Nowadays / Chasing Circles
A Film by Nowadays
Director / Georgia Hussey
Director of Photography / Jack Dixon
Sound / Guy Dowsett
Editor / Jon Beagley
Colour / Ben Harding
Executive Producers / Guy Saville & Thom Wood
Travel down quiet country lanes and across golden corn fields to discover a man with an obsession as mysterious as the patterns that inspire it. A Nowadays passion-project, Chasing Circles is a film about belief and the strange places where we find meaning.
Shot over a single sweltering summer in the English countryside, this short documentary follows Paul, a crop circle researcher dedicated to the study and promotion of crop circle phenomena, as he faces derision and ridicule from some, but warmth and community from others.
Chasing Circles was first screened at our 15th Anniversary / rebranding event. It is currently under consideration for entry into several documentary film festivals.
Nowadays / Wigmakers
A Film by Nowadays
Director / Jon Beagley
Producers / Georgia Hussey & Sophie Christophersen
Director of Photography / Joe Gainsborough
Editor / Becca Human
Colourist / Ben Harding
Composers / Ed Whitman, Josiah Steinbrick
Welcome to the little known world of the wig making workshop, where two individuals’ experience of loss has led to an unexpected change in career direction.
Determined to capture the intimate, unnerving quality of the wigmaking process, we enlisted cinematographer Joe Gainsborough, whose beautifully textured documentary work we’d long been fans of. The finished edit combines 16mm film and 4k footage with immersive sound design to create a uniquely mesmeric viewing experience.
Premiering at our Nowadays brand relaunch in the summer of 2022, the film has received an overwhelmingly positive response. It continues to encourage conversation around insecurity, loss and the power hair has on our lives.
Nowadays / Sunnyside
Director / Danny Baldwin
Producer / Kezia Clark
Director of Photography / Charles Harrison Mori
Editor & Colourist / Jon Beagley
Composer / Daniel Sonabend
What comes to mind when you hear Men’s Shed? A dusty chair and a crackling radio? Or a space where men quietly rebuild what loneliness has taken - routine, purpose, and friendship.
Sunnyside is a short documentary exploring male mental health, grief, and the quiet strength of community spaces. Set in an East London Men’s Shed, it follows Gerry, Steve and Howard—three men forging connection and meaning through woodworking, companionship, and cups of tea.
Filmed during the early months of the pandemic, we used a mix of digital and 16mm film to reflect the homespun texture of the Shed itself. Audio interviews, recorded separately, helped contributors open up without the pressure of a camera - capturing voices with intimacy and ease.
Originally conceived as a self-funded side project, we gifted the finished film to the Men’s Sheds Association and released it in partnership with them during Mental Health Awareness Week. “There is certainly going to be a greater understanding of social isolation and loneliness,” said Chief Officer Charlie Bethel. “The need for Sheds will be more important than ever.”
Viewed thousands of times and shared widely, Sunnyside helped spotlight a simple truth: connection doesn’t need to be complicated - it just needs a space to begin.
