Recent Film and Television Productions

In Development

Alcohol Stole my Mum | Original Broadcast Drama | UK Producer with Planispheres | 2025

In development with Planispheres. Original script by Paolo Hewitt based on the best selling true story of Life, Hope and Addiction by Paolo Hewitt and John Taylor

In Post Production

SMART Family and Friends | Documentary Short | 8 mins | UK | 2024

By sharing lived experience, this powerful and honest introduction to SMART (Self Management and Recovery Training), explains how the SMART Recovery Programme for Family & Friends highlights the tools for people who want to support their loved one and begin their own recovery, when dealing with their loved one’s addiction. Participating in a supportive environment, with people sharing similar experiences, hopefully lessening feelings of isolation and instilling a sense of hope, and we learn from those who, with considerable courage, have taken steps to make positive changes in their lives.

This groundbreaking programme Highlights SMART Recovery UK’s support, for Family & Friends, affected by someone in active addiction or recovering from it. Past documentaries on addiction have touched upon its effects on loved ones, but none has focussed on making positive changes to their own behaviour around the person in recovery or still in active addiction. Family and Friends can recognise and meet their own need for self-care, and learn how they can both positively and negatively influence the recovery process.

We learn about using some of the key points of SMART Recovery adapted to suit the needs of family & friends. Inviting participants to spend time concentrating on themselves and their goals, an area they may have been neglecting, rather than always focusing on their loved one. We explore ways participants can look after themselves better; even in difficult and stressful circumstances, and how to establish healthier relationships.

A Planispheres production, with award-winning broadcast documentary producer director Tom Kent, produced and executive produced by Malcolm Moore. Commissioned by SMART Recovery UK.

Lost For Words | Broadcast Documentary Feature | 60 mins | UK France | 2025

The film is at the crossroads between a popular feature film and a poetic vision of nature, highlighting spectacular British natural sites. A great exploration for international spectators and a cross-generational documentary that can inspire all types and ages of audiences in all countries. Nature lovers, defenders of the environment, and also music lovers and lovers of literature, will engage with the themes evoked and the range of personalities present in the film: famous writers, much-loved BBC radio presenters, great conservationists, renowned illustrators and popular musicians and established folk stars performing in natural environments, this film provides a cinematic portrayal of nature and has wide appeal to audiences of all ages.

In late pre-production. Financially supported by the Normandy Region and Screen Scotland. After meeting their French producer Dorian Blanc and French director Hannah Papacek Harper at Sunny Side of the Doc in La Rochelle in 2022, Malcolm Moore was engaged as a development consultant and a potential coproducer to advise the French producer and director on acquiring the underlying rights, for the rights expectations of UK broadcasters (compared to French broadcasters), and the coproduction opportunities for Rétroviseur Productions, as well as engaging UK crew and clarifying standard UK broadcasters budget expectations.

Outspoken | Documentary Feature | 60 mins | Brazil Columbia Liberia Myanmar New Zealand

Senegal Sudan UK and USA | Format: HD Canon XF 300 | 2025

Outspoken is an international broadcast documentary that highlights that rap can articulate identity and educate, it can sway opinion and rap can win and lose elections. While Rap can win freedoms, it can also lose lives.

In the wake of global instability and rapid change the voice of the rap artist echoes environmental catastrophe, social rupture and political brutality. Outspoken reveals that rap, the swirling global dialogue, that is the social commentary for our times, helps us to understand world events that engulf us all, and that rhyming is a living and transforming art form that originated with the griots, bards and storytellers of ancient times.

Darryl MacDaniels from seminal rap crew Run DMC, remembers being a teen when Caribbean sound systems appeared in the streets and parks of New York. Darryl describes how early 80's rap gave a voice to disenfranchised youth in an era of repressive government and urban decay.

Across the Pacific in New Zealand, 1980's videotape shows a young Maori artist flipping through import records in a record store. Te Kupu established one of New Zealand’s earliest rap groups. Rapping about growing up in a post-colonial nation, Te Kupu is propelled to the helm of a revival of Maori language and identity, connecting his rap activism to global indigenous movements and struggles.

