Projects in categories: Fiction

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Brandon, a British civil servant and sex addict who is infatuated with prostitution, has been living a hedonistic lifestyle with a group of Southeast Asian prostitutes in his old flat in Cambridge. Yet, ironically, he is also a devout Christian, having attended church with his mother every Sunday as a child. Every night, he repents for his actions, struggling with the intense guilt that arises from this collision of lifestyles.

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Tensions arise amidst the heat of a busy Pakistani takeaway.

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Grace and Jas are forced to define their relationship when faced with an uncomfortable situation among their friends.

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Anne attempts to shift her life by taking herself away on holiday alone, but on arrival, she meets with an unexpected and unpleasant situation. A subsequent chance encounter with another solo traveller offers her an unexpected solution, and a chain of surprising events unfold between the two strangers which will either save or destroy them completely.

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9 year-old Marla is having her first sleepover with her best friend Lola. Despite her nan's reservations, the sleepover is at her fun-loving dad's house. But when they're playing Marla finds something that changes the course of the sleepover and the dynamics of her relationship with her dad forever.

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Following Andy, a charismatic but chaotic queer, as he recounts his most recent and outrageous hookup story to his best friend. Tempted by a provocative picture, Andy's encounter with a mysterious and sexy stranger leads to some...out of this world consequences...

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Two artists navigate the unspoken tensions of shared space, ambition and gendered balances of power. Amid a cavernous studio that contrasts the minutiae of their concerns, the film captures moments of stilted dialogue and abstractly manipulated footage, building a sterile, heightened atmosphere.

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In a world where art and reality collide, Miho’s vivid dreams reveal the cosmic force of the Architecture, uniting her with artists across the globe in a desperate battle to heal the universe.

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Investigators visit the site of a strange disappearance – a solitary birdwatching hut deep in the forest. Situated in Cornwall and drawing upon the county’s natural environment, seafaring tradition, Celtic history, and Cornish language – this film takes its themes from a time when the world seemed much larger, mysterious, and frightening, drawing parallels with the fears and xenophobia of the contemporary moment. 

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In a woodland glade, an exhausted mythical creature is suffering from insomnia. When a small, verbose forest sprite appears and offers a sedative, it sounds like a perfect solution, but the fatigued Wickywock is too impatient to heed the Sprite’s terms.

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Haunted by rising sea levels, a daughter digs up her father’s grave to move his body to higher ground.

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Salma is a young, privileged, and rebellious Saudi girl whose family hires a Sudanese man named Gamar to drive her to and from her day-to-day activities. Initially adhering to a simple employer/employee dynamic, Salma and Gamar’s relationship quickly evolves into an intimate personal friendship that bonds them through her teenage years and beyond, but their friendship is put to the test when Salma gets older and starts taking the wheel. Official Selection Red Sea International Film Festival 2024 - World premiere