Projects in categories: Fiction

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Six stories of modern love in all of its dizzying, sweet complications. A passionate trip around the world with Gael García Bernal, Sion Sono, Sebastián Silva, Mia Wasikowska, Anurag Kashyap, and Natasha Khan each behind the camera for a 15-minute vignette. Exploring love in all its permutations. The six stories portray contemporary love in all its glorious, sad, ecstatic, empowering, and erotic manifestations. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2016 - World premiere

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The leadership trials of The Varosha Tribe - Eiren, Ares and Thade are all in line to lead the next generation of their people. Only one of them will become leader, but who will it be? An 'edge of your seat' action horror that keeps the twists coming thick and fast.

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A romantic comedy set in space, or – to be more specific – on planet Earth. World-weary banker Zac embarks on his search for his eccentric sister, Alice, who has gone missing while on a narrowboat trip with her new boyfriend.

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As dawn creeps across London, two lost outcasts meet in the darkness. As the sun begins to rise, the pair are forced to look at themselves, and face the undeniable reality that in the cold light of day, it takes more than the eyes to see inside a soul.

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A disillusioned young woman becomes a serial killer who targets wealthy land-owners. A brilliant detective must use his unusual neurological condition to track her down.

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A darkly quirky comedy-drama set in London that follows the unexpected journey of Ali Nawaab (Haider Zafar), a disillusioned dentist slash wannabe stand up comedian in his madcap attempts to erase the memories of his blonde American muse, Ellie Goldsmith (Daniella Down). Delve into the psyche of a blossoming depression. Can love really be that maddening?

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The story of 11 year old Tutu, a gifted dancer who struggles to fit in to her new town and her strict new ballet class. A heart-warming family film about one girl’s dream of dancing in the lead, and the realisation that the only way to do this is by believing that you can.

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Two young, straight, Premier League footballers share a hotel room the night before a key match. Out of nowhere, one kisses the other. The emotional impact of this ‘pass’ plays out through the next ten years of their lives – a decade of success and failure, secrets and lies, in a sporting world where image is everything. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Debate Strand

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Heather and Sarah Ann were inseparable when they were little. They told each other every secret. They knew they would be best friends forever... But then they grew up. Now Heather is forced to return to her hometown when her father becomes ill. The cynical urbanite hates everything about the place she grew up – especially her bubbly childhood friend Sarah Ann. But Sarah Ann thinks they can be best friends again, and insists that Heather film the video for her dream wedding to a local policeman. Heather is convinced that the two young women have nothing in common – but what is going on between Sarah Ann and that handsome married man Heather once loved? And is Heather’s devil-may-care father really having an affair with Sarah Ann’s uptight mother, the wife of the Police Chief? As the big day approaches Heather finds that no one is quite what they seem – especially the old friend she thought she knew better than anyone. A rollicking comedy-drama about secrets and weddings – and best friends forever.

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Fifteen–year-old John Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. Terrible impulses constantly tempt him, so for his own sake, and the safety of those around, he lives by rigid rules to keep himself “good” and “normal”. However when a real monster shows up in his Midwestern hometown he has to let his dark side out in order to stop it – but without his rules to keep him in check, he might be more dangerous than the monster he’s trying to kill. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Cult Strand

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A stranger, Tasya, arrives in Sarajevo and barges into Damir's reclusive world. Little by little she takes over his apartment, his life, even his dreams. He can't summon the courage to confront Tasya and she becomes progressively more comfortable and controlling. Can Damir find it in himself to struggle out of this trap and regain control of his life, or will Tasya take him over completely, leaving no trace of Damir in the world? SXSW Film Festival 2016 - World premiere

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When his daughter goes missing in an apparent alien abduction, Gabriel's search takes him dangerously close to her strange group of so-called friends. But the further he goes inside their computer game and fantasy-obsessed world, the more he realises that he must confront his own difficult memories if he is to get his daughter back. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Dare Strand