daisy asquith
documentaries
KIMBERLEY: YOUNG MUM TEN YEARS ON
“Clear eyed and admirably unsentimental, Asquith’s portrait is as direct and spirited as its subject”
Sunday Times
“…A tender, intelligently crafted film which also stands as a soft-spoken indictment of social inequality.”
Daily Telegraph
“…Asquith’s follow-up to her incredible 1999 doc 15… Asquith is more than lens-pointer as she follows Kim’s struggle to keep Harvey…. Then and now footage provides a fascinating conversation between the teenager and young mum she’s become. Outstanding.” Guardian
“The award-winning film-maker Daisy Asquith has a rare and inexplicable gift… To understand what’s going on here, you really need to watch this deeply humane film.”
The Times
“Asquith looks beyond the Vicky Pollard clichés at a real person… It’s a reminder to the rest of us that sometimes, life just wants to make bad choices for you.”
Sunday Express
CLOWNS
"Quirky, insightful and funny with a darkness at the core. Another distinctive Asquith gem"
The Times
"That considerable rarity; a documentary that is both richly revealing and imbued with an unusual degree of sympathy"
The Daily Telegraph
"Pure gold - soap scriptwriters would chew their arms off to recreate it"
Daily Mirror
"Blissful and tender"
The Sunday Times
MY NEW HOME
"Humane, uplifting and just plain all-round wonderful"
The Times
"This is a lovely, moving film the human story (and more powerful still for being the childrens story) behind the statistics. I'll definitely be checking in next year to see how Imran, Altynay and (howay the lad) Marshal are doing" Sam Wollaston, Guardian
"A fascinating, sensitive grass-roots look at how that controversial term multiculturalism works. Merging the personal with the political, this is a subtle illustration of native attitudes in modern Britain too"
Daily Telegraph
"Touching, gentle, the honest truth"
The Independent
"A wonderful film, full of warmth, subtle observation and humour"
Danny Cohen, Head of BBC3
THE HOUSE CLEARERS
"An astonishing tale... drama is the proper comparison... the most theatrical documentary I've seen"
Mark Lawson, Guardian
"A dark kind of comedy... the model Dickens rather than American sitcom... beautifully done"
The Independent
"I love the film - it's like a macabre sitcom, but real"
Sam Wollaston, Guardian
"An unlikely gem... territory worthy of a Mike Leigh film" The Mirror
"Genuinely moving and funny, the film contains more insight into modern life and how people cope with it than Big Brother has managed in six series. Documentary of the week - possibly the year"
Robert Hiley, TV Times
'WHATEVER' A TEENAGE MUSICAL
"Asquith is clearly a film-maker to watch"
Time Out
"Genuinely affecting, very upsetting"
Sunday Times
"Not a comfortable watch, but an enlightening one"
The Times
"Sheer gusto and the sense of a controlling and shaping intelligence at work"
Evening Standard
MARRYING A STRANGER 'SHABBA'
"Warm and insightful" - Daily Mail
"A truly unusual love story" - The Times
"Fascinating and illuminating" - Evening Standard
"Intimate and excruciatingly tense" - Daily Telegraph
MARRYING A STRANGER 'SABEENA'
"A revealing, intimate and honest documentary"
Daily Telegraph
THIS IS ME
"Riveting" - Time Out
"Deeply, deeply disturbing... if you watch one thing tonight, watch this starkly unjudgemental evocation of life on the other side" - Observer
LOOKING FOR MY MUM
"Thoughtful and moving" - Time Out
"Refreshingly cautious interviewing... a poignant portrayal" - The Times
"Heartbreaking" - Evening Standard
"A still, small, unhysterical film, and all the better for it" - Kathryn Flett
DODGER
"A powerful piece of film-making that shows observational documentaries can contribute much more than light entertainment" - Radio Times
"Heartbreaking, gripping television" - Time Out
"Grimly compelling" - Financial Times
JERMAINE
A memorable and moving portrait" - Time Out
"Extremely powerful" Daily Mail
“Clear eyed and admirably unsentimental, Asquith’s portrait is as direct and spirited as its subject”
Sunday Times
“…A tender, intelligently crafted film which also stands as a soft-spoken indictment of social inequality.”
