HARDY HISTORIES
Our Work at
Academy Pictures
Our work at Academy Pictures is as diverse as it is engaging. Educational, cinematic, and professional, our growing list of projects highlights our commitment to exceptional, well-made, academic filmmaking.
Enjoy our work below:
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The Greatest Good: Bentham's Defence of Sexual Liberty
Based on original research, the flagship documentary film takes an interdisciplinary approach to Bentham’s pioneering defence of sexual liberty, at a time when society took a very different view.
Directed by Justin Hardy, Produced by Stevie Doran, commissioned by University College London
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The Greatest Good: Season One Podcasts
The inaugural series of podcasts, The Greatest Good, hosted by Professor Philip Schofield, Director of UCL’s Bentham Project, features a series of five conversations with UCL’s world-leading academics. Series one examines Bentham’s utilitarian legacy in the context of contemporary social, political, and cultural issues, specifically dealing with sexuality and queerness.
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The Greatest Good: Nonbinary Gender in the Middle Ages : Recognising Wilgefortis
Professor Philip Schofield engages with art historian and former director of qUCL (UCL’s Queer Studies network), Professor Bob Mills, to explore the legend and cult of St. Wilgefortis in medieval Europe. Professor Mills highlights Wilgefortis as a non-binary figure, challenging both the popular belief that the Middle Ages adhered to strictly binary gender norms, and the notion that gender diversity is a modern phenomenon.
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Slade @ 150
Don't Kill the Art School
With full access to one of the world's most historic arts schools, Don’t Kill the Art School reflects on an institution's history and future, to ask: What does the future of art education look like?
Featuring both emerging artists and established luminaries who are graduates of the school, the film explores questions that are critical to the future of cultural institutions redefining themselves today.
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The Greatest Good: Season Two Podcasts
Beautiful Brains
Series two of The Greatest Good examines neurodiversity through the lens of Jeremy Bentham. Professor Philip Schofield, Director of UCL’s Bentham Project, returns as our host to interview eight world-leading scholars from a variety of fields. Timely, engaging and multidisciplinary, the second season of The Greatest Good utilises academic research to explore our own beautiful brains.
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The Greatest Good: Season Three Podcasts
Climate Justice
Season three of The Greatest Good, hosted by Professor Philip Schofield, utilises academics from across disciplines to investigate climate justice through the prism of Jeremy Bentham. Poignant to the world today, season three demonstrates the importance of academic research for an ever-changing world.
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UCL Creative Arts and Humanities
This short film was completed for UCL's Creative Arts and Humanities BA. The promotional video, encouraging interested students to study at UCL, demonstrates the efficient and professional media Academy Pictures delivers for our clients. Skilfully edited, beautifully visualised, this video represents our commitment to high quality filmmaking at any level of publication.
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UCL MA Public History
This short promotional film was created in partnership with the Department of History at University College London for their MA Public History course that begun in 2022. The film highlights an amazing new course through impeccable editing and effects, encouraging students to enrol through an engaging film.
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UCL Graduation Film 2023
This beautifully reflective film for UCL's graduation ceremony in 2023 spotlights the university's diverse and amazing graduates. Through careful editing, the film highlights four incredible students and their journey's in completing their degrees. It demonstrates the fusion of academia and storytelling that Academy Pictures prides itself in creating.
