Projects in categories: Fiction

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Doug and Abi are taking their three children on a trip to Scotland for a big family gathering. They are in the midst of a difficult divorce, and have asked the kids to keep it a secret from their extended family. But as the inevitable feuds kick in, a completely unexpected turn of events involving the children causes further tensions to rise to the surface. And with the repercussions that ensue - hilarious and emotional in equal measure - the family are forced to put aside their differences and work together or else risk losing what they hold most dear.

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A teenage boy discovers his unruly neighbour is really a disgraced rock god who "died" eight years ago owing a fortune in unpaid tax. The boy agrees not to reveal his secret on condition that he teaches him the dark arts of rock guitar. Berlin International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

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Adam has lived a rootless existence since his family’s farm was destroyed by the Foot & Mouth epidemic of 2001. His life imploded and he abandoned his family after a single devastating incident. He has spent the years since on the nomadic fringes of British society, cycling through transitory jobs and transitory relationships, adrift from his family and past. When his younger brother Aiden reaches out to him to announce the birth of his first child – Adam is about to become an uncle – there is an ultimatum attached: come home now, or never come home again. Adam embarks on a journey home that is at once tortured and exhilarating, a panoramic tour through the broken and beautiful margins of Britain. As eruptions from his secret past begin to emerge, Adam attempts to break free from a self-imposed exile that must now end before it swallows him for good. Venice Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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In Dark Ages Britain young Saxon farmer Wade and his brother Atelic are captured by an extremist faction of the Viking forces called “The Berserkers”. They are thrown into a sacrificial and barbaric manhunt in the name of Odin.

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A female landscape gardener is awarded the esteemed assignment to construct the grand gardens at Versailles, a gilt-edged position which thrusts her to the very centre of the court of King Louis XIV. Can she overcome the challenges of this new and complex world, and the ghosts of her own past tragedy, to secure a future with the man she loves? Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.

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We're in the middle of a heatwave in fenland England. Goob Taylor's spent each of his 16 summers helping mum run the transport cafe and harvest the surrounding beet fields. When mum shacks up with swarthy stock car supremo and lady's man Gene Womack, Goob becomes an unwelcome side thought. However Goob's world turns when exotic beet picker Eva arrives. Fuelled by her flirtatious comments, Goob dreams of better things. But as the temperatures soar and the beet crop swells, the tension escalates when Womack wants a piece of Eva too. Venice Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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Jackie is expecting her second child but the math doesn't quite add up. It's been months since she last slept with her husband Mark, so she knows it can't be his. But, perplexingly, she also knows she hasn't been with anyone else. Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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The story of the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his first wife Jane. Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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Two years after losing their baby, Grant and Christine visit college friend Dean, and his new love Freya, in their isolated house on the Devon coast. Over a long weekend, old resentments boil over, secrets are revealed, and the life of the dead child is lived out in a series of fantastical dreams. Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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A rib-rattling, sonically stupendous account of the Pink Floyd frontman’s continent-crossing concert tour with his epic stage show The Wall Live. Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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Based on Barbie Latza Nadeau's book, the film follows the story of a troubled filmmaker trying to uncover the truth behind a sensational murder in Italy. Swept up in the media feeding frenzy around the enigmatic lead suspect, he sees that the victim has been forgotten, and realises that his own salvation lies in returning to the daughter he has left behind. Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere