
Paul Sng
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Biography
Paul Sng is a bi-racial British Chinese filmmaker based in Edinburgh, Scotland whose work focuses on people who challenge the status quo. He has directed six feature documentaries, including POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHE (winner of BIFA 2021 Best Documentary, BIFA 2021 Raindance Discovery Award), TISH (Sheffield DocFest 2023 Opening Gala film) and REALITY IS NOT ENOUGH (Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025 Closing Gala film). In 2022 he was named as a BAFTA Breakthrough Artist.
Known For

One of the most controversial writers of our times, join Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh as he undergoes a remarkable trip to find new meaning in his work, life and legacy.
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate documentary.
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

A working-class photographer captures the impact of Thatcherism on the north of England but is unable to escape the poverty and inequality she exposed.
Tish
A young Taiwanese woman on the run finds friendship and shelter in the home of a lonely grief-ridden widower.
Folding

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

Sleaford Mods - Invisible Britain shows the most exciting and uncompromising British band in years sticking two fingers up to the zeitgeist and articulating the rage and desperation of those without a voice in austerity Britain. The film follows Sleaford Mods on a tour of the UK in the run up to the 2015 General Election, visiting the neglected, broken down and boarded up parts of the country that many would prefer to ignore. Part band doc, part look at the state of the nation, the documentary features individuals and communities attempting to find hope among the ruins, against a blistering soundtrack by Sleaford Mods.
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain

Follows musician and DJ Simone Marie Butler as she attempts to understand the life of homeless people and their dogs, and how the charity Dogs on the Street has helped them.
Year of the Dog
documents how James Bushe campaigned to overturn discriminatory legislation and made history by becoming Europe’s first HIV-positive newly qualified commercial pilot.
The Tyranny of Petty Things
Two sisters still grieving the loss of their mother clash over a political protest for Palestine.
Together We Stand, Alone We Fall Apart

In this new documentary from director Olivia Emes, a Cuban pianist and composer living in London completes her magnum opus – 20 years in the making – and returns home to perform her album for the first time.
Marietta
An amateur Venezuelan boxing champion seeks to go professional by seeking the help of a Scottish boxing trainer