Projects in categories: Fiction

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What is it like to have God like surgical powers, yet to struggle against your own humanity? What is it like to try and save a life, and yet to fail?

British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh openly confronts the dilemmas of the doctor patient relationship on his latest mission to the Ukraine.

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Henry has trouble getting close. He opens his life to a woman and a damaged boy. As they move closer the past pulls them apart.

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Frank Perry is an institutionalised convict 12 years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined he make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a mutual dislike for one other but united by their desire to escape their hell hole of an existence. Much of the action takes place within the tunnels, sewers and underground rivers of subterranean London.

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Business is war and war is Hell.

Two executives engage in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Only one will triumph. The Eskimo. Or the Wolf.

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After Reading a story called "The Fairy Who Stole Eyes", nine year-old Ryan hits upon a unique solution to deal with his troubled family life.

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The Farm is a visual exploration emphasising the beauty of the countryside and, through the introduction of the city, highlights its rapid and unattractive decline. The farmer and his livestock can do little but sit back and watch while the farm shrinks, becoming an island in a sea of urban housing.

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Nikki and Vincent both came from broken homes. On the streets is where they found each other. They are wild, unwanted and in love. They are The Feral Generation.
 

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A documentary that charts a typical Friday night from the exploits of four friends. Along the way a panel of critics give their opinions on the socialising aspects of a night out.

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Joe Yumba, a Congolese refugee, has seemingly put his horrific past behind him. Newly reunited with his wife and son in Ireland, he enjoys his job as a security guard at a Dublin bank. When a murderous gang kidnaps his family in exchange for his help in robbing the bank, dormant demons are awakened in Joe.

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Six couples meet in a restaurant. During their meals, the couples begin to break up. They reflect on better times and unrealised dreams but, by the next morning, only six abandoned lovers remain. The film is sung throughout with each couple formed of a singer and a silent actor. The music is by the celebrated Renaissance Italian composer, Claudio Monteverdi.

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The Garden Of Eden is based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. Set in the jazz age years, prior to the Depression, the story follows a successful young American writer David Bourne and his beautiful wife, Catherine, on their extended honeymoon in Europe. Catherine soon becomes restless and starts to test her husbands's devotion, pushing him to the limits of her imagination. Already unsure of the games his wife is playing, David is both uncomfortable and curious when she brings a sultry Italian girl, Marita, to spice things up. As the erotic game reaches new levels, the events that follow will change their lives forever.

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Based on author Philip Pullman's bestselling and award-winning novel, The Golden Compass tells the first story in Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. The Golden Compass is an exciting fantasy adventure, set in an alternative world where people's souls manifest themselves as animals, talking bears fight wars, and Gyptians and witches co-exist. At the centre of the story is Lyra (played by newcomer Dakota Blue Richards), a 12-year-old girl who starts out trying to rescue a friend who's been kidnapped by a mysterious organisation known as the Gobblers - and winds up on an epic quest to save not only her world, but ours as well.