Projects in categories: Fiction

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The story of British artist Leonora Carrington, recognized as the key female Surrealist painter, and her creative and personal experiences in France, Spain and Mexico. Based on the bestselling novel 'Leonora' by Elena Poniatowska. Official Selection Guadalajara International Film Festival 2025 - World premiere Official Selection Munich International Film Festival 2025

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Faced with the prospect of having to quit their family's off-the-grid sustainable lifestyle, a step-father has to choose between his green ideals and his step-son's dreams.

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The ups and downs in the life of a rough sleeper from several years ago till the recent past.

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During a heatwave in Belfast, transgender man Owen returns to the flat of his on-off-again lover Seán after taking a pregnancy test. Official Selection Palm Springs International Shortfest 2025 Official Selection 37th Galway Film Fleadh 2025 Official Selection Leuven International Short Film Festival 2025

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In this tender story of connection between the dead and their loved ones, Jace and Bryan welcome newly passed Lina to the cemetery. Can they help her find a way to connect to her sister?

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On a rainy night, while closing a café, a young waitress is confronted by a mysterious older woman. Official Selection Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2025 Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025 Official Selection HollyShorts Film Festival 2025

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Haunted by unanswered questions about himself, Olly journeys through his past. His story unfolds in two starkly contrasting realms: the raw simplicity of his childhood, captured in his own drawings, and the fluid, surreal world of his dreams. We glimpse the fractured memories of his early years: an abusive father, a mother lost in the haze of the past, and his sister Sally, a beacon who urged him to find escape and control within his own imagination, transforming nightmares into refuges from reality. Official Selection Raindance Film Festival 2025 - World premiere Official Selection Venice International Film Festival (Biennale Cinema) 2025 - International premiere

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It's the zombie apocalypse, but the zombies do nothing except follow people around aimlessly. It's a bureaucratic nightmare and the government can no longer handle it. They pass the responsibility to the citizens: you can either discover the zombies’ "hidden talent", or you can kill them – the choice is yours. June and Evan are a happy couple who have never really disagreed on anything... until a zombie comes knocking on their door.

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A Kafkaesque courtroom drama set in 19th century Liverpool recounts the trial of a corpse that has neither name nor past. Dozens of people gather to witness the absurd procedure. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Quinzaine des Cineastes - World premiere

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Two young music students, Lionel and David, attending the Boston Conservatory in 1917, bond over their shared love of folk music. Years later, Lionel receives a letter from David, leading to an impromptu journey through the backwoods of Maine to collect traditional songs, and record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen. This unexpected reunion and the music they collect and preserve, will shape the course of Lionel's life far beyond his own awareness. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Competition - World premiere Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2025 - North American premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025

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When Zephyr, a savvy and free-spirited surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below. Official Selection Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2025 - World premiere

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Desperate to understand her family’s past in Japan before her birth, Niki probes her mother, Etsuko, about their time in Nagasaki. Told through flashbacks, Etsuko recounts the tale of a friend she knew long ago... Spanning the two timelines, the film is a moving and hopeful account of the generational impact of war and tragedy on one family. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Un Certain Regard - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025