Would anyone miss you? Nobody noticed when Joyce Vincent died in her bedsit above a shopping mall in North London in 2003. Her body wasn’t discovered for three years, surrounded by Christmas presents she had been wrapping, and with the TV still on.
Would anyone miss you? Nobody noticed when Joyce Vincent died in her bedsit above a shopping mall in North London in 2003. Her body wasn’t discovered for three years, surrounded by Christmas presents she had been wrapping, and with the TV still on. Newspaper reports offered few details of her life– not even a photograph. Interweaving interviews with imagined scenes from Joyce’s life, Dreams of a Life is an imaginative, powerful, multilayered quest, and is not only a portrait of Joyce but a portrait of London in the eighties—the City, music, and race. It is a film about urban lives, contemporary life, and how, like Joyce, we are all different things to different people. It is about how little we may ever know each other, but nevertheless, how much we can love.
September 25th, 2012
Dreams of a Life and Bobby Fisher Against the World are up for Best Cinema Doc
July 31st, 2012
3 Dogwoof films are up for Best Cinema Documentary
June 20th, 2012
The director of Planet of Snail makes a special visit to Jubilee High School, Addlestone after a preview screening of his award-winning film.
May 11th, 2012
Dogwoof has announced an exciting new partnership with the educational charity Film Club
March 19th, 2012
Lucy Walker and Carol Morley's films will be shown this April at the BFI
March 19th, 2012
Want more out of Dreams Of A Life? Well, here you have it!
February 29th, 2012
Take a look at our March home entertainment slate
January 30th, 2012
A preview of some of the great titles we are bringing to home entertainment next month
January 30th, 2012
This documentary film is available now to pre-order on iTunes and DVD
January 17th, 2012
More acclaim for Carol Morley's docudrama
December 22nd, 2011
The critics film of the week is in cinemas now!
December 16th, 2011
Win a signed poster if you spot one of our special black cabs around London
December 15th, 2011
Cineworld Wood Green played host to a very special screening....
December 7th, 2011
Let us know where you want to see the film so we can let cinema programmers see the demand
December 6th, 2011
On 14th December, Cineworld Wood Green will host a special screening of Dreams of a Life.
November 23rd, 2011
Dreams of a Life director Carol Morley and star Zawe Ashton will take part in a number of Q&A's following screenings
November 1st, 2011
Its that time of year and the nominations are rolling in for Dogwoof titles
October 17th, 2011
Last night saw Dreams of a Life host its world premiere at the 2011 BFI London Film Festival
October 10th, 2011
The buzz and response to Dreams of a Life heightens ahead of the BFI London Film Festival screenings
October 4th, 2011
Tthe film has been nominated for the festivals documentary category award, The Griersons.