Directing

Phoebe Cottam

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How do you love in isolation? And live in absence? A woman and her daughter strive to answer these questions after a loved one is suddenly removed from their lives.

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2017

When You Were Young Were You Afraid of the Moon? poster
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Nawal moved to Berlin from the West Bank to establish a life away from occupation, leaving behind her mother, an Israeli activist living in the West Bank. A meditation on daughterhood, motherhood and complex inheritance, the film explores the legacies of resistance passed down between Neta and Nawal at a moment of immense turmoil.

When You Were Young Were You Afraid of the Moon?

2025

Up in the Air poster
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A story of two people with different lives and different struggles both guided by their ability to look for hope. Tony is from Pakistan and having lived under the radar in Glasgow for 12 years has finally found the courage to apply for asylum, even though it means risking deportation. Anne, born and bred in Clydebank, has faced down multiple personal tragedies but finds an inspiring joy in the airplanes that soar over her home. A film about two unrelated but interrelated people who share a city and a sky.

Up in the Air

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Up in the Air poster
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A story of two people with different lives and different struggles both guided by their ability to look for hope. Tony is from Pakistan and having lived under the radar in Glasgow for 12 years has finally found the courage to apply for asylum, even though it means risking deportation. Anne, born and bred in Clydebank, has faced down multiple personal tragedies but finds an inspiring joy in the airplanes that soar over her home. A film about two unrelated but interrelated people who share a city and a sky.

Up in the Air

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