Projects in categories: Fiction

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A journalist is sent to the home of former district governor, but his routine obituary fact check reveals an extraordinary secret.

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A story of empowerment and resilience. Longing for a life of choice, Rupi sacrifices all that she has ever known and escapes to Wales with her two young daughters.

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A young girl struggling with mental illness is contemplating ending her life. On the train to her nan’s, her journey is interrupted by another young woman’s death.

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Determined to fulfil her late mother’s dream of opening a bakery in charming Notting Hill, 19-year-old Clarissa enlists the help of her mother’s best friend Isabella and her eccentric estranged grandmother Mimi.

Three generations of women will need to overcome grief, doubts and differences to honour the memory of their beloved Sarah while embarking on a journey to establish a London bakery filled with love, hope and colourful pastries from all over the world

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Krishna, 17 years-old and pregnant, returns to her village home in rural West Bengal to face her family and challenge the marriage of Tara, her beloved younger sister.

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A troubled teenage girl is coerced into seeing a local shaman in search of spiritual healing. Trapped by ancient beliefs that serve only to pacify her mother, she finds peace in the physical realm by unleashing her repressed, youthful spirit on the unsuspecting shaman when she realises his true identity.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2021

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Chen and Libby are two lonely people trying to connect in a meaningful way. Chen works all hours in a Chinese take-away and most of his interactions with customers are brief and unfriendly. Libby is an art student, new to the city and finding her way.

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A simmering rivalry between two brothers boils over in this dark rumination on artistic obsession. Feuds become fires when these two skilled craftsmen are tempted by an impossible task, promising untold riches. PERFECTIONIST offers an unsettling reflection on the mindsets which can take over the creatively minded, and culminates in a surreal climax with grim metaphorical connotations...

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Mark Smithson, an author widely celebrated for his first novel, is suffering from writer's block. After a desperate episode he and his wife Sarah move to the countryside for a fresh start. Reinvograted, Mark finds a fresh subject for his second book. But when aspects of his story begin to materialise in real life, his newfound creativity soon starts to overwhelm him. Sarah can see the toll the project is taking on her husband, but - despite repeated efforts - can't find a way to connect with him.

RIBBLEHEAD asks: how close to the edge will we push ourselves to get what we want? And what would we do if we suddenly found we couldn't get back?

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On a hot summer’s day, mischievous 13-year-old Gal takes a dip in her favourite nearby pool. She unexpectedly encounters a group of ultra-orthodox Hassidic teenagers. Threatened by Gals' femininity, the teens violently try to kick her out.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021

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A man returns from the military in search for his lost sister, who mysteriously went missing around the time of a strange traditional festival called `The Droving'.

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David will do anything to keep his family together, even becoming a completely different man. A darkly comic tale of how far a family will go to stay together, even if it means living a lie.

A story of revenge, control, love and shame.