Projects in categories: Fiction

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As simple-minded John's mother embraces the world of internet dating he finds himself pressured to get out and develop relationships himself. A threatening encounter leaves John desparately in search for romance in order to 'fit in' with the lads from the pub, leaving devastating results of John's frantic actions.

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Because of writing is the story of an heroin addict writer lost in the maze of his own mind, haunted in the dark by hallucinations, Illusions and a mysterious presence. His life is torn between a strong love for a prostitute, his wife's contempt and the passion for writing.

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Doorways is a story about a week in the life of two English Pub Doormen, one who is innocently on a path to find his masculinity, the other holds a dark secret and is on the edge of losing his mind. Inspired by our writer ‘working the doors’ for over 10 years, Doorways is a story about Craig, a life-long bouncer, it’s all he knows. He is also on a path of self-destruction and years of abuse are coming back to haunt him in a week from hell. He is questioning his own sanity and own reality. The last thing he needs to be is a student. The Student is on a path of self-discovery. He is searching for his masculinity. But he will find many answers to questions he didn’t need to know; defining who he is as a man as Craig takes him on a ride that eventually descends into the depths of human depravity. Will Craig break him? or will he rescue Craig’s heart?

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When drought threatens to wipe out his clan, a young Shaman sets out on an ardous journey in search of a spiritual leader he believes he can bring forth rain. He meets a mysterious monk who is in search of an ultimate spiritual revelation.

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A veteran secret agent takes a young upstart under his wing.

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'Love Is All' is a creative collaboration between director Kim Longinotto and musician Richard Hawley, taking us on a romantic journey from the first screen kiss to the present day using spell-binding archive to explore how we made love in a century of unprecedented social upheaval. aka 'Love Is All: 100 Years of Love and Courtship' Göteborg Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

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A contemporary and chilling British ghost story set in Yorkshire. When renovation expert Meg Hamilton (Olivia Williams) moves with her husband (Matthew Modine) and children into a Victorian Estate and starts to restore it to its former glory, the house itself seems to slowly come to life, fired by the ghosts of the original owners.

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When Eilis is given the opportunity to emigrate to New York she jumps at the chance for a better life, even if it means leaving her family and home. Desperately homesick at first, Eilis soon finds romance in Brooklyn, but when a family emergency forces her back to Ireland, she finds herself torn between two countries and the lives that exist within. Official Selection Toronto 2015 - Special Presentations

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After a freak meteor storm turns Bob into a Superhero he must face his greatest challenge: going on his first date in six years.

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A family who move into a remote milllhouse in Ireland find themselves in a fight for survival with demonic creatures living in the woods. Sundance Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

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Late nineteenth century, a white explorer is lost in the jungle. He sets off, trying to locate himself. In the thick rain forest, he encounters a young woman... Early twenty-first century, a foreign news correspondent just met a prostitute in a nightclub. They spend the night together but the mysterious girl disappears the day after. The news correspondent tries to find out what happened to her and eventually finish a travelogue. Sundance Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

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A father and son live a reclusive lifestyle in the middle of nowhere. The man, a disillusioned mercenary, has his final target in sight - a gang of foreign revolutionaries who lay low in a nearby derelict compound. As the man closes in on his target the boy falls for the revolutionaries' serving girl. Having spent his whole life in isolation the boy now discovers the warmth of friendship and the pleasures of something more. As father and son collide the boy is sent running, running in pain and full of betrayal, straight into the twisted embittered arms of the boy's maternal grandparents, who have come to snatch and save the boy. Figuring out what is right and wrong, what is good and bad is a task for both the man and the audience. International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015 - World premiere