goes under the hammer
• Make Me a Tory Debut film by director Daniel Cormack, a disillusioned Labour voter who ventures into the Tories' world to learn more about their beliefs and hopes for the future of their party
• Monkey Lovers Short debut film by director Peter Beard, focusing on two people who have turned their home into a zoo, and a couple raising eight marmoset monkeys along with their four children
• Quizzers An insight into the life of a group of 'professional' pub quiz participants as they travel to Paris to challenge for the title of Europe's general knowledge master. Last in series
• Racing Town Short film focusing on the lives of local people in Cheltenham at the time of the major annual racing events, when the population of the town doubles
• Stabbed Short film by Ray Harrison Graham, telling the stories of four people who have been affected by knife crime and exploring the myths and realities of life in urban Britain
• When the Drugs Don't Work Two girls whose lives are dominated by illness embark on a unique three-week residential pain management course in Bath in an attempt to find freedom from their anguish