In Myanmar Zeyar Thaw began rapping in Burmese about human rights and freedom of expression and founded Generation Wave, an activist group that protested military rule using rap and graffiti. In 2008, he was detained and sentenced to a term as a political prisoner. For almost 3-years, writing rap lyrics in betelnut on the walls of his cell. Then newly released from prison, swaps his emcee mic for politics and campaigns to become a member of Parliament. Then Feb 2021 signals the end of the military's flirtation with shared civilian rule, and clips from citizen journalists show Zayar Thaw returning to street protest and resistance. He is rearrested and imprisoned on trumped-up charges of terrorism, while the military regime holds a sham trial during which they deny Zayar Thaw legal representation. In July 2022, contravening all international human rights laws, the illegal junta carried out their brutal threat and Zayar Thaw was executed. His body has still not been released to his family.

Darryl interviews fellow rapper Emmanuel Jal on the radio in Juba, South Sudan. Jal was a child soldier during the war with Sudan before he fled to Kenya. Jal talks of stepping up to cypher circles in Kaukuma refugee camp, supported by his childhood experience of verbal duelling and storytelling in the Nuer tradition. In South Sudan today, young people hold Emmanuel Jal in high esteem as he proves that the microphone is a far more powerful weapon than the gun.

Senegalese rapper MC Xuman connects modern-day rap poetry to the griots of West Africa, "as the storytellers and news reporters". Across town, Sister Fa returns to West Africa uses rap and art to challenge the cultural tradition of female genital mutilation, battling to keep her music and activism alive and she speaks about the difficulties she faces working in a culture that does not perceive rap as the domain of women.

Producer director Sarita West (Siegel), co producer Alana McVerry, executive producer Malcolm Moore,  executive producer Darryl MacDaniels (Run DMC) and development executive, Malcolm Moore.

An Alchemy Film production developed with Planispheres and the assistance of the European Documentary Network, with support of the Creative Media Programme. Selected for the UK Producers Lab on European Co-Productions at the Berlin Co-production Market. AKA 'Rhyme and Reason'.

Power as Pathology | International Documentary Feature | 93 mins  |  Colombia, India, Liberia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, United Kingdom, USA | 2025

An international broadcast documentary in late post-production. Produced and Directed by Sarita West (Siegel), with Development Executive Malcolm Moore at Planispheres, which won the Sunny Side of the Doc Pitching Prize, at DOK.Fest in Munich in April 2022.

'Power As Pathology' tracks innovative collaborations to prepare tech transfer hubs, manufacturing sites and distribution networks to supply next-generation vaccines in Africa for Africa. We follow the African continent's growing momentum to establish equity in outbreak responses, despite continued exclusion from cutting-edge countermeasures in the face of increasing health security threats. Decades of Global North biomedical research in African nations left little benefit to the continent’s fragile public health systems. However, West Africa stitched a silver lining into their 2014 Ebola response by innovating outbreak responses and improving healthcare systems. Soon after, all 55 African nations formed a united health agency. Vaccine nationalism among wealthy nations prompts a united front among African scientists and leaders in decrying unjust global vaccine inequities and by taking action. An African billionaire steps up and negotiates the purchase of life-saving jabs, while South Africa deploys reverse engineering mRNA technology to begin vaccine production.

Alchemy Films produces documentaries for the international broadcast market as well as film festivals and educational fields. Clients include National Geographic, PBS, Discovery, ITVS and ARTE as well as the University of Wisconsin.

Completed

The Waste Commons | Documentary Feature | 60 mins | Senegal | Format: HD Canon XF 300 2025

Enclosing open-air dumps and outlawing waste picking are key approaches to modernizing cities around the world. THE WASTE COMMONS explores the dramatic transformations involved in the impending upgrade of the city waste dump in Dakar, Senegal, and the lives that hang in the balance. It follows charismatic Zidane, trailblazing Adja, and their waste picker community, as they battle to defend their carefully crafted worlds and rights to waste: “We work in garbage but we are not garbage”

An Alchemy Films and Rosalind Fredericks Production , with Malcolm Moore, Planispheres as legal consultant.

The filmmakers:
Sarita West, Director, Producer, Writer, Additional Editing: I am always excited by stories with social justice at the core. and I have always worked with local crew and encouraged participatory filmmaking with participants. I jumped at the chance to be a part of telling a documentary story that sits at the intersection of environmental justice and workers’ rights.

Rosalind Fredericks Director/Producer/Writer: I have been researching and writing about waste labor and urban social justice in Dakar, Senegal for 20 years. This film is the product of my close collaboration with an advocacy organization that defends informal workers. It aims to directly impact the fate of Dakar waste pickers and raise awareness about reclaiming for policy-makers, academic audiences, and the public.

