Stories from the places the news drives past.
We make short documentaries, long-form interviews and audio stories about ordinary people doing quietly remarkable things — ferry operators, night-shift bakers, volunteer archivists, the last weather observer on an island.
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Short documentaries
Observational films of 12 to 40 minutes, usually shot by a crew of two over several weeks. We would rather wait for the moment than stage it.
Long-form interviews
Unhurried, sit-down conversations recorded on location. Published in full alongside an edited cut, so nothing is taken out of context.
Audio stories
Serialised sound pieces built from field recordings and the voices of the people who live there. Made for headphones and long walks.
What the River Keeps
In 1974 a reservoir swallowed the village of Low Marren. Fifty years later, a handful of former residents and their grandchildren are rebuilding it — one photograph, one letter, one recorded memory at a time. Our next film follows the volunteer archive they run from a church hall twelve miles away.
“Nobody comes to film us. People drive past on their way to somewhere else. That's fine — but it doesn't mean nothing happens here.” — Ellen Marsh, ferry operator, The Last Crossing