Projects in categories: Fiction

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A young man walks the streets and stations of a busy city armed with his camera; recording and observing from the safety zone behind his lens. On a train a young woman brings him face to face with two kinds of beauty and perhaps one missed opportunity.

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Set in the world of battle re-enactments, Faintheart charts the epic quest of Viking Warrior Readmund the Just, aka Richard the sales assistant, as he attempts to win back the love of his long suffering wife Cath and son Martin.

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An animation film in which young British Muslims explore and challenge negative portrayals and stereotypes of Islam in society and the Media through a series of snapshots conversations from across East London.

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As children, most of us were given teddy bears to help us feel secure while sleeping. Once we are too old for teddies, a relationship can provide our comfort and security. But what happens when you lose that bear you thought you'd keep forever?

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Far North is a dark and tragic epic thriller about the battle for survival. Saiva and her adopted daughter Anja live in near isolation as they are forced further North on the Arctic Tundra. One day a figure Loki appears on the ice and collapses. Against her better judgement Saiva nurses him back to health setting in motion the devastating finale as Saiva and Anja compete for Loki's attention.

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Sam decides to go see his mother again. The journey is both real and the horror of imagination.

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A man has an unsettling encounter while walking by the canal.

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Fierce Butterfly is the exploration of the fragility and the strength of children who experience unbearable situations. A young girl’s tragic journey has brought her and her younger brother from Africa to England where she is smuggled by child traffickers with a malicious agenda.

Separated from each other as they enter England's borders, she is held captive with a young Armenian girl. Together these two girls struggle to survive and bear the pain and humiliation this new world has brought them.

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Fifty Dead Men Walking is a fast-paced action thriller set in the treacherous world that was Northern Ireland in the 1980s. Inspired by a true story, Jim Sturgess gives a raw, mesmerising performance as young Martin McGartland, a young lad from West Belfast who is recruited by the British police to spy on the IRA. His handler, the mentor/father figure Fergus (Sir Ben Kingsley), promises what protection he can as Martin works his way up the ranks as a volunteer for the IRA in order to feed information to the British. Martin lives his life in constant danger, wary of discovery which would lead to torture and death, and bringing his young bride and family into the firing line. His vital information saves many lives until, during what is supposed to be his final ‘job’, he is uncovered. Captured by the IRA he is tortured within an inch of his life but bleeding and barely alive he makes a dramatic escape. True to his word, Fergus breaks all the rules and protocol to save his young friend, but is he too late.

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Two school boys are pressured into a fight for the gratification of others. When the yard stand off is separated they're forced to move it off school grounds and onto a local park. One of the boys doesn't show, which results in his supporting friend unwillingly taking his place. The next day in school the original contenders share a moment of guilt and realisation. Fight is a study of the curiosity and anxieties young males face toward violence.

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A young woman's descent into an inescapable moment.

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The last days of the summer. Sam meets up with her best friend Billy for a lazy afternoon in the sun but what begins as a perfectly innocent trip to their usual hangout soon changes its nature.