REEL LONDON
Reel London is a new initiative for emerging documentary filmmakers. The aim is to train and nurture new talent through the production process, resulting in a half-hour documentary screened on prime-time television on ITV London. The concept is a partnership between DFG Films, Film London and ITV London. Reel London offers the audience the chance to view unique half-hour documentary films that portray the richness and diversity of voices present in London.

THE GRAND PRIX PRIEST
Dir: Simon Aeppli
1 September 7:30pm ITV 1 (London)
(don't miss it this thursday!)
The Grand Prix Priest is an intimate portrait of Father Neil Horan, the Irish priest who ran across the racetrack at 2003 British Grand Prix at Silverstone and bundled Marathon runner Vanderlei De lima in the crowd during last years olypimics. The film follows this difficult and eccentric character on his one man mission to tell the world of the second coming of Christ and the ultimate destruction of most of mankind through the art of Irish dance.

STRICTLY MITCHAM
Dir: Ian Lynch
8 September 7:30pm ITV 1 (London)
When most people think of Mitcham, glamour is not one of the first things that springs to mind. However in the heart of the London suburb, there is a colourful multi-million pound industry which has made Mitcham a familiar name across the globe. The place often known as the ?gateway to Croydon? is the world?s leading supplier of ballroom gowns and their fabrics.
We meet the foreigners who have brought the sparkle with them, find out why the sequin-littered industry chose Mitcham of all places as a location and watch the leading latin movers who play dress-up and dance.

BLEACH MY SKIN WHITE
Dir: Dami Akinnusi
15 September 7:30pm ITV 1 (London)
This documentary examines the motivation behind skin bleaching and why bleaching products still have a lucrative place within the beauty industry. The director will explore why some complexions are seen as more desirable than others. It features personal accounts of women from African and Asian communities talking about why they have come to use these ?fairness treatments? and how media representations of women have influenced this issue.

For info about the directors and other DFG Films productions see www.dfglondon.com/dfg_film.php

also see www.itvregions.com/London/Programmes/Reel+London.htm

DFG Films
www.dfglondon.com