James Kent

War Oratorio

James Kent

This groundbreaking film combines hard-hitting documentary with the emotional power of music, to illuminate the lives of real people caught up in conflict. At its heart are stories of ordinary people - a boy, a soldier and a mother.

Voices From Inside The Towers

James Kent

At 8.46AM on September 11th 2001, American Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Within minutes a deluge of telephone calls flooded into the outside world. Voices From Inside the Towers is about those calls, and the stories behind those who made them.

Chopin Saved My Life

James Kent

Inside Men

James Kent

Steven Mackintosh, Warren Brown

The story of three employees of a security depot who plan and execute a multi-million pound cash heist.

Testament of Youth

James Kent

Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington

Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.

Margaret

James Kent

Lindsay Duncan, Ian McDiarmid

A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as she faces her final days in power. The year is 1990 and Margaret Thatcher's support within the government is wavering - her hold on the premiership hangs in the balance. Then, long-serving politician Sir Geoffrey Howe resigns over Thatcher's attitude to Europe. His resignation speech sparks a chain of events that leads to the overthrow of Britain's first woman prime minister. This modern dramatic tragedy illustrates the strengths and fatal flaws of this iconic woman more clearly than ever before and reveals how the very aspects of her character that helped her secure power are the ones that ensured her downfall. Drama starring Lindsay Duncan.

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

James Kent

Maxine Peake, Anna Madeley

A lesbian in the 1800s who keeps a detailed account of her life written in coded diaries attempts to live independently while juggling an affair with a married woman.

MotherFatherSon

James Kent, Charles Sturridge

Paul Ready, Sarah Lancashire

Max is a charismatic self-made American businessman with media outlets in London and around the world. When the self-destructive lifestyle of his 30 year-old son, Caden, spirals out of control, the devastating consequences threaten the future of the family, its empire, and a country on the brink of change.

The Thirteenth Tale

James Kent

Vanessa Redgrave, Olivia Colman

Biographer Margaret Lea travels to the isolated rural mansion of the famous writer Vida Winter, who asks her to write her biography. Although initially she is reluctant, as Vida is known for constantly distorting the facts of her life, Margaret soon becomes fascinated with the story of a dark childhood, a disturbing tale that leads her to finally confront the traumas of her own past.

The Aftermath

James Kent

Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård

In the aftermath of World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German widower who lives with them.

HG Wells: War with the World

James Kent

Michael Sheen, Sally Hawkins

Much like the battle that takes place in arguably Wells' most famous novel, this made for TV film seems to have a battle of it's own in the attempt to fully round the character of one of the most contentious authors of the twentieth century.

Fashion Victim: The Killing of Gianni Versace

James Kent

Gianni Versace’s life story reads like a classic Greek tragedy: from the poor south of Italy, he worked himself up to the most powerful and most desired fashion designer in the world, but was eventually shot dead on the steps of his Miami villa by his secret lover. In his more than decadent lifestyle, Versace preferably surrounded himself with the most garish stars on earth: Madonna, Michael Jackson, Sylvester Stallone, Elton John, Princess Diana - guests whom he liked to show off in his palazzos stuffed with Renaissance antiques. At the same time, he led a double life full of shady connections with the Mafia and gigolos specialising in sadomasochism. According to the makers of this documentary, Versace’s death was the ultimate celebrity killing in a media age obsessed with fame.

Albert Camus, un combat contre l'absurde

James Kent

This is the story finally revealed one of the greatest French writers of the twentieth century. A writer who, in a world that is wary of ideology, has finally found the place that was due to him and respect for those who prefer justice and truth to dogma and extremism.