Projects in categories: Fiction

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A reinvention of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The radical new take on Dickens’ classic seeks both to exhume the original story’s gritty commentary on social inequality and the corrupting influence of greed, and to breathe new life into the lyricism of the original text by setting its scenes to extraordinary tableaux of modern dance. The opening scenes of the film follow a Victorian family preparing a toy theatre for their annual performance of 'A Christmas Carol'. As the family's grandmother narrates the much-edited story and her grandchildren change the scenery, we enter the imagination of one of the children in the audience and watch as the cardboard stage, and the story with it, transforms into a darkly fantastical otherworld.

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In 1943 Poland, six Jewish children murdered by a German housewife. In 2017 Manchester, twenty three concert goers murdered by a student. A terrible echo seventy five years apart, connected by extremism. ARENA follows two intercutting stories of outsider characters whose lives have been poisoned through conditioning to carry out extreme acts of hate. Will society ever learn the lessons of the past?

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Through a series of vignettes, we see fragments of a couple’s relationship; in sync together, yet out of time with the world around them. As the story unfolds, we slowly start to see their relationship deteriorate. She becomes out of sync with him and thus in sync with the world.

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Enter the relentless pressure of a restaurant kitchen as a head chef wrangles his team on the busiest day of the year. Official Selection Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - Crystal Globe Competition - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Thrill

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Dream Alliance is an unlikely race horse bred by small-town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes. With no experience, Jan convinces her neighbours to chip in their meagre earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites.

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Progressive muscle relaxation, Lycra, spoken word. As Michael seeks novel ways to halt his spiralling depression, a moment of hope arrives via an unexpected source.

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In a tense late-night journey, Jordan encounters a drug-dealer in a dangerous den populated by a gang of men and stifling with toxic masculinity. This film contains scenes of drug use and strong violence. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Shorts - Your UK Or Mine?

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A story of a young girl abused by her stepfather. Caroline was a loving girl until one day her life came crashing down. Her stepfather took advantage of her and Caroline became mixed up with the wrong set of people.

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A near-dead town, an encroaching overgrowth, a mysterious tower, a camera, a voice. Across 299 photographs a man who may be the filmmaker, and yet might not be real, relays a story that may not have happened, about a place that almost definitely exists.

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A mother and daughter float in life pods in deep space, and battle to keep each other alive, and awake, during their own intergalactic lockdown.

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An elderly man meets a young woman in a café, and the deal that follows will alter their lives forever. NED AND ME explores the complexity of euthanasia and human transactions.

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In a dystopian Britain flooded by climate change, Arya is raised as a militant racist on an isolated island. When a mixed race stranger arrives, she sees the monstrous truth of her world through his eyes. Arya must decide between freedom and justice, and the only home she’s ever known.