Projects in categories: Fiction

Synopsis

Following Cécile a young woman spending the summer in a villa in the south of France with her widowed father Raymond and his latest love interest, Elsa. Theirs is a lived-in compatibility a world of ease and languor.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2024 - World premiere

Synopsis

Michael, the last son of a shepherding family lives with his ailing father, Ray. Burdened by a terrible secret, Michael has isolated himself from the world. When a conflict with rival farmer Gary and his son Jack escalates, Michael is drawn into a devastating chain of events, forcing him to confront the horrors of his past and leaving both families permanently altered.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition- European premiere

Synopsis

A conclave is one of the world's most secretive and ancient events: the selection of a new pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church's most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence finds himself at the centre of a conspiracy and discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation of the Church.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2024 - International premiere
Official Selection San Sebastian Film Festival 2024 - European premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024
Official Selection PÖFF - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024

Synopsis

Life’s a constant struggle for Pansy. Racked with physical and mental pain, her dealings with the world are channeled through anger and confrontation: she argues with her family, her dentist, her doctor, the girl at the supermarket checkout… Curtley, her husband, has been at a loss as to how to deal with her for a long time while Moses, her son, lives in his own world, hardly says a word and spends his days aimlessly wandering the streets of the city. Only her loving sister Chantelle understands her and is able to help her.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection San Sebastian Film Festival 2024 - European premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025

Synopsis

A widow and her son work in a rural place. Her son wants to live in the city with Ifrah, the girl of his dreams. However, a young American declares his love for Ifrah, which leads to a murder. Qalifo makes a life-changing decision.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2024 - World premiere

Synopsis

Aurora, a Portuguese worker in a Scottish warehouse, is navigating loneliness and alienation in an algorithm-driven gig economy as she seeks meaning and connection amidst solitude and workplace confines.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection San Sebastian Film Festival 2024 - European premiere
San Sebastian Film Festival 2024 - Winner - Silver Seashell for Best Director
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - First Feature Competition
BFI London Film Festival 2024 - Winner - Sutherland Award for Best First Feature
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025

Synopsis

In a climate change-ravaged world, a utopian society optimizes life, including parenthood assessments. A successful couple faces scrutiny by an evaluator over seven days to determine their fitness for childbearing.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024

Synopsis

A retired boxer returns to the ring for one last shot at the title but only if he can make the weight. Holed up in a room in Las Vegas he embarks on an intensive and illegal weight loss programme with an unscrupulous trainer.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2024 - World premiere

Synopsis

A Golden Age-style musical about one of the last families alive on Earth. When the sudden arrival of a young stranger threatens the family’s luxurious compound deep underground, the son of the family begins to question their seemingly perfect existence.
Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2024 - Canadian premiere
Official Selection San Sebastian Film Festival 2024 - European premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024

Synopsis

After 20 years away Odysseus decides to come back. The King has finally returned home but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war.
A new adaptation of Homer’s classic ‘The Odyssey’.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025

Synopsis

The profound true story of husband and wife, Raynor and Moth Winn’s extraordinary 630-mile trek along the beautiful but rugged south west coastline. After being forcibly removed from their home, they make the remarkable and impulsive decision to walk, and find that, in nature, there can be solace, acceptance, and a true sense of home.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2024 - World premiere

Synopsis

A couple fall in love after a chance encounter, build a home, start a family, and face difficult truths.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - International premiere