Grasp The Nettle Films

02/03/2021

Bankside will introduce the project to buyers at EFM.

28/07/2020

Dean's very good friend, Andy Baker died tragically and suddenly this weekend and so Dean has set up this GoFundMe to help Andy's partner and two small girls with help towards the funeral costs: https://gf.me/u/yizbz8

Our wonderful friend Andy Baker died tragically and suddenly on Saturday 25th of July.… Dean Puckett needs your support for Help Andy Baker’s family fund.

17/04/2019

We're excited to announce that our short film The Sermon, written and directed by Dean Puckett, produced by Rebecca Wolff is now live on ALTER
Here are the film’s links:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/GeUW01Ufgro
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2208639399227769
Funded by Creative England and BFI
With massive thanks to our brilliant cast and crew: Ian Forbes, Benjamin Hudson, Jimi Stewart, Maisie Doherty, Oliver Cronk, Molly Casey, Grant Gillespie, Oliver Monaghan, Joshua Oakes-Rogers, Denise Stephenson, Emilia Copeland, Andrea Goring, John Crooks, Hayley Williams, Sam Cox, Matthias Peters, Toby Tomkins, Paco Sweetman, Rob Szeliga, , Ingrid Wakeling Gwilym Evans, Gale Alexander, Olivia Jerrard, Theodore Rowan Salisbury, and the many extras and others who put their heart and stomachs into being our gory congregation and bringing the film to life.

Subscribe and watch more horror on ALTER: https://goo.gl/LnXRC3 “The Sermon” directed by Dean Puckett They will feel her wrath. For more about the film/filmm...

31/12/2018

A big thank you from us to everyone who has supported us, believed in us and created with us in 2018, it’s been a great year! Here’s to 2019 being even better! ###

14/11/2018

Come to see the World Premiere of friend and collaborator Danny Mitchell's documentary this Sunday 18th November, in London at Picturehouse Central, which we supported alongside V***n Films. It's a great film and there's a QnA after the film. Buy tickets in the link below.

The UK's Music Doc Festival - It Goes Up To 11! London/Manchester/Liverpool/Bristol/Brighton/Hull - A feast of International Music Docs, plus gigs/DJs.

10/09/2018

Our film , which premiered in Cannes this year is now a Vimeo Staff Pick! Massive thanks to all the team involved. Go check it out! NSFW!!

09/05/2018

Watch the premiere of our Straight8 at the same time as we do in Cannes on Monday night!

24/03/2018

Excited about the premiere of The Sermon today at BFI Flare check out the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/255706862

A short 'Folk Horror' backed by Creative England and the BFI. Written and Directed by Dean Puckett. thesermonfilm.com/

23/01/2018

Check out the trailer for our new film https://vimeo.com/251869854, written and directed by Dean Puckett, produced by Rebecca Wolff. https://www.thesermonfilm.com/

A short 'Folk Horror' backed by Creative England and the BFI. Written and Directed by Dean Puckett. https://www.thesermonfilm.com/

24/08/2017

Circles has been nominated for 'Best Comedy' & 'Best Actor' in the short film category at the FilmQuest Festival, Utah in the good ol US of A! Which is nice. psssst you can still watch the so far award losing spectacular via amazon and google here: http://www.filmquestfest.com/2017-awards-nominees/ http://www.graspthenettlefilm.com/circles

The following nominees were culled from a process that began with over 1,000 submissions to the 2017 festival. Each category, unless otherwise noted, has 8 nominees. Categories were expanded this year to include more awards, many of which will now be awarded a high quality, brushed silver plaque whi...

25/07/2017

Devon folks (and beyond), We are shooting our new short horror film in September and we are looking for extras, If you would like to be in it, send us a photo of yourself and get in touch at [email protected] and PLEASE SHARE our flyer with anyone you think might be interested!

10/07/2017

We are very happy to announce that our Creative England 'Circles' has been picked up for distribution with ShortsTV. You can watch it in various ways here: http://www.graspthenettlefilm.com/circles

Artwork by Sam Cox

05/04/2017

We are very sad to say that Elias Kimaiyo, the Sengwer community leader and main subject of our documentary Honey at the Top is currently in a hospital in Eldoret with a broken arm and kneecap after being beaten by the Kenya Forest Service. We send our love and support to Elias and his family. Amnesty International are calling for an immediate enquiry by the Kenyan Government here: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr32/6032/2017/en/ Watch our film for more background here: http://www.graspthenettlefilm.com/honeyatthetop

WATCH NOW - Honey at the Top is a film about the Sengwer forest people, Kenya, being evicted from their ancestral land in the name of conservation.

