Projects in categories: Fiction

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In Love with Alma Cogan is an independant British feature film with music, set on and around Cromer Pier in North Norfolk.

This gentle romantic comedy tells the story of Norman, the manager of the theatre on the pier at a once grand East Coast holiday resort. Norman has worked at the theatre all his life and despite the efforts of Sandra, his long-serving and suffering assistant, he will not accept that the local council, which owns the theatre, may be serious about putting it into the hands of commercial management.

The council bring in Eddie Richards to ‘help’ with the winter programming. Eddie and Norman were teenage friends, but Norman doesn’t trust him and Sandra, Norman’s loyal assistant becomes increasingly concerned about Norman’s state of mind.

As the plot unfolds, Norman realises that it may be time to move on and put behind him the ghost of the fifties and sixties singing star Alma Cogan, who he feels has overshadowed his life since he met her one night over forty years ago. He and Sandra leave the theatre, she to 'take flight' and fulfil her dream of being a professional singer and he to be with her.

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Norman, the theatre manager has worked at the Pavilion Theatre at the end of the pier for forty years and is frustrated by the council’s plan to hand the place over to commercial management. They bring in Eddie Richards to ‘help’ with the winter programming. Eddie and Norman were teenage friends, but Norman doesn’t trust him. Sandra, Norman’s loyal assistant becomes increasingly concerned about Norman.

Eddie comes up with comically bizarre programming plans, which Norman vetoes. But Eddie is convinced that an Alma Cogan tribute artist will be a hit with older audiences. Norman is appalled – he once had an embarrassingly unconsummated one night stand with Alma and it has blighted his life ever since.

He also thinks that Eddie had an affair with Alma, but when Sandra assures him this didn’t happen, he supports his plan. During the hugely successful concert the lifeboat is called out and Norman volunteers. Sandra realises what her anxiety about this escapade indicates, so when Norman returns safely she is thrilled when he announces that he will retire and let Eddie run the theatre. She resigns as well to be a singer on a cruise liner – and Norman goes with her.

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Two brothers hatch a naive plan to take revenge on the bullies that terrorise their family.

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David dreams of a new life, of a greater spirituality, of a break with his modern existence. He must leave behind the empty materialism of his life and seek a greater connection with the earth on which he lives.

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A girl finds herself lost on the outskirts of a big city. Some moments stay with you forever.

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The tale of Derek, an office worker, as he struggles with the true speed of the planet Earth.

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There are many Tales from Paradise Heights
And tonight is Halloween...
A little girl sits by her window, scared by 'the man' outside
A family man begins his lonely, night time vigil
A taxi driver begins a shift he will never forget
And a Loan Shark stalks the streets still haunted by his past

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A theological test goes wrong when the vanity of two men clashes.

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A young dwarf vampire struggles to pass his Monster exams. Following a final warning from the Monster Inspector he sets off to find a first victim to bite.

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Joe is clinging by his fingernails to the fragile existence he has created.

When his new girlfriend falls pregnant, his world unravels and he has no choice but to face his broken past and try to regain control of his destiny. His best friend's wife wants to help (to the horror of her husband) but with an angry ex-girlfriend and her even less receptive father in his way, Joe struggles at every turn to become the man the world needs him to be.

A tale of a flawed man facing up to the possibility of a dead-end future and a seriously messy past.

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On a deserted country road, a student happily accepts a ride back to town. However, the day takes a turn for the worst when the driver gives voice to disturbing thoughts.