Mamadou Dia Prodcuer. An award-winning Senegalese film director, screenwriter, and co-founder of the production company, Joyedidi. His short , Samedi Cinema, opened at the Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals and received numerous accolades. His first feature film, premiered in 2019, winning two Golden Leopards for “First Feature” and “Filmmakers of the Present” at the Locarno International Film Festival. Selected for MOMA/Lincoln Center’s 2020 New Directors/New Films, the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival Talent Lab, and the 2018 Hubert Bals writing grant. Senegal chose his film Baamum Nafi as its Oscar entry for Best International Feature in 2021.

Maba Ba Producer. Maba grew up in Senegal. After studying Computer Science at Old Dominion University, he moved to New York to continue his education in 3D animation and Acting. He then immersed himself in the Film, Tech, and 3D animation world. Maba is an actor, producer, and director with titles such as WarGames (MGM), Christmas Wedding Baby (Netflix), and award-winning shorts such as Samedi Cinema (TIFF, Venice), Men or Mice (Urbanworld) to name a few. Cofounder, with Mamadou Dia, of the JoyeDidi entertainment company.

Pierre LeCompte Cinematographer. A Senegalese cinematographer with over twenty-five years of experience in the film industry. He is best known for the television series C’est la Vie (2019-2020), the films Mbarane (2004) and Ngoyaan, le chant de la séduction (2004) and for the documentaries: L’eau Source de Vie (2000), Quitter le Pouvoir (2014), Juifs Noir, Les Racines de l’Olivier (2015), Si Loin du Vietnam (2016), and 50 ans de la Banque (2023).

Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Sy Cinematographer. A graduate of Cheikh Anta Diop University and the Media Center in Dakar, Cheikh is a Senegalese director, cinematographer, and independent video journalist who has fifteen years of experience. His first documentary tilence, On Arrive (2005) deals with the fate of Mauritanian refugees in the Senegal River valley. Released in 2008, the second is about the manatees of the Nawel backwater, in Matam. Subsequently, he directed Mbeubeuss, the Gold Rush in 2011 which looks at people who live off the waste economy at the Mbeubeuss landfill. In 2020, he made the feature documentary Les Murs Du Savoir.

Evelyn Franks Editor An award-winning documentary editor with over 18 years’ of international experience, credits include BBC 4, BBC 3, BBC World Service, CNN, Al Jazeera English, VICE, HBO and theatrical release. Skilled in international channel launches. Awards include Peabody, Lovie, Webby, Frontline Club, Broadcast Digital and Eutelsat, a Grierson nomination in 2017 and several Promax awards and nominations. Previously an Associate Editor to renowned Editor Walter Murch on the feature length documentary “COUP 53,” which premiered at the 2019 Telluride Film Festival.

Pape Armand Boye Composer. Ousmane Diouf Sané Project Assistant/ Interpreter

One In 5| Documentary Feature | 112 mins | UK |2024

One in 5 children are affected by a parent’s drinking and John Taylor was one of those children, trapped in the family cycle until one day he broke free. Now it is John’s mission to make a difference for the children of today.

Through interviews with professionals and people affected, this powerful documentary exposes the often-overlooked struggles these children face, navigating a world overshadowed by addiction and trauma. From the crippling effects of neglect to the emotional scars that linger well into adulthood, follow their journey of resilience, healing, and the quest for understanding. The 1 in 5 sheds light on the silent struggles behind closed doors, offering hope, awareness, and a call to action for a generation haunted by the spectre of alcoholism.

Ibi Vaughan’s directorial documentary feature debut, in association with John Taylor and executive produced by Malcolm Moore. Commissioned by the Drug and Alcohol Wellbeing Service.

Alba Rosa | Feature Film | Drama | UK |2024

Grace is alone, following the death of her husband Carter in a terrorist attack. The couple were due to sell and leave their large generational home to travel. Now, Grace sinks into depression, pushing away her son, neighbour and therapist.

On theatrical release in the UK. Jeffrey Louis Salkilld’s latest film as Producer at Verve Bee Media. Director: Bogdan Radu. Starring: Nicola Wright, Keith Hill, Charlie Clee, and Peter Mcvea. Executive producers Met Film School and Planispheres as Business and Legal Affairs consultants on rights exploitation and distribution.

