This Is Us
Video installation arts project capturing moving portraits of the people of Portland lit by the single strike of a match. We filmed 207 people over three days. The result is a triptych of faces shown in random order. The film was also shown in the Dorset Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2024 A biggerhouse film production […]
Do the test!
A collaboration with a group of women with learning differences to produce a film designed to take the fear out of going for screening for breast cancer. A biggerhouse film production for NHS Somerset 2019 Steve Parker Cusp Is this purgatory? Reflections unfullfilled potential What is in your mind Trailer What do you call them […]
We need to talk about… death
A collaboration with a group of adults with learning differences from My Day Care Services, the film opens up conversations around the taboo, subject of death and dying. A biggerhouse film production for NHS Somerset 2024. BSL & AD versions of the film featured above can be accessed here: BSL Audio described why don’t people […]
Up River! Shadventure
Animation made in collaboration with pupils of the Cherry Orchard Primary School. The Shad is a beautiful silver fish that lives in the sea but once a year makes an amazing journey upriver to spawn. This story tells of the journey they make and the challenges they face along the way… and what we humans […]
Teeth, The Musical
An animated musical about oral hygiene made with students with learning differences. Won the Education Business Award For 2010 – Somerset County Council. The Patron’s Prize at the National Oral Health Promotion Group conference 2010 and the ‘Best Education Award’ at the Picture This Film Festival in Canada. A biggerhouse film production for NHS Somerset […]
michael’s story
“To be honest I’d be a lot happier if there was no dementia. Get your true self back. Dementia stops you from being your true self. Too many barriers, it holds you back.” A biggerhouse film production for Innovations In Dementia 2022 Steve Parker Cusp Is this purgatory? Reflections unfullfilled potential What is in your […]
joyce – going with the flow
“The forces of the water are making different sounds, if you can hear them.You have to get on with…normal life and go with the flow…..and pull yourself together. That’s what I have to tell myself”. One of 12 films exploring the relationship between dementia and nature.A biggerhouse film production for Innovations In Dementia/ENLIVEN 2024 Steve […]
Is this purgatory
animation/live-action/musical “In my second night of intensive care, the doctors were well aware of my situation and my struggle with breathing so they decided to put on some late night entertainment which would help me calm down and study my breath….” Written directed by Jeff Johns in collaboration with Joff Winterhart, Stephen Clarke and Tom […]
cusp
Cusp, a short film poem freezing time, capturing a moment of being and connection between two different female ages. A lyrical glimpse into childhood intuition and adult inhibition. A young girl fearlessly plunges through a waterfall, a woman racked with nerves fights to find her resolve to perform. The grace and inert wisdom of the […]
Steve Parker
A morality tale, centred on the grotesque ‘puppet like’ figure of Steve Parker. Parker is the personification of the friendly sounding acronym – ‘PIP’ (Personal Independent Payment benefits system), the UK’s recently implemented welfare scheme. The film trails Parker acting out his job as welfare assessor as he fulfils his dream to rid the world […]
