Movies: Maxine Peake

  • 2018
    Wonders of the Moon

    Wonders of the Moon (2018)

    Wonders of the Moon

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    Documentary which uses the latest, most detailed imagery to reveal the monthly life cycle of the moon. From Wales to Wyoming, Hong Kong to Croydon, the programme finds out how the moon shapes life on Earth, as well as exploring its mysterious dark si...

    Wonders of the Moon
  • 2021
    Doughnut

    Doughnut (2021)

    Doughnut

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    Things turn sour when an amateur improv class meet for the first time after one of the group misjudges the situation. https://shortoftheweek.com/2021/11/22/doughnut...

    Doughnut
  • 2006
    The Madness of the Dance

    The Madness of the Dance (2006)

    The Madness of the Dance

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    In the middle ages there was an outbreak of dancing manias in Europe that lasted hundreds of years. In the 20th century thousands of Chinese men and some women thought that their genitalia were vanishing, while schoolgirls in Belgium thought that the...

    The Madness of the Dance
  • 2006
    The Fear of Trilogy

    The Fear of Trilogy (2006)

    The Fear of Trilogy

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    Maxine Peake stars in a short film about three fears (birds, falling, sleepwalking) - filmed and edited in a single day on a mobile phone for Cinema Now, a digital conference held at BAFTA....

    The Fear of Trilogy
  • 2025
    Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?

    Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? (2025)

    Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?

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    Filmmaker Mark Forbes explores the persistent class barriers within the UK film industry, revealing the struggles, resilience, and untold stories of working-class creatives fighting for a voice in a system stacked against them....

    Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry?
  • 2010
    Edge

    Edge (2010)

    Edge

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    A hotel. A cliff. Six lost people, looking for something, or looking to lose themselves....

    Edge
  • 2022
    The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

    The Real Anne: Unfinished Business (2022)

    The Real Anne: Unfinished Business

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    The story of Merseyside mum and campaigner Anne Williams, who lost her son Keven. For nearly three decades she fought the English establishment to expose the truth of what really happened at Hillsborough, and to try and get justice for the 97....

    The Real Anne: Unfinished Business
  • 2018
    Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels

    Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels (2018)

    Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels

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    Following the artist Phil Collins' search for a decommissioned statue of German philosopher Friedrich Engels in eastern Ukraine, and documenting its journey and arrival to a homecoming party in Manchester....

    Ceremony: The Return of Friedrich Engels
  • 2020
    The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

    The Great Mountain Sheep Gather (2020)

    The Great Mountain Sheep Gather

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    Every summer, the sheep on Scafell Pike are gathered down to the farm for shearing. On this epic journey, a shepherd reflects on life while caring for his flock in this rugged landscape....

    The Great Mountain Sheep Gather
  • 2017
    Men Who Sleep in Cars

    Men Who Sleep in Cars (2017)

    Men Who Sleep in Cars

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    Drama, entirely in verse, following three men who sleep on the streets of Manchester in their vehicles, having lost all their economic and social power....

    Men Who Sleep in Cars
  • 2022
    Something Out of Nothing

    Something Out of Nothing (2022)

    Something Out of Nothing

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    A specially commissioned animation inspired by Barbara Hepworth's art and life....

    Something Out of Nothing
  • 2019
    Be Still My Beating Heart

    Be Still My Beating Heart (2019)

    Be Still My Beating Heart

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    Two adult sisters exist dysfunctionally, each limited by illnesses affecting both body and mind — one physically and the other psychologically....

    Be Still My Beating Heart
  • 2025
    The Occupant of the Room

    The Occupant of the Room (2025)

    The Occupant of the Room

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    Based on the short ghost story of the same name by Algernon Blackwood from 1909, The Occupant of the Room centers on a schoolteacher whose late-night arrival at a hotel in the Alps leads to a sleepless night full of uncanny occurrences....

    The Occupant of the Room
  • 2017
    Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

    Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle (2017)

    Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

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    Narrated by Maxine Peake, this feature documentary explores the failures and deception that have caused a chronic shortage of social housing in Britain....

    Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
  • 2021
    Where We Used to Meet

    Where We Used to Meet (2021)

    Where We Used to Meet

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    While caring for their dying mother, a child finds solace in a group of friends, but begins to encounter violence at every turn....

    Where We Used to Meet