Terrornet | Feature Film | Comedy Horror | 89 mins | UK | 2022

An inventive microbudget ‘desktop comedy horror’ shot during lockdown, the feature debut is by Writer/Producer/Directors Radley Mason and Emma Millions. Editor: James Allen, Associate Producer: James Allen. Staring Radley Mason and Louise Jameson famous for roles as Leela, Dr. Who’s traveling companion and Blanche Simmons in Tenko in the 1970’s, Susan Young in Bergerac and Rosa di Marco in EastEnders.

Malcolm Moore provided business and legal affairs services, including chain of title and clearances, arranging E&O insurance, and negotiating the distribution deal with leading UK distributor Kaleidoscope, for the USA, Canada and the UK.

When awkward, lonely I.T. guy David Edison, falls in love with a cam girl, he inadvertently unleashes Asmodeus, the demon of lust, during an online ghost hunt, who then proceeds to wreak havoc on his life and the people around him. The story plays out entirely on the desktops of a team of online ghost hunters, who've decided to run a series of live paranormal experiences online that anyone can buy tickets to and join. But during one of these events, a demon is unleashed who wrecks havoc via the wi-fi network.

Selected for Film London’s Breakthrough Screenings, the annual export market for UK film in association with the BFI and supported by Mayor of London, Film Export UK and the Department of International Trade. Represented by UK distributor Kaleidoscope for USA, Canada and the UK. Rest of Worldwide Rights available. Released 26th September 2022.

A Dad is Born | Documentary 20 mins | UK | Format: HD | 2020 

Produced by Maggie Taylor, directed by Danielle Davis, executive produced by Malcolm Moore and Peter Ferkin. Original music by Chris Barnett.

Planispheres provided business and legal affairs services and Malcolm Moore executive produced the Barnardo’s coproduction with Double Scorpio Productions.

We can all learn new ways of being: A quirky and endearing investigation of the role of the father in the 2020s shot in Brent, one of the most diverse boroughs in London and one of the most economically deprived areas in the UK. Where fathers are often absent and real Dads are needed more than ever, the film explores how Barnardo’s gives these fathers a real voice. Against a background of gang culture and boy on boy knife crime, when male suicide is rising and danger lurks round every corner.

Malcolm took part in a Q&A after the cast and crew screening at BAFTA in early 2022.

FESTIVALS: Received a special screening plus Q&A at the DC Shorts International Festival in Washington USA in September 2020.

Carer Awareness | 5 x Corporate Shorts | UK | Format HD Canon | 2019

Malcolm Moore co-produced a series of five staff training films with Healthcare Films, and developed and delivered online teaching materials, on Carer Awareness, commissioned by the West London NHS Trust.

The WLNHST is one of the most diverse providers of physical and social care in the UK, as well as being a leading national provider of forensic, community, and inpatient mental health services. The NHS Trust employs 5600 staff, providing care and treatment for more than 845,000 people with a turnover of over £450 million a year.

As It Comes | Short Film | UK | 2018

Marco Feliciano's producer debut, written and directed by Top Tarasin. Planispheres drafted the international cast and crew contracts and provided business and legal affairs services.

A journey of memory, the indifference of nature, and the transformative power of small occurrences, the film explores how one derives meaning from nature and the forces that act within it. Here, inspiration and longing are analogous to natural spectacle and the passage of time - nature may be indifferent to our wants and desires but is necessary for us to lead more meaningful lives.

FESTIVALS: Independent Shorts Awards: 2018 Winner Honorable Mention: Best Narrative Short. Also competed in a dozen international film festivals, including, the Diversions International Short Film Festival in Croatia, and the Around International Film Festival in Barcelona.

Lessons from Joan | Documentary Feature | 2018 | Australia UK

Directed and produced by Walter McIntosh and narrated by Miriam Margolyes. Andrew Arbuthnot producer, Julia Overton executive producer, Martha Wailes associate producer, Music by Paul Doust, Cinematography by Nicola Daley, Film Editing by Elliott Magen and Walter McIntosh.

Planispheres advised on UK documentary financing options available and potential partners to build on the Screen Australia development funding and leveraging 20% of the budget from the Producers Equity Programe along with interest from broadcaster Foxtel Arts.

