MYSTREET - YOUR STORY TOLD THROUGH FILM

The story of a squatted bowling club which is soon to be demolished and developed into flats. The hidden green and pavilion house has enchanted the filmmaker, her squat-mates, a 91 year old bowling champion and a Radio 4 comedian.

One Autumn evening, night traffic & traffic light sequences - as reflected in a metal signpost - were captured on film. Over subsequent evenings, environmental recordings were collected in the same location. Through playful montage & layering, Stop:Go explores rhythm & occurrence in everyday life.

The Ancoats area of Manchester has a rich industrial past and a proud but dwindling local community. This film was part of a campaign to save a disused listed hospital that has become a symbol of the local communities lost heritage and their resilience to a somewhat failed urban regeneration.

Take a group of refugee women in northwest London with children in the same school, add spicy east African food, support from local people and a couple of grants and hey presto, you have: Spice Caravan.