Projects in categories: Fiction

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When Anton O'Neill returns home after five years at sea, he finds that 1970's Ireland is a radically different place to the one he left behind. Northern Ireland is in flames, and civil unrest has spilled south of the border to his beloved home in County Cavan. Blinded by hatred and misguided patriotism 'Anton' is led into an illicit world of violence and is forced to choose between his family and his country. Hunted and on the run, Anton is drawn into a battle of wills with the law and his former accomplices, ending in a showdown in which he must risk everything to protect the woman he loves.

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On a run down council estate, Robert visits his mentally disturbed friend and recounts the details of a vicious street attack, only to discover that his own perception of reality has been turned upside down.

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For David, school life is different - he cannot understand why no one seems to want to talk to him. It seems there is a secret that everyone knows except for him. Frustrated and isolated, David must face his darkest imaginings to finally realise the true horror of the secret.

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A quirky little piece set in a hat shop during the Second World War. Jane Blank, struggles to rise above her natural class in order to keep up appearances. Exhausted from the pretentious dialogue and role play, ‘Madame Blanche’ is left questioning her duty to be true to herself.

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Black comedy taking us inside the mind of a female commuter who believes she's being followed home. But what is her follower thinking?

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In a Palestinian refugee camp a class of five-year-olds discuss their lives and the future whilst the camera floats from the centre of Beirut to the Israeli border; this is a reverse journey for the audience as they begin where the displaced Palestinians flight ended, and they end where the Palestinians began, in the occupied territories.

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Just before the World Cup '98 young Robbie plays out the coming match in his back garden, taking the penalty shootouts on behalf of both teams.

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A group of inspiring African teenagers brought illegally or trafficked into the UK overcome desperate situations and build new lives for themselves in London. The girls face deportation on their 18th birthdays under current Home Office rules. This film asks them what they long for and where they feel they belong.

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A small town, a growing knot and a girl searching for her identity.

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An otherwise perfect blind-date is continually disrupted by LA's crazy 2 Hour Parking regulations.

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When Eric and Patsy sit down to enjoy a coffee on Valentine's Day afternoon, only the most hardened cynic would predict the events that follow.

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21st Century Male explores modern day masculinity and juxtaposes this with the question: 'Why is the modern male increasingly suffering domestic violence at the hands of their partners or wives?' We are given a window into one such world to discover the story behind the abuse.