Projects in categories: Fiction

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Alice, a grieving and disconnected pharmacist struggles with the knowledge that her husband was having an affair before his death. When she encounters ‘the other woman’ mourning her husband’s ghost-bike it forces Alice to confront her detachment, accepting compassion and understanding in the unlikely form of her trifle-loving methadone patient.

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A couple's relationship threatens to collapse under the pressures of life. Official Selection Busan International Film Festival 2020 – World premiere

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Simon is a miserable hotel worker caught in an existential loop. Doomed to carry out the never-ending task of setting up a formal dinner table, he listens to a self help tape to find some meaning in his meaningless work.

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When Chris' schizophrenic father claims to have killed a man, he must consider if he’s willing to become a criminal to protect his family.

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A young mother tries to protect her children while investigating the truth behind her husband’s murder.

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Two girls form a life-long bond in the most unlikely of places, a boxing gym in Moss Side.

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Rio, African British young man falls in love with Shana, Muslim Arabic British young woman but both are faced with cultural and religious boundaries that threaten their relationship.

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Moments before his funeral, a father’s dark past threatens the fragile peace between two brothers.

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A homeless woman must overcome her struggle with shame in order to make a human connection.

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An offbeat comedy set in North Wales. Kerry is bored. Fed up of life in her small town and increasingly weary of the state of the world. One day she follows a path to an underground escape filled with jelly, hope and the girl of her dreams.

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When Richard Marlow buys a taxidermy hare from an old antiques shop, little does he realise it contains the soul of the sinister and immortal warlock of Russian folklore, Koschei the Deathless. Soon, Koschei himself turns up, demanding his soul be returned to him - on the very weekend that Richard's girlfriend, Becky, has invited her mother to stay. Can Richard negotiate a tricky social situation whilst simultaneously thwarting the malevolent sorcerer?

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During a sizzling summer in 2006, a gang of South London schoolgirls face strange sexual awakenings, which culminate in a visceral fate. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2020 - World premiere