Projects in categories: Fiction

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This film revisits the Chinese wallpaper from the 18th century at Harewood House. Such an exotic artefact was used by the landed gentry as a token of other to imagine the wider world. As the wallpaper was made in China, this film also explores self-representation through the artist’s personal photos.

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A country house. An elderly couple. A yearning for a higher level of existence. Rituals and recitations. Performances of lost moments. Warm milk. Roast trout. Pantyhose. Childhood comforts and hidden desires. Daddy issues and battles with Brother. An imposter. An impregnation. Lives ebbing away. And memories. Memories everywhere.

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Three strangers - all of whom work for the same corporation - take part in a management training day. Their volatile role-play task is to fire an imagined co-worker, exploring the worst possible reactions they might receive to eliminating another person’s livelihood.

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Shy book lover Jane is unexpectedly tasked with having to save her beloved library from closure...but help arrives in a surprising form.

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Li, a vulnerable, injured Taiwanese woman is on the run. Desperate to escape the men pursuing her, she seeks uninvited shelter inside the home of elderly St Lucian widower, Errol. Despite not speaking one another’s language, the two form an intimate bond of friendship over the course of one day. What unfolds is a universal tale of compassion and trust that reveals two resilient people helping one another through trauma and grief.

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It's 2010 and the last day of school before summer. Morey, an anxiety-fueled mentor living a life devoid of purpose, is quietly descending into a breakdown as he arrives to pick up his rebellious and sometimes violent teenage student, Jackson. The tension only intensifies when their intended photography trip leads to an altercation on a train, forcing the pair into a nearby forest where they have a cathartic exchange that changes them forever.

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A childless woman is told that her longed for unborn baby is incompatible with life. Alone with her conscience, unable to openly discuss her situation, she painfully decides the best way forward. A film highlighting pro choice, in a world where women are still fighting for autonomy over their bodies.

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Rosie, a Congolese teenager, who’s recently arrived in London, discovers the unwelcoming side of life in Britain when a misunderstanding with two window cleaners escalates into conflict. Official Selection LA Shorts International Film Festival 2022 - World premiere Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2023

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Seen through the eyes of Grace, age 6 innocent and carefree. Grace is black. 1977, London, with the the rise of the National Front appealing to racial hatred. Micro aggressions culminate when Grace realises the world operates with bias when it comes to the colour of her skin.

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After her brother's death, Katie meets with his ex-girlfriend to solve a mystery: the personalised mix CD he left her.

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Ireland 1778. When Sally finds herself at the mercy of her wealthy but abusive guardian Sir William and threatened with a forced marriage, Eleanor - herself faced with banishment to a convent - hatches a plan for them to escape. They will flee at night to the coast and catch a boat to Wales and freedom. But danger abounds. Rioters roam the forest smashing fences in protest against land enclosures. Bad weather grounds all ships and they have to take shelter. As they explore a new found intimacy, the pursuit closes in. Inspired by the true story of the legendary ‘Ladies of Llangollen.’

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In a rundown social club, two dubious men tell a tall tale to get what they want. Boris Johnson, as usual, is doing the same. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023