2015 - 2025
CELEBRATING A DECADE OF
MAKING FILMS IN EAST ANGLIA
SUFFOLK Through a lens (Trailer above)
After four films we created were selected for the 2025 Made in East Anglia Film Festival at
Abbeygate Cinema, Bury St Edmunds, we were proud to see our work go on to further screenings at
Suffolk Through a Lens at the Riverside Cinema, Woodbridge.
Thanks to both cinema managers for supporting local, independent filmmakers.
"A celebration of our beautiful part of the country and its place in British cinema and culture"
- Director of MADE IN EAST ANGLIA FESTIVAL
NEW documentary in 2025
Fire Over Shingle Street
Directed by Tim Curtis (2025 UK documentary)
60 minutes - Independent Cinema PAL 1.85:1 2K & 4K DCP available
A new documentary by Suffolk-based filmmaker Tim Curtis delves into one of Britain's most enduring Second World War mysteries. Backed by decades of research from author James Hayward and fmr. lecturer Ron Clayton, the film examines rumours of a foiled German invasion attempt, burning seas, and bodies on the beach along the wartime Suffolk coast.
The film also features former East Anglian Daily Times reporter Henry Creagh, who recounts a 1992 call from a source claiming to have seen secret MOD files describing a deadly friendly fire incident. This gripping documentary takes viewers deep into Suffolk’s secret wartime past and attempts to unravel an enigma that refuses to fade.
Motion East Films
Directed by Tim Curtis
We Fought Them in Gunboats
Based on memoirs of Gunboat Capt. Robert Hichens
of Coast Forces, HMS Beehive Felixstowe
Cinema release 4th November 2023
PAL UK 2K & 4K DCP 28 minutes
How Polluted is the Deben?
Short conservation film about water testing for pollutants in the river Deben
Made with the Deben Climate Centre and UEA in 2023
Journey to the Deep
Short conservation film highlighting the work of scientists
using submersibles in the Maldives.
Nekton Foundation in 2022
The War Just Outside Ipswich
Behind the scenes at Suffolk's 'movie' trenches where battle scenes for Downton Abbey, Journey's End and other films and TV series were filmed
Cinema release 4th December 2020
PAL UK 2K & 4K DCP 54 minutes
Stanley's War: Suffolk's First World War Remembered
Love, loss and sacrifice - following Suffolk people lives during the Great War
Cinema release 4th November 2018
PAL UK 2K DCP 54 minutes
Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red: The Poppies Tour
DoP / Drone opp over 4 years for 14-18 NOW Poppies Tour
footage used in ITV documentary Britain's FWW Remembered
Life On The Deben
The story of an incredible Suffolk river. Presented by John McCarthy
Cinema release 2017 PAL UK 2K & 4K DCP 100 minutes
The Wind Cries Mary
Through the history of the magnificent St Mary's church, Woodbridge,
John McCarthy explores Christianity and Paganism influences in the area
PAL UK 2K/1080P 45 minutes digital file and DCP
Cinema release 2014
Sierra Leone: Waiting on a Miracle
Channel 5 News TV UK in 3 parts
PAL 1080P
TRAILERS 1:185 and 16:9
- STANLEY'S WAR (Dir. Tim Curtis 2018)
- LIFE ON THE DEBEN (Dir. Tim Curtis 2017)
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