IF THE STREETS WERE ON FIRE

Cannes Docs

23-25 June 2020
Cannes Docs Co-Pro Speed Meetings

Project curated by:
COH:DOX

IF THE STREETS WERE ON FIRE

Directed by: Alice Russel

Produced by: Gannesh Rajah (Dorothy Street Productions, United Kingdom), Julia Nottingham (Dorothy Street Productions, United Kingdom)

Country of production: United Kingdom

Runtime: 90'

Expected release: December 2020

Budget: €196,250 (38% in place)

1st feature: 1st feature

Looking for: Funding, Pre-Buys, Sales Agents

Synopsis: 

In a landscape decimated by austerity measures and plagued by rising knife crime, a community called ‘Bike Life’ has sprung up in the void, providing one of the last safety nets for at-risk young kids. Through the lives of our protagonists, the film weaves a rich tapestry documenting the realities of street life in London at this unprecedented moment.

Director’s profile:

Alice has worked in a variety of formats from shorts to feature docs, and on broadcast documentaries for the flagship current affairs strands Panorama and Dispatches, and on programmes for the BBC, Channel 4 and Vice News. MEN BUY SEX was her first film which won the SIMA Creative Activism Award and was awarded Vimeo Staff Picks Best of the Month. AGENTS OF CHANGE was selected as a festival focus from the premiere UK documentary festival Sheffield DocFest. Her films have screened at festivals worldwide and premiered on Nowness and Dazed. BFI NETWORK x BAFTA CREW Mentee 2020.

Filmography:

TERRA INCOGNITA (2020, Short)
PEOPLE OF PIMLICO (2017, Collection of shorts), Royal Court Theatre
AGENTS OF CHANGE (2017, Short), Dazed & Confused
MEN BUY SEX (2015, Short), Fat Rat Films
VICE NEWS: EUROPE’S MOST HATED (2013, Digital Series), Assistant Producer, VICE