What We Do
Monkeywitch are audio producer Mat Heywood and photojournalist Lihee Avidan. We take a multimedia approach to storytelling, using documentary photography, audio and video. From Madagascar to South London, we look for the human stories behind the headlines, to create intimate and powerful multimedia journalism.
We have produced a range of material for some of the world's leading brands, check the links below, or visit the projects page.
News
- Nursing Britain screened at the Geneva Labor Film Shorts Festival.
- Mat reports for the BBC World Service from Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank on a controversial Israeli Palestinian Health Initiative.
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- Mat's article and Lihee Photo "You can't Imagine people are being Killed" is on the Guardian Weekly.
- Mat reports from Malawi for the BBC World Service. Listen to the "Second Hand Health" feature on Health Check.
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- Mat's article "Letter from Mongolia" published in Guardian Weekly & recorded for the podcast.
- Lihee's photo-essay Kelly was published on Lunatic Mag.
- Midwife to Malawi - article and pics for Guardian Weekly Online.
- A new series for Channel 4, for the 60th anniversary of the NHS, broadcast between the 27-30th of October 19:55.
- Lihee's photographic work is exhibited on The New Breed of Documentary Photographers
Accolades
Lihee Avidan - Photography Masters Cup
Lihee has been selected as a finalist in the 3rd Annual Photography Masters Cup, in the category Photojournalism.
Lihee is one of the winners of Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers 2009.
Mat Heywood - Islamophic
Mat's production for the Guardian 'Islamophonic' won the SONY silver award (radio Oscar's) - in the 'best podcast' category, and won the Association of Online Publishers award for best podcast 2007.
Press
Aylesbury - Blair's Children
'Pick of the day' - The Guardian
'Watch This' (x2) - The Independent
Victor Lewis-Smith review - London Evening Standard
"I'm really proud of the week of films from Lihee Avidan and Mathew Heywood - they make a really clever comment on the 10 years that Tony Blair has been in power in a way that is engaging and emotional"
Commissioning editor Kate Vogel, Channel 4 website