Nine-year old Shiloh Pepin wants to be just like any other girl her age, but she suffers from an extremely rare disease. She is the world’s only living mermaid.
Shiloh has Sirenomelia or ‘mermaid syndrome’, a congenital disorder that means her legs are fused together. She was …
Entering the world of 21st Century gypsy and traveller weddings, where ancient traditions meet modern fashions in an ostentatious culture clash, this film follows four gypsy and traveller families on their wedding day.
Considered ‘on the shelf’ at 20, in gypsy and traveller communities …
Preferring glass and steel to rock and stone, and without ropes or safety equipment one man has taken the art of climbing to dangerous new heights… Having already conquered 80 of highest building’s on earth, Alain Robert now has his sights on the only one to …
Dean Potter is a unique breed of daredevil. He is the only person in the world practicing extreme slacklining – a hair-raising variation of tightrope walking which sees him crossing a bouncy stretch of 1-inch wide rope suspended hundreds of feet above some of the …
Dutch daredevil Wim Hof is planning to run a full 26-mile marathon 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle, clad only in shorts and open sandals. Wim won’t be doing any physical training. He sees this as a challenge of the power of the human mind. Wim …
The incredible spectacle of proximity wingsuit flying involves wearing a state-of-the-art Teflon winged suit, jumping off a cliff edge thousands of feet up and flying terrifyingly close to some of the world’s most dangerous mountain faces before deploying a parachute at the very last second. Its …
Baby Bible Bashers tells the extraordinary stories of three of the Lord?s “chosen children”, and their relationships with God, their families and their congregations.
As part of Channel 4’s Sexology week, we were asked to create an on screen ident that would be stripped across the week to intro four difference films exploring the often extreme and varied world of sexual nature.
Using the colour red as a theme, models were shot in a …
This page has been designed to show you some of our portfolio. Firecracker Films is an award winning production company, responsible for compelling documentaries such as ‘The World’s Strongest Boy’, ‘The Man Whose Arms Exploded’, ‘The Seven Year Old Surgeon’ and ‘My New Face’ but we’re not just about the …
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Since it began trading in early 2003, Firecracker Films has produced high profile documentaries to critical acclaim and outstanding viewing figures, as well as innovative motion graphics, 3D animations and successful corporate campaigns for a wide range of blue chip clients. These include the BBC, Channel 4, Five, Sky, …
Provocative and explosive, this character-led documentary follows families that live to pull the trigger. These parents are passionate about guns, the bigger the better, and are eagerly training their children to use them whether they like it or not. Visually stunning, the film travels …
Alain Robert is on the 88th floor of a skyscraper. Looking down at the city below, his heart is pounding, his palms sweating. It wouldn’t be so bad – except that he’s on the outside of the building, clinging on with his bare hands. …
Preacher Samuel Boutwell takes his vocation to save sinners from the fires of Hell extremely seriously, and spends every Saturday trying to turn women away from his local Mississippi abortion clinic. Samuel is seven years old.
Baby Bible Bashers tells the extraordinary stories of three …
Mania is a 3 x 60′ highly visual series that looks inside the mind of the maniac and attempts to understand the overwhelming impulses that can take over the human body.
Erotomania is the delusuional belief that someone is in love with you. From the unrequited love …
Mania is a 3 x 60′ highly visual series that looks inside the mind of the maniac and attempts to understand the overwhelming impulses that can take over the human body.
Pyromania follows those with an unhealthy fascination for fire. From children who play with fire to …
Mania is a 3 x 60′ highly visual series that looks inside the mind of the maniac and attempts to understand the overwhelming impulses that can take over the human body.
Egomania focuses on Narcissistic Personality Disorder and follows cases from the overbearing boss we all love …
In 2001, two of the world’s leading plastic surgeons, pioneering the latest technology and surgical techniques set up the UK’s only charity to offer surgery to overseas children suffering with facial disfigurement.
With unprecedented access, this feature-length film follows five extraordinary cases spanning three continents. …
A growing number of people are choosing a new way of life. They have rejected monogamy and turned their backs on conventional relationships. They believe their lifestyle is the future. They believe in polyamory.
Polyamory is the philosophy and practice of loving more than one. It means …
“Emmanuelle” was the biggest cult soft-porn movie of the 1970s, spurning the most sequels to any film ever made and watched by an audience of 300 million people worldwide.
Featuring in Channel 4’s “Dark Side of Porn” season, “Hunting Emmanuelle” explores the cultural impact the film had …
This film looks at ‘macrophilia’, described as one of the world’s most bizarre syndromes. It draws on some of men and women’s deepest desires to conquer and be conquered. While most admit that tall women represent power and strength, some men have taken this …
This films examines what attracts ordinary women to some of the world’s most dangerous men as well as highlighting the difficulties of maintaining such relationships when the man is locked up for life. The film also includes the incredible story of one Texas prison guard who …
This film tells the incredible story of Dena Thompson, dubbed ‘The Black Widow’, a woman who married men, and then tried to kill them after conning them out of everything they owned.
After sending her first husband on the run, murdering her second husband …
A subculture exists throughout contemporary suburban Britain that many find hard to comprehend: educated teenagers regularly gather in ‘federations’ to inflict terrible wounds on one another.
This sport, originally based on professional wrestling, contains all the ritual and commentary of a WWF bout, but the fighters use …
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