'We shall not cease from exploration/
And the end of all our exploring/
Will be to arrive where we first started/
And know the place for the first time'.
(from 'Little Gidding' by T. S. Eliot)
NEWS!
One Day Films are rolling out the availability of all our films through various online movie portals and distributors. You can now buy NTSC DVD versons of all films at Amazon and IndieFlix. Amazon also offer downloads to rent or own through their Unbox service.
Additionally, you can find our work for download to own or rent at Jaman and Streamburst. Two of our shorter films are also available at Babelgum. Of course, you can contnue to buy PAL DVDs from this site by visiting the relevant film page.
One Day Films Limited is an independent film production and distribution company based in the United Kingdom that currently mainly handles the cinematic work of writer and director, Erik Knudsen.
A poetic film, mixing fiction and documentary, exploring the changing spiritual and material relationship the people of the Akim Abuakwa region of Ghana have with gold. 40 minutes, 2006. Find out more...
An intimate and intense story taking us into the alienation of two teenage twin girls caught between conflicting values and allegiances. Fiction, 86 minutes, 2006. Find out more...
A unique road movie following a man in crisis on an unusual journey across a contemporary British landscape. Fiction, 99 minutes, 2004. Find out more...
A revealing documentary about Horse and Bamboo Theatre Company's mask and puppet production, The Girl Who Cut Flowers. Documentary, 50 minutes, 2001. Find out more...
Sarah wanted to die, but didn't quite make it. She wanted to live, but didn't quite make it. A moving film about a young woman trapped in a persistent vegetative state. Fiction, 70 minutes, 1999. Find out more...
A creative documentary exploring the nature of spiritual realities in a secular society. Includes scenes with the spiritualist medium, Mavis Pettilla, at work. Documentary, 50 minutes, 1995. Find out more...
A personal exploration of what connects people and cultures across time, space and racial divide. A personal journey back to Ghana after 30 years for filmmaker Erik Knudsen. Documentary, 70 minutes, 1991. Find out more...
Filmed in the grounds of the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television just outside Havana, which in the past was a slave plantation, this is an intimate documentary about the legacy of slavery in Cuba. 6 minutes, 2005. Find out more...
Set in Lodz, Poland, this is a moving documentary in which Andrzey Mellin gives an account of his relationship with his dog, which had died under mysterious circumstances. 11 minutes, 2004. Find out more...
Erik Knudsen directed the moving image components of Horse & Bamboo Theatre Company's evocative mask and puppet stage production, Veil. Two young women, two generations, two cultures. Veil, the most ambitious production in Horse & Bamboo's 30 year history, toured the UK in 2008 and will go on a second tour during 2009. Find out more...