Projects in categories: Fiction

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Brandon is a 30-something man living in New York who is unable to manage his sex life. After his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment, Brandon's world spirals out of control.

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The 'Shooter' (Paul Hunter) is on a mission in the mountains, lochs and forests of Scotland. A veteran of battles in foreign lands, is still haunted by visions of man's terrible inhumanity to man, but when he encounters the beauty of nature, he makes his choice of weapon.

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Alex, a young and unemployed actor, is chosen by a film-maker to make a documentary. The film-maker records Alex’s daily life. Alex is initially excited, thinking perhaps it will lead to stardom. When Alex lands a part in a stage play about a film-maker turned serial-killer Alex’s life takes an unexpected turn. A strange figure follows him, young girls circle him, he is attacked for no apparent reason but the ‘documentary’ is starting to look better. Alex realises that this is all too much to be random. He suspects the cast from the play, then his new ‘girlfriend’, then anyone else who happens to cross his mind. At the dress rehearsal of the play, it becomes clear to Alex that the film-maker is behind the unexpected events but it is too late for Alex to escape his close-up - roll camera!

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A Short film about making connections. In Andy's small town there is only one location to get phone signal. All the locals gather to make there important calls.

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A time to say goodbye, it happened before, it's happening again, and this time she has just one wish As Jake lays the love of his life Aimee down to die, she has just one wish - Sing Me To Sleep, a wish he refuses to grant. Discover why Jake refuses to fulfill Aimee's wish and why she keeps asking him to sing her to sleep, in this magical tale of true love, lost love, and the kind of love that comes back to you.

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When tragedy strikes in the Scottish Highlands, there can be only one man for the job - Sir William Sedgewick, aka Sir Billi! An adventure story about an inimitable Highland hero, a grandpa and skateboarding veterinarian who goes above and beyond the call of duty fighting villainous policemen and powerful lairds in a battle to save an illegal fugitive Bessie Boo the beaver! A roller coaster adventure, Sir Billi braves treacherous ravines and hazardous gullies with his sidekick Gordon the Goat to save Bessie Boo and Wee Dave the rabbit as they hurtle down a perilous river. A heart-warming and hilarious action packed family movie, where thrilling car chases, heroic skydiving and daring stunts from this octogenarian, fueled with encounters with a hostile submarine, will keep you at the edge of your seat! In this race against time, will Sir Billi get to Bessie Boo first? Explore the powerful force of this international Highland community, with its unrivalled landscapes, breathtaking scenery and hidden secrets. Discover the power of the local people when they unite as one against evil and embark on an expedition unlike any other.

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When Lauren and Amy hear there is a man who 'likes children' living in the area, they decide to track him down to show him their handstands.

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Twelve year-old Fazilla deals daily with the hardships of selling chewing gum on the streets and the discrimination Afghan girls face. However, when she is skateboarding, she forgets all her problems. Murza is a 16 year-old who has known nothing but a life of war. But through participation in the Skateistan project, he has been able to give up working at a car wash and now has high hopes for both himself and his country's future.  Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul is a beautiful, verite style, 16mm film about the lives of 2 young skateboarders from Afghanistan. The Skateistan project is Afghanistan's first co-educational skateboarding school. In a country with innumerable problems, Skateistan represents an oasis where children can be children and build the kinds of cross-cultural relationships that Afghanistan needs for future stability. Intimate and challenging in its portrayal of children's stories and stunningly shot, Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul is a touching ray of light from a country only ever in the news for all the wrong reasons.

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Slow Action is a post-apocalyptic science fiction film which exists somewhere between documentary, ethnographic study and fiction. Slow Action applies the idea of island biogeography - the study of how species and eco-systems evolve differently when isolated and surrounded by unsuitable habitat - to a conception of the Earth in the distant future, when the sea level has risen to absurd heights, forming new isolated archipelagos. Accounts from a great library of Utopias are read by two voices.

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A young boy is isolated by grief, and his father isn't coping. He seeks solace in his memories, and finds comfort from a strange woman he meets by chance in the park.

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Henry's professionalism as a clown is stretched to its limit when he discovers that his wife is having an affair with a policeman. As the love triangle converges around a park bench we discover that there really is nothing quite so sad as a broken hearted clown.

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In 2009 the remains of Shakespeare's first theatre were uncovered in Shoreditch. Director Trevor Melvin breathes life into this discovery with a fusion of film, theatre and psychogeography, staging Hamlet's most famous soliloquy at the site where the play premiered in the 1590s.