Projects in categories: Fiction

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An experimental film that recreates the experiences of dementia through spoken word, documentary, dramatic reconstruction, and never-before-seen deteriorated archival footage: 16mm films from the 1930s to the 1960s, featuring major historical events and world travel. THE MEMORY BOOM is framed from inside the mind of Pops, a hospitalised grandfather with severe dementia. The decayed footage serves as a visual exploration of Pops' memories. Pops' grandson narrates from his bedside, attempting to preserve Pops' memories while struggling to comprehend memory loss. Pops' confused thoughts rise to the surface, and he shares them with his grandson as if it were 'storytime' leading him down rivulets of muddled tales and garbled memories spanning his lifetime. Pops' Filipina nurse supports the grandson, sharing her inability to care for her own dementia-affected father in the Philippines. The film charts the trio's journeys through emotional turmoil, leading to a deeper understanding of the nuances of memory. THE MEMORY BOOM was created with documentary participants from community groups across rural England and features anonymously donated archival materials, courtesy of Exeter Phoenix. The film was made in memory of the filmmakers’ relatives who lived with dementia, and explores memory preservation and photographic consent. Official Selection PÖFF - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024 - World premiere

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Joe is consumed by a recurring dream that won’t let him go, always threatening to surface in reality.

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Joe is consumed by a recurring dream that won’t let him go, always threatening to surface in reality.

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In an isolated religious community ruled by men the Pastor’s daughter, Magpie, murders her abusive husband. In the process, she unleashes a malevolent force – a Beast with shimmering white eyes and a taste for foul men. Suspicion and paranoia grip the community, and accusations are thrown at Magpie. The Pastor is unable to bring her back into ‘The Truth’, as the Beast’s allure takes its hold over her. When the Beast leaves a trail of gruesome carnage, a brutal witch hunt begins and the community spirals into darkness.

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An undertaker takes the wrong turn at the moral crossroads. In a small town in Northern England sometime in the 1960s, an undertaker is caught in a life and death moral dilemma, as he is coerced into disposing of the victims of a local gangster’s murderous power grab. A dark psychological thriller blending mythic themes of loyalty and revenge, and good and evil, as it explores the fragile, shadowy boundary between life and death. A stark character study portraying the the moral journey of a man who profits from the deaths of others, but ultimately has to face the consequences of his actions before it is too late.

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After a terrorist bombing, junior intelligence officer Helena Brennan is tasked with gathering information about a radical Muslim cleric - the notorious and elusive al Sharif. On travelling to Pakistan, Helena becomes involved in a botched mission to capture one of al Sharif’s key lieutenants. One of her colleagues is murdered, and the other is kidnapped and later executed, as Helena’s world disintegrates around her. She must hunt down the perpetrators to find redemption. That’s the story. But the film doesn’t show you how the story unfolds. Instead, you encounter its characters alone in a black void, staring into the camera’s lens. Their faces are the film’s landscapes. They report on the lives they are forced to live and the harrowing world that we’ve imagined for them. THE VIEW FROM ABOVE is a film that asks spectators to confront the brutal, misogynist and white-supremacist ideologies of the stories we consume as entertainment. It seeks to reveal the role that so many contemporary thrillers force audiences to play and invites them to regret learning their lines.

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Three girlfriends check in their baggage at the airport, but one is carrying a little more than the others. As they travel along the conveyor belt to security, can she hide what’s inside? Official Selection London International Animation Festival 2024 - World premiere Official Selection SXSW Film & TV Festival 2025 - International premiere

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The continuing comic misadventures of a young marmalade-loving Peruvian bear Paddington and the kindly Brown family who gave him a home in London. Paddington heads to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and to the mountain peaks of Peru.

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The death of Dadi leaves the fate of the farm to one of three dysfunctional siblings. Set in the Valleys, this Welsh-language dark comedy explores familial tensions as war erupts within.

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Climate organiser Milly is preparing for her first live TV interview when her sort-of boyfriend drops a bombshell about why she's been chosen as the movement's spokesperson.

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The story of Isaac, a young man stuck in a desk job who struggles to find the joy in anything. One day, Isaac agrees to go to the cinema with an old university friend, Dave, but gets more than just a movie as he finds himself thrust into a life-changing conversation of cosmic proportions.

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Exploring the life of Remi Milligan - a filmmaker known for genre-defying cult films - delving into his unique style, the toll his work took on his personal life, and the mystery of his 2006 disappearance.