Projects in categories: Fiction

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A burger lover faces a moral dilemma. He wants to eat a massive cheese burger but it is National Vegetarian Week and all the pro-vegetarian programmes are stirring pangs of guilt. He watches as two TV hosts - one pro meat eating and one pro vegetarian debate the issue.

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A visual short story of how two people meet unexpectedly. The story of a girl and a boy who's romantic encounter is born in a sunny day full of flowers. An almost forgotten way of flirting.

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Generation Britpop is Matthew J Gunn's short festival film, a short spin off from his proposed Britpop TV Serial. Britpop explodes into the British conscience summer of 1994. As group of students prepare to move away from home for the first time, they film video blogs of themselves the day before they leave to University. Loner Matt wants to escape the one horse town he grew up in, innocent Linda is haunted by her past actions, Steve's confused to who the mirror says he is, an angry James calls for 'surf up' and artist Marie dances naked across the city.

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15 year old Georgia leaves home to seek a better life without really knowing where to go. She finds herself at the railway station and in the company of two opposing personalities -- and a choice between taking a path into the light or the dark.

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Ghosted. A brutal, yet beautiful tale of loss, survival and salvation, told within the four walls of a British prison. Two men uncover a friendship that rewards them both unexpectedly.

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In June 2010, Ana Garcia returned home to Gibraltar to get married. Coming back to the most unique of British territories, she finds herself compelled to find out more about the history of her family and her birthplace. As she prepares for her wedding, we are taken on a very personal journey that uncovers the inspiring story of how a small community has fought for its home and identity.

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This short is a black comedy. It's one woman's struggle to hold on to a glamourous lifestyle that is about to be lost to a younger rival. Under the unusual advice of a police sergeant, she takes matters in to her own hands. Unfortunately events take an unexpected turn.

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Garden gnomes Gnomeo and Juliet have as many obstacles to overcome as their quasi namesakes when they are caught up in a feud between neighbors. But with plastic pink flamingos and lawnmower races in the mix, can this young couple find lasting happiness?

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A fallen angel seeks redemption for the death of a child under his protection.

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A surreal comedy about a dog show with a difference, in which six couples compete to be 'best in show'. But which competitors will stay the course, and which will fall at the first hurdle? Starring an array of British comedy talent, including Reece Shearsmith and Jessica Hynes.

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Present day. Sarah McGuire, a travelling sales woman is off on a trip up north to sell her boss's latest range of lingerie stock. Unhappy in her current relationship with a car mechanic, she sets off with a mind to change her life for the better. She is good at her job but is unfulfilled. To alleviate her daily boredom she runs to orchestral music. Running is her one real pleasure in life. A chance meeting in a pub while drunk furnishes her with a list of ten beautiful places to go running in Britain. Initially, the places are on route between her sales assignments, but finally Sarah has to make the decision to get off the beaten track and go on the run. No longer in conflict with her true self and her job, Sarah follows the list and one by one ticks off the places to run until she finds herself in the very north of Scotland wondering why she is there at all. Set across England, Wales and Scotland, Back Burner is a road movie that takes the lead character from London to far north.

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Nine year-old Grace, lives a latch-key life. Running the bleakest of errands for her dad. She seeks solace in a fantasy existence of sequined leotards, arabesques, spins and audience applause, as she skates her way through the local housing estate to score from her favourite dealer. On the way home, a run in with some bigger girls makes her drop the gear, but ever resourceful, Grace has an ingenious plan, then the police show up.