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Featured projects

  • Public Works, Urban Projects Bureau and Owen Pritchard Installation: The Image of the Architect – An Open Charter
    Venice Takeaway

    UK Architecture

    This film showcases the Venice Takeaway exhibition which is now housed at RIBA in London until April 2013 and showcases architectural talent from the UK. The exhibition presents the work of ten British architectural teams demonstrating the creative potential of sharing ideas across borders.

  • E-idea winner Huang Ke in the V-roof garden in Shanghai
    China:V-Roof green rooftop gardens

    Eco-entrepreneurs

    E-idea is a programme run with Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) that funds and mentors young eco-entrepreneurs. This film follows a winner from China and her V-roof garden which promotes organic gardening and is a welcome green space, high above the concrete landscape of Shanghai.

  • UK Now
    UK Now festival

    UK arts in China

    This film showcases UK Now which ran from April to November 2012 and was the biggest ever celebration of arts and creative industries from the UK held in China. Featuring over 100 events in 17 cities, it was a taste of some of the best the UK has to offer across all the art forms and creative industries.

  • Marcellino Safwat playing the cello in Egypt
    Aldeburgh World Orchestra

    Young musicians

    The Aldeburgh World Orchestra brought together musicians from 35 countries, Aldeburgh's own Britten-Pears Orchestra and also Aldeburgh Young Musicians. This film focuses on one of the five young musicians the British Council supported and his journey from Egypt to the Royal Albert Hall.

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