Film

Rungkopi Website & Trailer Release

I am chuffed to announce that we are making good progress with Rungkopi. There have been many long hours spent in the edit cave shaping and carving this film over the past month. It is a team effort with translators (thank you Alex) who have been working on the Dusun […]

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HK100 Video

In 2019,  I produced this video for the HK100.  This is up there in terms of one of the more stressful editing deadlines that I have had. After a long day of running and filming from the back of a motorbike or while chasing runners, I wrapped up shooting around 11pm […]

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Mira

Six years after being released, I have decided to make Mira available to watch for free (on Youtube) and no longer behind a paywall. Until this point, Mira was available for rent or purchase with income going to girl’s empowerment programmes in Nepal. Hopefully this film keeps doing what it […]

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In Memory of Joanna Kruk

I met Jo and her dad, Zibby, at the Borneo Ultra Trail Marathon (BUTM) race in Sabah last year and spent time filming Jo with a small crew for a story around this race. I was crushed to hear the recent news of Jo’s sudden passing.  My first reaction was to […]

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Filmmaking For Fieldwork

Honoured to be included in an academic textbook focused on documentary film-making and ethnographic story telling. This photo of me while I was filming for my PhD research was taken by my soulmate Gabbie. The text  book ‘Film-making for Fieldwork’ by Andy Lawrence (Manchester of University Press) is designed to accompany […]

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MIRA wins prize at Ladek Film Festival

Fantastic news to hear that Ladek Mountain Film Festival have awarded MIRA with the Best Film in Mountain Sport 2018. From Richard, Lizzy, Mira, Subina, Niraj, Shashank, Anusha, myself & many more who were involved in this special film project, we are honoured and grateful. Ladek Jury: “The Jury decided […]

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Rungkopi

Rungkopi is a film about the people who live around Kinabalu with stories that blend hope, perseverance and a rich tapestry of tradition, cultural pride and history. In keeping with authenticity, the film is mainly in Dusun, which is the main dialect of the mountain.

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PhD Film: Nepalese Drug Users

I have just finished a film but you won’t see a trailer or promotional material. In fact, I can’t tell you who the main protagonists are. It is longer in time length than MIRA or anything I have produced and I definitely won’t be submitting this one to BANFF or […]

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Shooting the Ultra Gobi

Just returned from the Gobi Desert where I shot a 400km ultra race called the Ultra Gobi. Branded as China’s most extreme race, the Ultra Gobi is a 400km non-stop, self-navigation ultra marathon held in the Gobi Desert on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Below is a raw & unpolished […]

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