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Mongoose Pictures

Frontline PBS and The Guardian

Channel 4

Editor Ella Newton

Congratulations to Ella Newton and the team at Mongoose Pictures. We are super excited to hear that Mosul has been nominated for two Emmys: Outstanding Short Doc and Outstanding Cinematography! On top of that, it has also made it to the shortlist in for the 2018 Grierson Trust Awards for Best Current Affairs Documentary and Best Single Documentary-International.

 Mosul follows Jamal, a sergeant with a Special Forces unit in the Iraqi army. Along with squad leader Anmar, Hussein, Amjad, Abbas and a few others were some of the first to go into Mosul last year to try to retake the city from Isis. With them was French film-maker Olivier Sarbi.  This observational documentary captures all aspects of war, the confusion of what’s going on, the confusion of who is Isis and who is not and the horror for the terrified civilians after months of living in fear.

Ella said “I was spoilt in this job with such rare to get and beautifully shot rushes, and also to get to hear all the experiences shooting it direct from Olivier ( Saebil) the crazy genius! But it was also intense in that even while we were editing people Olivier had been with on the Unit had been killed or badly injured.  The composers are actually from Massive Attack! And they were good to work with so that’s pretty cool”

Congratulations Ella and our fingers are crossed for a deserving win!

Little Gem

Monday 23^rd July 8.30 Channel 4

Self-made millionaire and founder of Bank Of Dave, Dave Fishwick, will help ordinary people to ‘get rich quick’ in a new 6 x 30-minute features series for Channel 4. How To Get Rich Quick will chart Fishwick’s attempts to teach people the money making skills which helped him become a self-made millionaire. With Dave’s great tips – his money making manifesto – at the heart of the series, the show aims to give people practical tools to make their money grow. There is also invaluable insight into world of personal finance.

Sarjit Bains and Dan Stewart were the main editors of the series, with help from Martin Sole, Miles Green, Hannah Woolfson, Tom Deverell and Ian Smith!

The first episode is on tonight 8.30pm Channel 4

Congratulations to all the nominees for the British Bulldog Awards 2018.
A big well done to CPL and Channel 4 and the team on ‘Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds’ which won in the Factual Entertainment category. We are super proud of Belle Borgeaud who worked on the series!

Wednesday 27 June

9.00pm-10.00pm

BBC TWO

Editor Graham Taylor

Pulse Films in partnership with the Open University.

This documentary edited by Graham Taylor is the incredible story of the battle for PrEP on the NHS: a legal fight which saw doctors, activists and AIDS charities come together to overturn the NHS decision. It was the start of an emotive battle which would see the cost of the treatment publicly pitted against the cost of prosthetic limbs, blood cancer drugs and drugs for children with cystic fibrosis.

At the heart of the story is one man, Greg Owen, who helped stop thousands becoming HIV positive by setting up a website which allowed people to buy generic PrEP from drug manufacturers in India. Despite being homeless and without a wage, Greg found himself running Britain’s main gateway to PrEP from his mother’s kitchen in Belfast.

Part of the BBC’s NHS at 70 season marking the 70th anniversary of the NHS, this film explores the hugely complex decisions facing a cash-strapped health service in one of the most difficult periods in its history.

Graham said “it was an honour to work on such an important story and to have the chance to tell the story both for BBC and also in an additional feature length version (which is forthcoming), providing the chance to go deeper into a story that reveals much about contemporary social and political issues”.

The People Vs The NHS: Who Gets The Drugs? will be aired Wednesday 27 June 9pm BBC2.

Satu and Katie had a wonderful time as usual at the Sheffield Documentary Festival. Lots of interesting, powerful and hard-hitting films were screened as well as informative talks and an amazing array of Alternative Realities to experience.  Here are out top pics of films to look out for:

Three Identical Strangers:

We are slightly biased as Michael Harte edited this amazing documentary. However we weren’t the only ones who were excited to see it. Crowds of people turned up for the screening and had to be turned away so the festival had to put on another screening so people didnt miss out!

In 1980, three identical triplets, complete strangers raised in entirely different New York households, managed to discover each other, decades after they had been separated at birth. But behind the splashy headlines lurked a disturbing secret which called into question the very notion of who we are.

