Mother and son

When Helen David first founded her fashion label, English Eccentrics, in the early 80s, she was living in a Brixton Squat and selling her designs from a market stall in Camden. By the mid-90s, she was dressing stars like Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Prince, Helen Mirren and Helena Bonham-Carter. Then, at the turn of the millennium, during the height of her success, her brand unexpectedly collapsed. Twenty years later, her son – filmmaker Oliver David – investigates what happened. Looking...

In 'Shouk', a teenager lives under the shadow of his controlling mother in peripheral Israel. The story takes place in the limited space of the house, where the sensitive and introvert son takes care of his mother and her needs. Beneath their day to day survival, the film explores questions of marginality and poverty in a society searching for its...