Choose Irvine

Irwin Welsh relays his own story and philosophy with characteristic, while a roll call admirers share their passion for the books.

Re-recording mixer, director Ian Jefferies

Team Faizy

Ajmal 'AJ' Faizy came to England alone as a refugee at the age of 14. Backed by the Blackburn boxing family who adopted him, he is facing the fights of his life - a WBC youth world title, and deportation by the Home Office.

Sound designer, re-recording mixer, director Anton Yavorsky

Lida, Vanda, Liusia

Lida, Vanda, Liusia' is a documentary as well as a bizarre, lyrical journey - an adventure for reconciliation, whilst traveling by car from Lithuania through Belarus and Poland, then through Germany and France to England. Lida, Vanda and Liusia have never seen Western Europe, but always wanted to. Through quarrels, disputes, fatigue and rivalry, the women confront themselves and their loneliness, seeking fulfillment in the backdrop of their love for their granddaughters.

Re-recording mixer, director Juna Cernovskaja

ALCOFOOTBAL

The film is speaking about Lithuanian national football team, consisting of alcohol and drug addicts, participating in Homeless World Cup. Besides football, the main fight is happening just outside the pitch. Four different characters struggle their own way through temptations, and choose whether to stay alive, and sober, or loose themselves into the alcohol and go down.

Sound recordist, director Kestutis Gudavicius