Movies: Grasp The Nettle Films

Two unemployed friends have a fresh idea: They want to stage Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' in Grand Theft Auto. But even in a virtual world, reality intrudes in a wild and trippy film shot entirely inside the ultra-violent video game....

Magpie lives in an isolated church community ruled over by her father, The Pastor. When a man is murdered, paranoia sets in and people start to whisper about a strange 'Beast' that lives in the forest....

A young woman’s secret rocks an isolated church community....

Made for straight 8's 2018 competition on one cartridge of super 8mm film with only in-camera edits and no post-production. Premiered on may 14th 2018 at straight 8's Cannes film festival screening....

A recovering drug addict is about to have a very strange night on The English Riviera....

On the North Yorkshire Moors, Abel, Head Gamekeeper, discovers the thing that is eating his grouse....

Grasp the Nettle follows the exploits of a ragtag band of land rights activists in London as they struggle against corporations, government, police - and themselves - in their efforts to create alternative communities outside the framework of consume...

Honey at the Top is a film about the Sengwer forest people of the Cherangani Hills, Kenya, being evicted from their ancestral land in the name of conservation. The film centres around father of two Elias as he works with his community to try and hold...

After a research vessel funded by an oil billionaire crashes in the Arctic, a young scientist named Nook and the rest of the crew discover a horrific threat....