Projects in categories: Fiction

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In the last moments before he goes on stage, an ageing performer of old school cabaret rehearses in his dressing room. Or so he thinks.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Thrill Strand - World premiere

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Rita is about to kick the bucket, but before she does she has one last job to do: drag her granddaughter out of the closet.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Thrill Strand - World premiere

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Gemma wakes to find her house on fire. Trapped with her son, she dials 999. The operator who answers holds Gemma’s life in her hands.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Short Film Competition

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The story of the footsoldiers of the early feminist movement as they fought for the right to vote, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal state.
Telluride Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

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Kate is an out of work actress who is working in a central London shop. That is until she gets made redundant. Inspired by Bonnie Parker, Kate releases her inner bad girl, and with her shop assistant friends comes up with a plot to rob the shop, but where is her Clyde?

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Two lads meet when one goes looking for his real father. Throughout the course of the day, they realise they have more in common than they think.

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Alice, a young girl who's recently moved to London to live with her older brother, struggles to come to terms with what she wants in life and who she is. She becomes friends with an American girl, who is seemingly everything she would like to be. But Alice can't break out of the cycle of mental and emotional insecurity she's found herself experiencing, since moving to the big smoke

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Biopic of Scottish-American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie, a Scottish-born immigrant to the United States, became the second-richest man in the world during the steel industry boom at the end of the 19th century. The industrialist and activist, whose vast steel business contributed to America’s growing military power, then gave away almost his entire fortune through numerous philanthropic ventures, including the funding of over 3000 public libraries worldwide.

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A homage to 1960s gothic fantasy, and Italian and Japanese horror, Black Woods at Sundown's cautionary tale follows a girl's serene summer afternoon, as it descends into psychedelic nightmare.

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Hyperactive teenager Broadfoot has an imageary friend called Ian who happens to be a middle aged man dressed in a SS uniform. One day Ian takes Broadfoot on an adventure in search of gold but he soon realises he has been mislead into taking part in a deadly crime.

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Charlie bottles up his problems into a cloud floating above his head. A tense birthday dinner with his wife forces him to confront his issues - with spectacular results.

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Colours is a gripping drama about Adam (17) and his battle to resolve a situation that spirals out of control when he and the team discover his best friend, and football team mate, Tom is gay. The team is led by the aggressive and malicious captain, Mike, who gives Adam the ultimatum to either be on their side or Tom’s. Adam is left with the choice of standing by his friend Tom who has lied to him and caused the position he’s in, potentially facing losing all of his other friends and having his world turned upside down, or Adam keeps his life stable in siding with Mike and leads Tom into a situation that’s likely to have a terrible outcome.