Kate Townsend

Películas

Shirkers
Executive Producer
En 1992, la adolescente Sandi Tan filmó la primera película independiente de Singapur con su enigmático mentor estadounidense Georges, quien luego desapareció con todas las imágenes. Veinte años después, la película de 16 mm se recupera, enviando a Tan, ahora novelista en Los Ángeles, a una odisea personal en busca de las huellas de desaparición de Georges.
Tokyo Idols
Executive Producer
Este documental acompaña a la estrella del pop japonés Rio y a sus fans, en su mayoría de mediana edad, dispuestos a pagar lo que sea si se trata de su cantante favorita.
Out of Thin Air
Executive Producer
Set within the stark Icelandic landscape, OUT OF THIN AIR examines the 1976 police investigation into the disappearance of two men in the early 1970s.
Queerama
Executive Producer
Created from a treasure trove of archive, Queerama traverses a century of gay experiences, encompassing persecution and prosecution, injustice, love and desire, identity, secrets, forbidden encounters, sexual liberation and pride. The soundtrack weaves the lyrics and music of John Grant, Goldfrapp and Hercules & Love Affair with the images and guides us intimately into the relationships, desires, fears and expressions of gay men and women in the 20th century – a century of incredible change.
Los amantes y el déspota
Executive Producer
Hong Kong, 1978. La actriz surcoreana Choi Eun-hee es secuestrada por agentes norcoreanos siguiendo órdenes del dictador Kim Jong-il. Su exmarido, el director de cine Shin Sang-ok, emprende su búsqueda, pero poco después también él es secuestrado. En 1983, después de vivir años de tribulaciones, Kim Jong-il los pone al frente de la industria cinematográfica norcoreana con la esperanza de obtener reconocimiento internacional.
After the Dance
Executive Producer
In this funny and moving documentary, acclaimed film-maker Daisy Asquith tells the very personal story of her mother's conception after a dance in the 1940s on the remote west coast of Ireland. By exploring the repercussions of this act, Daisy and her mother embark on a fascinating and emotional adventure in social and sexual morality. Her grandmother, compelled to run away to have her baby in secret, handed the child over to 'the nuns'. Daisy's mum was eventually adopted by English Catholics from Stoke-on-Trent. Her grandmother returned to Ireland and told no-one. The father remained a mystery for another 60 years, until Daisy and her mum decided it was time to find out who he was. Their attempts to find the truth make raw the fear and shame that Catholicism has wrought on the Irish psyche for centuries. It leads Daisy and her mum to connect with a brand new family living an extraordinarily different life.
We Have Ways of Making You Talk
Director
Filmed in France, Israel, USA, Algeria, Argentina, Uruguay, South Africa and the UK, this disturbing and candid BBC documentary explores the history of modern interrogation techniques and the rise of modern torture using revealing interviews with state interrogators and state torturers. The legacy of this history continues to shapes our present, especially in the United States, and some of these techniques have now become routine in the war on terror – be it the use of dogs, water-boarding, or sexual humiliation. This long, unbroken line of inhuman cruelty connects Nazi Germany to Abu Ghraib, and is an essential issue in today’s political landscape.