Daily Telegraph
“…Asquith’s follow-up to her incredible 1999 doc 15… Asquith is more than lens-pointer as she follows Kim’s struggle to keep Harvey…. Then and now footage provides a fascinating conversation between the teenager and young mum she’s become. Outstanding.” Guardian
“The award-winning film-maker Daisy Asquith has a rare and inexplicable gift… To understand what’s going on here, you really need to watch this deeply humane film.”
The Times
“Asquith looks beyond the Vicky Pollard clichés at a real person… It’s a reminder to the rest of us that sometimes, life just wants to make bad choices for you.”
Sunday Express
CLOWNS
"Quirky, insightful and funny with a darkness at the core. Another distinctive Asquith gem"
The Times
"That considerable rarity; a documentary that is both richly revealing and imbued with an unusual degree of sympathy"
The Daily Telegraph
"Pure gold - soap scriptwriters would chew their arms off to recreate it"
Daily Mirror
"Blissful and tender"
The Sunday Times
MY NEW HOME
"Humane, uplifting and just plain all-round wonderful"
The Times
"This is a lovely, moving film the human story (and more powerful still for being the childrens story) behind the statistics. I'll definitely be checking in next year to see how Imran, Altynay and (howay the lad) Marshal are doing" Sam Wollaston, Guardian
"A fascinating, sensitive grass-roots look at how that controversial term multiculturalism works. Merging the personal with the political, this is a subtle illustration of native attitudes in modern Britain too"
Daily Telegraph
"Touching, gentle, the honest truth"
The Independent
"A wonderful film, full of warmth, subtle observation and humour"
Danny Cohen, Head of BBC3
THE HOUSE CLEARERS
"An astonishing tale... drama is the proper comparison... the most theatrical documentary I've seen"
Mark Lawson, Guardian
"A dark kind of comedy... the model Dickens rather than American sitcom... beautifully done"
The Independent
"I love the film - it's like a macabre sitcom, but real"
Sam Wollaston, Guardian
"An unlikely gem... territory worthy of a Mike Leigh film" The Mirror
"Genuinely moving and funny, the film contains more insight into modern life and how people cope with it than Big Brother has managed in six series. Documentary of the week - possibly the year"
Robert Hiley, TV Times
'WHATEVER' A TEENAGE MUSICAL
"Asquith is clearly a film-maker to watch"
Time Out
"Genuinely affecting, very upsetting"
Sunday Times
"Not a comfortable watch, but an enlightening one"
The Times
"Sheer gusto and the sense of a controlling and shaping intelligence at work"
Evening Standard
MARRYING A STRANGER 'SHABBA'
"Warm and insightful" - Daily Mail
"A truly unusual love story" - The Times
"Fascinating and illuminating" - Evening Standard
"Intimate and excruciatingly tense" - Daily Telegraph
MARRYING A STRANGER 'SABEENA'
"A revealing, intimate and honest documentary"
Daily Telegraph
THIS IS ME
"Riveting" - Time Out
"Deeply, deeply disturbing... if you watch one thing tonight, watch this starkly unjudgemental evocation of life on the other side" - Observer
LOOKING FOR MY MUM
"Thoughtful and moving" - Time Out
"Refreshingly cautious interviewing... a poignant portrayal" - The Times
"Heartbreaking" - Evening Standard
"A still, small, unhysterical film, and all the better for it" - Kathryn Flett
DODGER
"A powerful piece of film-making that shows observational documentaries can contribute much more than light entertainment" - Radio Times
"Heartbreaking, gripping television" - Time Out
"Grimly compelling" - Financial Times
JERMAINE
A memorable and moving portrait" - Time Out
"Extremely powerful" Daily Mail