Using archive footage the film explore the memories of esteemed members of the original cast 'Oh, What a Lovely War!' 1963 including interviews with Barbara Windsor, Murray Melvin, Judy Cornwell, Nadine Holdsworth. In 1960s England, Joan Littlewood, one of the first female directors in British theatre - a force to be reckoned with - developed a revolutionary approach to theatre, creating the famous anti- war musical.

The Land Beneath Our Feet | Feature Documentary | Format: HD | Liberia UK USA | 2017

When lost footage from the 1920s depicting a corporate land grab in the early days of globalization arrives back in Liberia, it sparks inquiry into how Liberians lost sovereignty over the very land that sustains them. Directors Gregg Mitman and Sarita West (Siegel). Writer Sarita West (Siegel). Stars, Philomena Bloh Sayeh, Cecil T.O. Brandy, Miatta Fahnbulleh.

Planispheres advised on production structures and verifying the historical chain of title documentation. Including cross-checking clearances for locations, contributors and archive material including lost footage from the 1920s and original photographs, the fair use/fair dealing exceptions, Errors and Omissions insurance requirements for broadcast licenses in each jurisdiction, and the negotiating implications for distribution and broadcast agreements.

Available worldwide on Amazon Prime. Alchemy Films produces documentaries for the international broadcast market as well as film festivals and educational fields. Clients include National Geographic, PBS, Discovery, ITVS and ARTE.

AWARDS: Best Feature, Documentary or Animated Film Award, International Competition, Festival de Cine Verde de Barichara 2017; Best African Film Award San Francisco Black Film Festival 2017; Global Insights Award, Black Maria Film Festival 2017; Best Documentary Award, Hobnobben Film Festival 2017; Best Director Award, Harlem International Film Festival 2017; Honorable Mention, Houston Black Film Festival 2017, 2014 International FOCAL Award, trailer won best use of archival footage in a short production.

Sparks and Embers | Feature Film | Romantic Comedy | 84 mins | 2014 | UK

Gavin Boyter's feature debut as writer and director, with Benjamin Craig as producer and Alan Latham producer and executive producers Omar Todd, Kirsty Bell, Christopher Mould, Jason Garrett, David Rogers, Paul Rogers and Nigel Thomas.

Planispheres made introductions to raise the budget with an EIS and private equity and provided business and legal affairs services to Cinemagine the London based production company.

"Old flames are hard to extinguish' Tom and Eloise meet in inauspicious circumstances, trapped in a stuck lift after Eloise has Tom fired. Nevertheless, sparks fly. 5 years later, they have broken up and Eloise is going back to France. Tom has 45 minutes to win her back. A sparkling romantic comedy in the vein of Richard Linklater’s “Before Sunrise” and “Before Sunset”.

With Kris Marshal as the male lead and Annelise Hesme French actress plays the female lead 'Paris', 'Moliere', and 'Alexander' best known in the UK as the face of France in the Renault Clio 'England vs France' TV campaign.

Available on Netflix in the UK and the USA as well as available on other digital platforms in the UK: Virgin Media, Blinkbox, iTunes, Sky Store, Amazon Instant Video, and Google Play. Available to rent or own on DVD in the UK, Australia, and Belgium, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands.

Alice Walker Beauty In Truth | 60 mins | American Masters, ITVS | Documentary Feature | UK USA Co-production | 2013

Produced by Pratibha Parmar and Shaheen Haq with Kali Films. US television premier on PBS’ American Masters series

Planispheres provided consultant services to Kali Films on issues raised by the initial development and production plans and the initial US public funding arrangements.

FESTIVALS: World premier in London as part of a three day Women of the World (WOW) festival, at the Seattle International Film Festival. See: http://www.alicewalkerfilm.com/

The Fighters Ballad | Feature Film | 99 mins | 2010 | UK

An independent feature film starring Clive Russell and Peter Cadwell, Directed by Tony Sebastian Ukpo, Produced by Jane Frisby, Screenplay by Peter Cadwell (adapted from his prizewinning stage play). Original score by Samuel Karl Bohn.

Planispheres assisted Yellow Dolphin Films with pre-production, the production agreements and the finance arrangements for Peter Cadwell's feature debut adapted from his prizewinning stage play.

AWARDS: The film picked up three International awards: Best Feature Film, Best Actor Peter Cadwell and Best Screenplay Peter Cadwell at the John Paul II International Film Festival Nov 2012, Miami, Florida USA.

