Projects in categories: Fiction

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Charon, the demon sailor over the river Styx, sets off on a journey to recover his mortality. He renounces his role as ferryman for the dead and sails away in search for the archetypical home, the mythical place of his childhood where he can finally abandon his boat and die.

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A high octane thriller starring cheese! Cheese has never been this exciting before!

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Edwardian Magician Aleister Crowley, dubbed the 'Wickedest Man in the World', shocked the establishment with his exploration of sexual magic, experiments with hallucinogenic drugs and his bizarre occult ceremonies. Although he gloried in the notoriety, calling himself 'The Beast', Crowley was a sensitive poet, a world champion mountaineer, a skilled chess player and an expert in occultism. Astonishingly, he was an enthusiast of the new science of quantum physics. So when a secret experiment goes awry leaving occult obsessive lecturer Professor Haddo, believing he is resurrected as Crowley, his masonic counterparts at Cambridge try and put a stop to his progressively wild indulgencies in drugs, sexual magic and obscene rites. But when Crowley's magic comes into conflict with quantum physics the outcome is extraordinary, with one of the most amazing triple twist endings in movie history.

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Set in the luxurious demi-monde of pre First World War Paris, Chéri is the story of the love affair between the beautiful retired courtesan Léa (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Chéri (Rupert Friend) the son of her old colleague and rival, Madame Peloux (Kathy Bates). Léa has educated the spoilt and callow boy in the ways of love, but after six years Madame Peloux has secretly arranged a marriage between Chéri and Edmée (Felicity Jones), daughter of another rich courtesan. As the inevitable moment of parting approaches, Léa and Chéri try to come to terms with their imminent separation, but the roots of their life of ease and pleasure reach deeper than even they imagine and they begin to understand, too late, how much they mean to one another.

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With their exams over, best friends Malachy and Luke are out to have one hell of a summer. However, the arrival of Michelle, a captivating but troubled beauty, tests their friendship to the limit as she encourages the two boys to carry out increasingly dangerous and illegal deeds in the battle for her affections, with fatal consequences.

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Recently there have been massive, unprecedented rises across world markets in the value of Jade. It is now 40 times more valuable than gold. This part observational, part impressionistic study of a day in the life of a Muslim community, illustrate their hopeful efforts to discover Jade in the harsh conditions of a dried-up river bed in a remote town on the Silk Road in Western China.

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Lucy is young sweet and innocent and desperate to fit in with the It girls of her local town, Mike and Azzar are unemployed drop outs with a history of crime. When their paths cross abruptly they will all be forced to make choices that will affect all their lives forever . It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.

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A visual and poetic insight into crane drivers' lives, the film is a must-see for anybody who has ever wondered what it is like to work hundreds of feet above the ground, only surrounded by a small metal cage.

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A woman heads out on a journey to find the only man who can help her.

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A woman wanders across London streets, terrified, hoping that when she gets to her destination her prayers will be answered.

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It's nearing 3am. Rob and Eric arrive home with a clatter. Before long the residents of four flats are disturbed from their sleep. As sounds travel, so do we, dipping into the worlds of these neighbours. As we leave, the unassuming actions of one may threaten them all.

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What would life be like if women weren’t judged primarily on their looks? Wistful and lyrical, this is a journey through the eyes of Shabana, a passionate 25-year-old British Muslim woman in Scotland who always longed for freedom from bodily scrutiny, and found it by wearing the controversial hijab.