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  • Posthumus in the South Sudan Theatre Company's production of Cymbeline. Photo by Steve Rowland
    South Sudan Theatre Company

    Globe to Globe

    This film documents the South Sudan Theatre Company's journey, as they prepared to perform Shakespeare’s Cymbeline in Juba Arabic at the Globe Theatre as part of the Cultural Olympiad. The British Council supported the development process of three productions in the Globe to Globe season.

  • Henry Moore at the Kremlin Museums
    ARTiculation

    Art in Russia

    The Kremlin Museums and the British Council were inspired by the successful ARTiculation Prize, which began in the UK, to host the prize for the recent Henry Moore exhibition. This film explains why inspiring young people, like winner Andrey Kuznetsov, to talk about and appreciate art is so important.

  • Candoco Unlimited - a double bill by Candoco Dance Company
    Unlimited

    UK artists

    Part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, Unlimited was the UK's largest programme of major commissions celebrating arts, culture and sport by deaf and disabled artists aiming to create new and ambitious work with the power to open doors and change minds. This film looks at the programme and its legacy.

  • Jewellery in an exhibition in Egypt by students of Azza Fahmy
    Egypt: The Jeweller

    Entrepreneurs in Egypt

    This film looks at how renowned Egyptian jewellery designer Azza Fahmy, who studied in the UK thanks to the British Council, is inspiring the next generation of Egypt's creative entrepreneurs and supporting their work as part of a collaboration with the European Union.

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