Passing Tides

Real stories that represent the ebb and flow of people’s lives. Passing Tides uses films, audio, and more as a platform for people to tell their own stories, often showcasing their creative skills, and to inspire debate.

Passing Tides, a film about Linh Vu’s escape by boat from Vietnam with her father before arriving and settling in London, shot on iPhone, is one of the first films made by Mitchell Harris and Eithne Nightingale in 2016, which has inspired this initiative.

Mitch and Eithne have gone on to produce over 25 films about a range of people’s life stories – from Syrian children on the island of Bute to Stay Home Stories, focussing on people’s experience of home during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

We have won a Public Engagement award from QMUL for our work on Child Migrant Stories and the film, Ugwumpiti, co-produced with Maurice Nwokeji, was nominated for the AHRC/BAFTA Research Film in 2017.