FESTIVALS: Official Selection: London Independent Film Festival 2012 Official Selection Cornwall Film Festival 201, John Paul II International Film Festival Miami 2012

The Mirror Boy | Feature Film | Fantasy Drama | Nigeria Gambia UK | 2011

The world premiere was held in a sell-out screening in Leicester Sq London UK. A Obi Emelonye film with OH Films in association with the Nollywood Factory. Producer Patrick Campbell, Director Writer Obi Emelonye. Staring Genevieve Nnaji, Osita Iheme and Fatima Jabbe. Gordon Irole Line Producer, Fatima Jabbe Associate producer, Akin Salami, Executive Producer.

Planispheres provided co-production advice and business and legal affairs services to producer Patrick Campbell at OH Films.

The Mirror Boy is a mystical journey through Africa, seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy, Tijan. After a London street fight, in which a local boy is hurt, Tijan's mother decides to take him back to their roots, to Gambia.

AWARDS: African Movie Academy Award. Nominated for three African Movie Academy Awards (AMAAs), Edward Kagutuzi won AMAA for his outstanding performance.

Fire Burn Babylon | Documentary | 57 mins | Monserat UK | 2010

A cautionary tale of how Montserrat’s Rastafarians adjust to life in England after a volcanic eruption devastates their island.

Written, Directed and Produced by Sarita West (Siegel). Co-produced and Executive Produced by Malcolm Moore, an Alchemy Films production in association with Planispheres.

AWARDS: Audience award for Best Documentary, Freestyle Life Film Festival. Special Mention, Aruba International Film Festival. Bronze Palm award, Mexico International Film Festival. Honorable mention Commffest Mada awards, Toronto. Nominated Best Music Score Jamaica Reggae Film Festival 2012. “An amazing film” Jonathan Demme (‘Stop Making Sense‘ ‘Philadelphia' ‘Silence of the Lambs‘), Juror for the Aruba International Film Festival, in the Caribbean, where it was awarded “Special mention”

Forced to leave their Caribbean paradise where they live in spiritual retreat, they evacuate to London which they see as an oppressive concrete jungle and the heart of ‘Babylon’. Opportunities in music, employment and personal lives present themselves, yet success and self-realisation seem to be just beyond their grasp, as they pitch between enjoying the thrills of the city and committing to the temperance that Rastafari extols.

The city’s currents begin to sweep them further and further from their core values and collective identity, and they drift deeperinto troubled lives. They reinvent themselves as 'rude-boy' rappers and smalltime hustlers on the nightclub circuit. Will their dreams of celebrity be realised before the law catches up with them? Can these ‘mighty-lions-of-Judah’ remain true to their spiritual identity?

“An amazing film” Jonathan Demme Aruba Film Festival 2011

“Fire Burn Babylon breaks new ground in documentary history by covering a subject matter that is rarely revealed”. Commfest 2010

FESTIVALS: Rockumentti Rock Film Festival, One Love Festival, Kent, UK. SENE Film, Music and Arts Festival, Freestyle Life Film Festival, Beefeater In-Edit : Festival Internacional de Cine Documental Musical de Barcelona - market. Docuwest, Docutah, HBO New York Latino Film Festival, Open City Film Festival, London. Aruba Film Festival, Africa World Documentary Film Festival, St Louis, USA, Wisconsin Film Festival, London East End Film Festival, World Film Festival of Visual Culture, Tartu, Estonia, San Diego Black Film Festival, Jamaica Reggae Film Festival. London Black History Month 2010, International Women’s Film Festival, Miami, Portobello Film Festival, Aspekty Film Festival Poland. Sarita and Malcolm took part in and Q&A after the special screening at the East End Film Festival.

Broadcast throughout the New York Tri-State, the Caribbean and Germany. Distributed by TVF International, Freestyle Life, Gaiam and Collective Eye. Licensed to CaribVision.

Alchemy Films produces documentaries for the international broadcast market as well as film festivals and educational fields. Clients include National Geographic, PBS, Discovery, ITVS and ARTE.

Ollie Kepler’s Expanding Purple World | Feature Fim | 90 mins | Format: HD | UK | 2010

Viv Fongenie's second independent feature film which he wrote and directed, has at its heart, a human story of genuine social significance. Compelling, moving, at times hilarious, ‘Ollie Kepler’s Expandin Purple World’ is a blistering account of a young man’s descent into madness and emergence from it.  'A textured and engaging look at a subject that often doesn’t want to be looked at’ The Guardian.

