The Golden Spurtle

The Golden Spurtle is a 2025 English-language documentary about the annual World Porridge Making Championships in Carrbridge, Scotland. Directed by Constantine Costi, it follows a cast of eccentric competitors and locals as they prepare for the contest, which also serves as the farewell for beloved organizer Charlie Miller. The film is described as a heartwarming and humorous look at a beloved tradition, community, and passion for the simple dish of porridge.

Constantine Costi

Constantine Costi is a Greek-Cypriot / Australian director and writer whose work spans opera, film, and theatre. He grew up in Sydney, immersed in his family’s seafood business, but his real passion developed early when, as a teenager, he discovered opera — a vinyl recording of Pelléas et Mélisande changed his life.

He trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and earned a Bachelor in Communications (Media Arts and Production) from the University of Technology Sydney.

Over the years he has directed many major opera productions, including La Traviata on Sydney Harbour, Pierrot Lunaire, and Il Tabarro, as well as avant-garde and immersive works. In film, his most notable work is the documentary The Golden Spurtle, which follows the World Porridge Making Championship in a small Scottish village.For this film, he spent time building real relationships in the village, aiming to portray not just the competition but the warmth, humor, and quirks of rural life.

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Secret Mall Apartment

The year is 2003. Eight Americans daringly challenge the newly built Providence Place shopping mall. In the documentary Secret Mall Apartment, produced by Jesse Eisenberg, a group of headstrong artists find a secret space in a bustling shopping mall. They decide to turn it into an apartment, and live there, undiscovered, for four years. What could possibly go wrong, right? Come find out…

Jeremy Workman

Jeremy Workman is an American documentary filmmaker and editor based in New York City, known for his intimate and character-driven portraits of artists, eccentrics, and outsiders. A graduate of Columbia University with a degree in English Literature, Workman has directed several acclaimed documentaries, including Magical Universe (2014), which explores the world of outsider artist Al Carbee; The World Before Your Feet (2018), following Matt Green’s mission to walk every street in New York City; and Lily Topples the World (2021), which won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the SXSW Film Festival. In addition to his directing work, he serves as the Creative Director of Wheelhouse Creative, a boutique agency specializing in marketing and trailer editing for independent and documentary films. Workman is also an active lecturer and speaker on documentary storytelling and film editing.

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CUBA & ALASKA

Two female medics in Ukraine's army, whose lives are captured via phone and body cam footage, navigate the chaos of war with bravery, humour and friendship.

Codenamed Cuba and Alaska, two field medics serving on the frontlines of the Ukrainian conflict regard the absurdity of war with a combination of grit, humour and hope. Mostly comprising footage from phones and GoPro cameras attached to their helmets and chests, the film offers rare access to the medics’ daily lives, their reliance on each other a testament to the camaraderie required to survive in this world. But when one of them is injured and they are separated, the realisation of how despairing the conflict can become gradually sinks in. A raw and powerful film, Cuba & Alaska is an essential reminder of the importance of human connection, especially at a time when hope in the direst of circumstances feels increasingly elusive.

Content Guidance: Film contains scenes of war, bereavement and death.

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Yegor Troyanovsky

Yegor Troyanovsky is a Ukrainian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. He has professional experience in the audiovisual sector, working in film production, television programs, advertising, and music videos on Ukrainian and American TV.

Since 2019, Troyanovsky has worked for American public broadcaster PBS and its flagship nightly newscast, NewsHour.

He is the author and director of his first short documentary films, Rear(participated in the VI Odessa International Film Festival) and Aerodrome. His first full-length documentary film, Demon, participated in the XI Odessa International Film Festival in 2020 and received the FIPRESCI award for Best Film.

Troyanovsky is also one of the creators of the critically-acclaimed historical documentary series Collapse: How Ukrainians Destroyed the Evil Empire (2021), award-winning short movie Anna (2019, premiered at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival), In Search of Skovoroda (2022), a documentary that presents the key theses of world-renowned philosopher Hryhoriy Skovoroda, among others.

CUBA & ALASKA

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