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Lucinda Broadbent
Lucinda has worked for over 20 years as a Director and Executive Producer of UK and international documentaries for Channel 4, BBC, Scottish Television and Sky. She specialised in human rights and social justice films. Her prizes include Amnesty International’s Media Award and ECHO Human Rights Award.

  • Is a quiet, powerful story of two young women

    Watching Belfast Girls, I felt like a Kalahari tribesman watching National Geographic «Hey, these guys have come to my country and they’re putting it on screen like it was something odd or exotic!».

  • Generation clash between old and new Sweden

    A substitute teacher working in the suburbs of Stockholm finds himself increasingly disillusioned about his job. He calls his mentor, a 75-year-old veteran, who travels to Stockholm. Together they try to make a difference in the student’s lives.

  • FESTIVAL REPORT 2005: Eating Popcorn in Toronto

    Films on the theme of democracy are in fashion at the moment, with the 'Steps for Democracy' project on its global road show.

  • FESTIVAL REPORTS: Street Fighting at Hot Docs

    Any filmmaker will tell you that getting your title right is half the battle. Canada's annual international documentary festival is blessed with the coolest name in the business: Hot Docs.

  • A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie

    Evelyn Glennie is a Grammy-winning classical percussionist whose solo work is unrivalled. She is also profoundly deaf. For Evelyn, sound is palpable and rhythm is the basis of everything. Without vibration, there is nothing. From silence to music, sound is felt through every sense in our bodies.

  • The hope of Afghanistan lies in it’s women

    Filmed shortly after the fall of the Taliban, Iranian actress and documentary filmmaker Yassamin Maleknasr crosses the border and does a round trip through the major areas of war torn Afghanistan, documenting the voices of a scarred and battered people.

  • Daily life inside the biggest jail in Latin-America

    Portrait, filmed partly by the inmates themselves, of the daily life in Carandiru, the largest prison in Latin America.

  • Historical swimming pool

    A documentary film about the Kosice swimming pool where history came to bathe.

  • Interactive documentary: When Spectators Become Players

    LUCINDA BROADBENT participated in Mediamatic’s workshop Non-linear Storytelling for Documentary Makers’ at IDFA November 2002. She shares her experiences in creating an interactive documentary using the «korsakow system».

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