09/03/2017

In the age of fake news and alternative facts. We hope that The Crisis of Civilization podcast can help to cut through the ideological noise. In this episode Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed deconstructs his recent essay outlining a roadmap for and understanding in the Age of . Support us by sharing, subscribing on itunes and leaving a comment. Ta! https://soundcloud.com/crisisofcivilization/beyond

In this episode Dean invites Nafeez to deconstruct his recent essay outlining a roadmap for the resistance in the Age of Trump. Thanks for listening! Feel free to leave us a comment or question in t

07/02/2017

We have started a new thing. It's called The Crisis of Civilization Podcast. Its a bi-weekly conversation between Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed (VICE, Insurge Intelligence, Global Sustainability Institute) and Dean Puckett (Grasp The Nettle Films) where we try and make some sense of the current craziness that is going on in the world. Here is the first episode https://soundcloud.com/crisisofcivilization/introduction and you can subscribe to it on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/crisis-civilization-podcast/id1202778897?mt=2

It has been 6 years since the release of their film The Crisis of Civilization and Dean and Nafeez are back with a new podcast series to help make sense of this confusing world around us. To kick off

04/01/2017

We're excited to announce we're an official selection of the 14th ! Come see our short THE AUTISTIX on the big screen, showing 11th Jan at : bit.ly/2gCGmHB

Our legendary Night of the Living Docs has expanded into two bountiful programmes of exceptional shorts. Part 2 introduces the strangely soothing world of ‘ASMR’ videos, reconstructs a lost relationship via the medium of text message and bears witness to one of England’s last coal mines as it faces…

22/12/2016

Former bank official on efforts to protect indigenous peoples: "It's a facade"

20/12/2016

Please take a moment to sign!

Ask EU to halt funding for Kenyan WaTER project to stop evictions of forest communities. Since 2007 the forest dwelling peoples of the Embobut Forest have been being evicted from their ancestral land through a programme run by the Kenyan Forestry Service with funding from the World Bank. This came.....

20/12/2016

"perhaps the greatest strength of Honey at the Top is that it grants us insight into a struggle that is not one ‘for’ and ‘against’ conservation, but rather a struggle over the type of conservation locally thought to be most appropriate." https://ekosiasa.wordpress.com/2016/12/20/honey-at-the-top-new-film-on-forest-evictions-in-kenya/

Many congratulations are in order for Dean Puckett of Grasp the Nettle Films on the release of his new documentary on forest evictions in Kenya, Honey at the Top. The film is available free of char…

19/12/2016

WATCH NOW - HONEY AT THE TOP is the new documentary from Dean Puckett ( Grasp The Nettle Films ) about the Sengwer forest people of the Cherangani Hills, Kenya, being evicted from their ancestral land in the name of conservation. Facing international pressure from organisations like the World Bank, a corrupt Kenya Forest Service who are burning their houses, and attempts to turn the forest into a commodity through carbon offsetting schemes, the Sengwer fight to hold onto their culture and resist the evictions. WATCH, SHARE & GET INVOLVED!

WATCH NOW - Honey at the Top is a film about the Sengwer forest people, Kenya, being evicted from their ancestral land in the name of conservation.

16/12/2016

Monday.

29/11/2016

CIRCLES gets its US premiere at Other Worlds Austin Texas film festival on 2nd Dec. Yeehaaa! http://www.otherworldsaustin.com/circles

23/11/2016

Some pics from the Kenyan premiere of our documentary 'Honey at the Top' screened on the edge of the Embobut forest.

14/11/2016

Dean Puckett is heading back to Kenya today to show our film 'Honey at the Top' to the people that are in it. Many of them have no access to internet etc so we have bought a handheld chargeable projector and we are going to screen the film for the community on the edge of the Embobut forest. We will be doing a little follow up filming and you will be able to watch the film in its entirety online in January.

Honey at the Top is a film about the Sengwer forest people of the Cherangani Hills, Kenya, being evicted from their ancestral land in the name of conservation. Filmmaker…

01/11/2016

Hey hive-mind! We have a few things going on at the mo that we'd like to tell you about. Firstly we are going back to Kenya in 10 days to visit the Sengwer forest people and screen our documentary film 'Honey at the Top' to the people who are in it and do a little follow up filming before we release the film online in December.

Also we are going to be shooting another fiction short in Jan/ Feb down in deepest darkest Devon. If anyone is interested in being involved with production or financing drop us a line at [email protected] and if your serious we'll send you the script and a link to watch our previous short film Circles. OK LOVE YOU BYE!

​ Grasp The Nettle Films is a collaboration between Dean Puckett (Writer/Director/Editor) and Rebecca Wolff (Producer) and lots of other creative people. We work…

21/10/2016

We made a trailer for Bizarre Rituals Halloween party. Beware the forest Portals!

15/09/2016

Check out this short film we made about Jimmy Cauty's (KLF) ADP Riot Tour visiting Totnes. https://vimeo.com/182859116

The ADP Riot Tour is an experimental off grid art work touring sites of historic rioting in the UK by Jimmy Cauty (KLF). This short film was made when ADP visited…

12/09/2016

We have a new showreel.

Based in London and Devon, Grasp the Nettle Films is a collaboration between Writer / Director Dean Puckett and Producer Rebecca Wolff. www.graspthenettlefilms.com

08/06/2016

Our friends Innerscope Pictures are producing a short film and could use a couple of coins... watch the crowdfunder and help if you can... http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/inflorescence-short-film

Inspector Herrera is sent to Elmwood Prison, home to society's most vicious prisoners, to investigate their most dangerous inmate Daisy Rae.