No Greater Law:

Katie watched this film about the Idaho Followers of Christ who don’t believe in any kind of medical intervention. The state currently permits them to practice faith healing instead. The local sheriff has witnessed too many children die, and he and ex-followers determined to change the law. It’s a slow paced film, and incredibly emotive- but a must see! Watch the Trailer: here 

Gun No 6

The screening for this was at 9am! Poor Katie had to get up early after partying into the early hours to see this one, and it was a brutal watch!  She doesn’t regret getting up though, and thoroughly recommends this film.

Changing hands over a decade, used in eleven shootings and three murders, this is the story of Britain’s deadliest illegal gun: Gun No. 6. The film explores why men pick up guns and the shockwaves that follow each shooting, for victims, police, communities and perpetrators.

For the Birds

A woman’s love for her pet ducks, chickens, geese, and turkeys—all 200 of them—ignites a battle with local animal rescuers and puts her marriage in jeopardy.

The story doesn’t sound that gripping, but Satu loved this documentary. The main character was utterly fascinating and it was beautifully crafted together.

Dartmouth Films Presents an Awen Media Production of an Outsider Movie Company Film in Association with Channel 4

Director Callum Macrae

Editor Charlie Hawryliw

The Ballymurphy Precedent tells the unknown story death of eleven innocent people at the hands of the British Army in a Catholic estate in Belfast in 1971. This is a massacre that few have heard of, yet it was one of the most significant events in the Troubles. The British army continues to cover it up because they cannot afford to admit the truth. The relatives of those who died are fighting for justice – and our investigation shows why. This secret massacre led directly to the Bloody Sunday killings by the same Parachute regiment just five months later.

The World Premiere will be at Sheffield Doc Festival Monday 11^th June and it will also be screened there on Tuesday 12^th June.

Watch the trailer here.

Firecrest Films

Monday 4th June at 7.30pm on BBC1.

Edited by Ella Newton

Ella Newton edited this inspiring special edition of BBC Panorama. Filmed in April, eleven months after her diagnosis with a brain tumour , it followed Tessa Jowell as she used her last weeks to secure her key demands on cancer funding and access to more cancer treatments on the NHS. It includes her powerful appearance at the Houses of Parliament.

Monday 4th June at 7.30pm on BBC1.

Training Days with Jack Whitehall is now available on YouTube.

Launching  today, May 9th, Jack Whitehall: Training Days is the brand new unscripted comedy series that sees Jack Whitehall take some of the biggest names in football out of their comfort zones and into hilarious situations.

Watch the trailer here

Production Company: Fulwell 73

Director: Gabe Turner

Editor: Joe Swanson

Joe loved working on the series, he said “It was an incredibly exciting and challenging project to work on. YouTube’s first European Commission featuring some of the biggest names in the game, plus some Tottenham players. It was a hell of a lot of fun!”

Paul Holland stepped in to fill the rather big shoes of editor David Fairhead who had a long history of working with the director David Sington, so the main challenge was to be sympathetic to their rhythm and style of cutting (which was quite different to his own) whilst trying to bring something new to the table. Paul feels the experience of each job is as important as the final film and in this instance could not have hoped to work with such a skilled and affable team, there were many nights were he actually forgot he had a family to get home to as he was enjoying himself so much!

Directed by: Heather Walsh and David Sington

Production Company: Fine Point Films in association with DOX Productions.

You can watch the trailer on YouTube here.

Kalel Productions

5 Star  9PM

Editors Gruff Lovrgreen and Gwyn Moxham

In this series, 6 rich kids ditch their fast cars, five-star hotels and endless shopping trips to go skint with families living on the breadline. During their stay, they’ll experience the shock of living below the poverty line, by helping to shop, feed, and babysit for families who can barely make ends meet. Sparks will fly and tears will fall as they face the most challenging time of their entire lives. Gwyn Moxham and Gruff Lovgreen both enjoyed working on this series. Gruff  said “It was a fun series to work on – it’s always interesting to see how people from completely different backgrounds get along and finding the balance between both sides was tricky at times, especially when you could see both sides of the arguments”. He edited Ep one which is on air Wednesday 18^th April on 5 Star.