Projects in categories: Fiction

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Tired and despondent with her everyday life, a young woman succumbs to a new virtual experience.

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On the outskirts of Birmingham and the margins of society, the Billingham family perform extreme rituals and break cultural taboos as they muddle through a life decided by factors beyond their control. Turner Prize-nominated and Deutsche Börse Prize-winning artist, Richard Billingham, returns to the striking photographs of his family during Thatcher-era Britain. The film is based on Billingham’s memories, focussing on his parents Ray and Liz, their relationship, and its impact on Richard and his younger brother Jason. At times shocking and laced with an unsettling humour, three episodes unfold as a powerful evocation of experience of growing up in a Black Country council flat. Official Selection Locarno Film Festival 2018 - International Competition - World premiere Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 Official Selection New York Film Festival 2018 Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2019

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A fantasy wargaming nerd and his best friend hole up in an allotment shed during a zombie apocalypse only to realise that they must actually become their heroic alter-egos, a warlock and a knight, in order to save the women in their life - even if it means tackling all the allotment tenants in the bargain.

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An elderly man travels to a remote Scottish Island to come to terms with his own mortality.

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Ben is janitor who is running away from his past and finds himself entangled in a metaphorical fight with his young self for the fate of his future. Can he break the chains of his trauma to live freely or forever be overshadowed by his demons?

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Virginia, a psychic living in a petrol station, doesn't want her son to leave home - an old memory of a fire haunts her and starts to re-surface as a tragic flashback.

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A woman has a nightmare. In her dreams, she receives a phone call that brings terrible news but when she wakes up she can't recall the message. What happens next will change her life forever.

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When 15 year old Tim Edge and his two mates, Vic and Alf bunk off from a school trip at the Natural History Museum they encounter a mad female scientist Lena and her latest invention called The Vitalitron. The machine is capable of predicting the time of death of any living creature, and when Tim decides to sneak inside for a reading, it predicts he has only 2 hours left to live. Tim and his two friends then run amok across London as he attempts to cram a lifetime into 2 hours, pursued by tabloid journalists Tooley and Graves who are desperate for the story to save their ailing careers, and Lena who wants to make sure Tim dies on time whether the machine is right or not.

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After his ninth unsuccessful attempt on his own life, down on his luck William (age 27) outsources his end to Leslie (age 65) an ageing assassin with a good heart but a shaky gun-hand. "If you're serious about ending it, you need professional help"

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Sasha brings up the topic of sexual experimentation with her boyfriend, but before she can elaborate, he shuts her down. Frustrated and trying to understand her own desires, she goes on the trip they were supposed to go on together where she explores the line between fantasy and reality.

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An exploration of the term Deva meaning god, heavenly supernatural being as seen through the relationship between a mixed race british black and indian couple Dev and Sarah displaying the rhythmic flow of reality and dream states as shown through a surreal pre wedding dance rehearsal.

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A short film about a trans woman who finds out that her neighbour is transphobic. Delving into some of the modern depictions of transphobia and exploring friendship, solidarity and conflict between two very different women.