Film
Life as a freelance creative in NYC
Big time or bust — Being your own boss in an unforgiving city brings all sorts of challenges. But is it worth it? A new film by photographer Daniel Soares finds out.
Written by: Cian Traynor
The harrowing story of the UK’s first openly gay footballer
Forbidden games — Justin Fashanu was a figure of fascination for tabloids until, at the age of 36, he hanged himself. A new documentary from Adam Darke looks back on his legacy.
Written by: Alex Robert Ross
The filmmaker from Damascus finding inspiration in Berlin
Pivot Points: Stories of Change — In this edition of Pivot Points, stories that shift a photographer’s perspective, Lara Atallah spends time with Aghyad Abou Koura, a young Syrian filmmaker, and finds herself reconnecting with her own journey to image-making.
Written by: Lara Atallah
Does nature free creativity? Find out in Canada's wilderness
A digital detox in Algonquin Park — In this new short film, members of the Huck team tested the ‘Three-Day Effect’ with First Dates' Fred Sirieix.
Written by: D'Arcy Doran
The sci-fi shorts imagining our cities of the future
Life in 2097 — Featuring five short visuals and an interactive app, 2097: We Made Ourselves Over imagines a world 80 years from now in which humans come together as agents of change.
Written by: Niall Flynn
The Queer Archive is creating a global conversation about LGBT culture
Space to be ourselves — Filmmaker Konstantinos Menelaou explains how by relaunching The Queer Archive in Athens he hopes to catalyse queer arts and activism in Greece and beyond.
Written by: Alex King
The Palestinian director who earned a fatwa for her first film
Breaking taboos — Sex, drugs and womanhood: Maysaloun Hamoud’s new comedy, In Between, has sent shockwaves through the Middle East. Here, she explains why she felt compelled to shake up the system.
Written by: Dominique Sisley
The groundbreaking feminist western shot in Pakistan
My Pure Land — Based on a true story, My Pure Land tells the story of Nazo – a gun-wielding teenage girl forced to fight wave after wave of Pakistani mercenaries.
Written by: Alex Robert Ross
Nick Broomfield on the mistakes that made his career
Rebel mettle — Regrets? Director Nick Broomfield has a few. But each one has helped shape an unrivalled path in gonzo filmmaking. Now the only challenge is to surprise himself.
Written by: Cian Traynor
A new festival wants equality for women in extreme sports
This is Shextreme — Shextreme, the first film festival highlighting the experience of women in the extreme sports community, heads to Bristol in October.
Written by: Biju Belinky
