We’ve just released a new concept film for Xanadoo — a next-generation museum founded by Gaynor Coley and Susan Hill (of Eden Project fame). Shot at The Forge, Bristol, the film introduces a visitor destination that blends science, art and play to help people imagine — and build — the future.

Xanado Video Production in Bristol

What we made

An interview-led piece that clearly lays out the experience: arrival through a lively market hall; the Road to Happiness; the Gallery of Marvellous Solutions; The Playground; Tomorrow’s World; and a hands-on Call to Action finale. We handled everything in-house — creative, interviews, location sourcing, production and post.

Why it matters

Xanadoo is being developed for South-East Wales as an iconic cultural anchor with learning by experience at its heart — “education by seduction,” as the team likes to put it. The film gives partners and stakeholders a single, shareable snapshot of the vision.

Credits

Client & Founders: Gaynor Coley, Susan Hill
Production: Here Now Films Bristol — creative development, directing & producing, cinematography, edit, motion, colour, sound

Thanks

To everyone who contributed on and off camera — and to The Forge, Bristol, for the perfect setting.

If you’re exploring a concept film to rally partners or investors, we’d love to talk.

Ed Smit
Ed Smit

Ed Smit is the London-born Co-Founder and Managing Director of Here Now Films. With over 15 years of filmmaking experience, alongside earlier work in Marine Biology and investment analysis, Ed blends science, strategy, and storytelling in a way that’s shaped hundreds of productions. He has led major international projects—from delivering video for GMR Marketing at the Paris Olympics to producing documentaries broadcast on BBC World reaching over 400 million viewers—and has helped charities secure more than £200,000 in new funding. At Here Now Films, he champions a belief that cinema-quality storytelling should be accessible, because exceptional work shouldn’t be exclusive.

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