Past projects

Return to CongoRuaridh Nicoll returns to a country he left in 1996, to meet the innocent survivors of Africa's first continent wide war
  
  


Iraq

Iraq's mental meltdown
Omer Mahdi, a former doctor in Baghdad, reports on the growing mental health problem in Iraq

Ali Fadhil and 'Terrorism in the Hands of Justice'
'Terrorism in the Hands of Justice' is reality television with a big difference - the contestants are suspected insurgents

The Silent City Votes
Salam Pax, travels to Amara to compare election efforts with other locations in Iraq. For BBC Newsnight

Down, Dirty and Dangerous in Sadr City
Ali Fadhil follows a Shia candidate through the streets of Sadr City. For Channel 4 News

Falluja: The Real Story of the Fall
Dr. Ali Fadhil, an Iraqi journalist working with GuardianFilms, describes a "city of ghosts" where dogs feed on uncollected corpses. For Channel 4 News

The Baghdad Blogger
A unique series of 14 films for BBC1 set in Baghdad following the life of an engineer through the war and its aftermath

Falluja Forensics
Tara Sutton reports from Falluja to investigate what really happened there during the month-long siege and news blackout
Winner: Amnesty news award for best film, scooping the BBC and CNN

Falluja Exclusive
Tara Sutton was the only TV journalist to enter Falluja as the Americans handed back power to the Iraqi army. She found the city deserted and desperate, the local football stadium a makeshift cemetery for 600 dead Fallujans. For Channel 4

Saddam's Statue
Recreates the iconic moment in Freedom Square when Iraqis and Americans worked together to pull down the Saddam statue. For Channel 4

Iraq's Missing Billions
In a joint TV investigation with Channel 4's Dispatches programme and GuardianFilms, Ali Fadhil, a 29-year-old Iraqi doctor, investigates what has happened to billions of dollars worth of Iraqi money
Winner: Rory Peck Sony Impact Award 2006

Documentaries

The Doctor Who Makes People Walk Again?
A one hour documentary for BBC Horizon which investigates the controversial work of Dr Huang Hongyun - the doctor who claims he can make people walk again. Read more

Life Behind Bars
"A gritty hard-hitting Guardian Films investigation for Panorama into the reality of life behind bars in one of the country's increasing number of private prisons", according to the BBC

The Fighting Spirit
Bukom is a tiny shantytown suburb of Accra in Ghana, a factory for the toughest, most skilled boxers in the world. The film tells the story of three fighters, two men and a woman, as they battle their way to the glittering rings of Europe and America
An interview with filmmaker George Amponsah

News and current affairs

Return to Congo
Ruaridh Nicoll returns to a country he left in 1996, to meet the innocent survivors of Africa's first continent wide war

The Lost Whale
In this remarkable Guardian film, acclaimed documentary maker Paul Burgess charts the Thames whale's poignant battle for life

Chernobyl: The Last Generation
Twenty years ago one of the reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded, causing the greatest man-made disaster in history. GuardianFilms present a film about the people that still live there

Among the settlers

Israeli documentary-maker Nurit Kedar filmed with 2 families from the Gush Katif settlement in Gaza for 6 months. For Channel 4

Nigerian Cults
In 2005 Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka visited his home country of Nigeria, and discovered spin-off fraternities terrorizing the country's campuses with assassinations, rape and extortion. For Channel 4 news

Why do prisoners kill themselves every week in British prisons?
The Guardian's Nick Davies reports on the state of mental health in British prisons. For Channel 4

China's Miracle Medic
The Guardian's China correspondent, Jon Watts, on a revolutionary medical breakthrough. For BBC Newsnight

Inside the World of Craig Murray
Nick Paton Walsh, the Guardian's Moscow correspondent, gains access to Britain's most controversial ambassador

Stanton Lees Quarry Dispute

John Vidal presents his first TV special for Channel 4 News based on the four year underground protest at Stanton Lees

Special report from North Korea
The Guardian's China correspondent, Jon Watts, reports exclusively from Pyongyang where a new market has opened. For BBC Newsnight

Justice in Sierra Leone

Zimbabwean film-maker Farai Sevenzo travels to Sierra Leone to ask whether the Special Court is going to have any impact on peoples lives in this region. For Channel 4

Special report from Iran
As Iranians mark the anniversary of a crackdown against student protesters four years ago, many student activists who are campaigning for change believe that the time for peaceful protest is running out. For BBC Newsnight

Bush's Africa
Zimbabwean film-maker Farai Sevenzo presents his own personal take on George W. Bush's first official visit to Africa. For Channel 4

Congo Siege
The Guardian's Africa correspondent, James Astill, arrives in Bunia, eastern Congo, on the first day of the ceasefire to investigate claims of mass murder under the eyes of the UN. For BBC Newsnight
Winner: James Astill, Amnesty International's first Gaby Rado Award, 2004

Zimbabwe
The Guardian's Zimbabwean correspondent, Andrew Meldrum, charts his final days in Zimbabwe - after living there for 23 years - before being deported for writing about the Mugabe regime. For BBC Newsnight

J'accuse Uncle Sam
Gary Younge asks why the voice of opposition to the war in Iraq is silenced in the US media. For Channel 4

Anthrax: Biological Warfare
With talk of Iraq's WMD, Observer correspondent Amelia Hill goes to China to talk to the only community in the world who have long term experience of being attacked by biological weapons. For Channel 4

North Korea
The Guardian's Japan correspondent, Jonathan Watts, reports from North Korea. He is one of the first western journalists to gain official entry into the country. For Channel 4

Sex on the Streets
An investigation into why so many prostitutes are being murdered on the streets of Britain. Maggie O'Kane investigates for Channel 4 Dispatches


Looking for Karadzic

Maggie O'Kane goes in search of the former leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Dr Radovan Karadzic. For BBC Correspondent

Refugee Odyssey
Tracing the journey of an Afghani refugee from Kabul to Kensal Green. A theguardian.com exclusive and cover story for G2
Winner: European Online Journalism Award for best investigative series

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