Planispheres provided business and legal affairs services, developing the business plan, as well as troubleshooting during pre-production and post-production to Fruitcake Films.

FESTIVALS: Finalist in competition for the prestigious Michael Powell award for best British feature at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010 recognising imagination and creativity judged by an international jury. Official selection for Raindance Film Festival (Oscar® qualifying status).

An impressive cast was assembled including Jodie Whittaker, who came to prominence after her break out performance in ‘Venus’ (2006) and starred in ‘Attack the Block’ (2011), ‘Good Vibrations’ (2012), and ‘Trust Me’ (2017) and television’s ‘Journeyman’,'Adult Life Skills', and Broadchurch'. Jodie went on to become the 13th incarnation of ‘Doctor Who'. Lead actor Ed Hogg (‘Jupiter Ascendin’g (2015), 'Anonymous (2011), 'White Lightnin’ (2010 and 'Alfie' (2005), starred alongside Carrie Fisher in the US set feature film ‘White Lightnin’ which screened to critical acclaim at Sundance in 2010. Ed was selected by Screen International, the industry’s leading trade journal, as one of the rising stars of tomorrow. Also starring Cathy Tyson, Bafta and Golden Globe nominee, star of the hit film ‘Mona Lisa’ and multi award-winning TV series ‘Band Of Gold'.

This Is What It Is | Feature Fim | Drama | 94 mins | 2008 | UK

A feature film directorial debut, written, directed and produced by Christian Solimeno, cinematography by the award winning Bruce Melhuish.

Planispheres provided business and legal affairs services, including the cast and crew contacts and the chain of title, to La Famiglia Films.

An engaging example of cinema aits most emotive. Solimeno is definitely a director who walks the talk" Billy Chainsaw, film critic. “Very Clever…very clever” Richard Homes, Producer Gods Own Country (2017), 45 years (2015), Eden lake (2008) Waking Ned Devine (1998) Shooting Fish (1997) former ifeatures executive producer at Creative England.

This is what it is reflects on love from the male side of the fence. Cass a self-confessed nostalgia junkie tries to come to terms with losing the great love of his life Kelly. Set over eighteen months we follow Cass as he at first struggles with the separation and the constant reminders of Kelly. His friends on the other hand do what friends do...drag him back out on the town. Six months later and Cass is bitter and out of control as he pursues every girl he comes into contact with. His memories of Kelly are fading fast. Finally 18 months have passed and Cass has a new lease of life and a new girlfriend and all is going well until he bumps into Kelly and is forced to realise that he is living a lie.

Deep in the Deal | Creative Documentary | UK USA | 2022
In post production with Nancy Cohen, Lambstar Productions (USA) and Planispheres.

The film involves in-depth interviews including Richie Havers - the opening act at Woodstock in '69, Gloria Streinem, Mike Leigh, Eddie Izzard, Paul Krassner, Helen Caldicott and many others. With the support of pioneering avant-garde filmmaker, film critic and poet the late Jonas Mekas who died in 2019.

Presented through an Alice in Wonderland-like lens, the film spins out from the personal story and becomes a patchwork of different voices and perspectives on the state of our species. It's a search to find what ever fragments of the dream of peace and harmony still exist. Experiencing a sense of nostalgia for the orginal Woodstock festival Nancy asks if the purity and innocence of those heady days can ever come again.“Deep in the Deal” is one woman's quest to rediscover the spiritual idealism of the sixties and make sense of her dream of peace.

Nancy Cohen is a writer, director and producer whose first film was the award-winning documentary "My Dinner with Abbie", which premiered at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, the JungForum in Berlin and the AFI in Los Angeles. The film went on to win best in the catergory "Struggle for Human Rights and Justice" at Vermont Earthpeace Documentary Festival. Invited to attend Berlinale, the first Annual Berlin Talent Campus, Nancy's work has been featured at international film festivals around the world and broadcast on both side of the Altantic by Channel 4 and PBS. Finalist for the 2006 Tribecca Film Festival, winner of the New York Public Library, Martin Luther King "I have a Dream" essay competition, and finalist for the Roy Dean New Zealand Writing Grant. Nancy is a poet and artist with her work appearing in galleries in London and New York.