Projects in categories: Fiction

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Rebecca’s life takes an unexpected twist as she is drawn into a cemetery by a voice with an unusual deal to propose – a one-day trip to paradise in exchange for a day in Rebecca’s body. Worried by her behaviour, boyfriend Peter follows Rebecca, but as the exchange occurs, a bright light and thunderclap are misunderstood by nearby police and they are arrested. With their story and behaviour far from normal, the pair are transferred to a psychiatric unit, but with her body incarcerated, what will become of Rebecca's soul?

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Sam (Shaun Evans) lives in Liverpool with his mum Jill (Lesley Manville), an aspiring singer. He dreams of moving to London and making his way in life. A chance meeting with Vince (Bob Hoskins) gives him the opportunity. Soon Sam has moved into Vince's spare flat in London - the only problem being that Jill insists on coming too. Through Vince he gets a job as a waiter and uses it to meet Sheila (Stockard Channing), a powerful woman who runs a PR company. Sam spots his chance - they start sleeping together, and she gives him a job. However life gets complicated when Sam meets a young woman, Kate (Amanda Ryan), and falls for her. He finds that his ambitions have been ambushed by love.  

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A story of pregnancy told through the eyes of Gwen, her partner and their chosen donor. Sparky, is the successful result of fertility treatment, forming bonds outside of their sexuality, and creating extended families across the world. Choice conversations, glimpse anecdotes, and an unobtrusive camera, combine to create an intense reminder of personal modern day achievement.

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Jasper is a film maker on the verge of a nervous breakdown whose latest project on top of a mountain with a cynical bunch of disabled kids might just push him over the edge.

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St Trinian's, a school for 'young ladies' with its anarchic doctrine of free expression, brings together a motley crew of ungovernable girls who, using their wit and ingenuity, save the school from bankruptcy.

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If the mysterious plague sweeping the nation wasn't bad enough, Dean is still going ahead with his doomed wedding tomorrow morning. That leaves him with a choice. Pick up the button holes and chocolate fountain as instructed by bridezilla Elaine, or go with five mates (and a stripper) to play 'Zomball' at a top secret military compound where you get to shoot zombies with huge stun guns. Disobeying the golden rule of Zomball ('never never humiliate a zombie') the stags face overwhelming odds from the massed undead and each stag is hunted down. The truth about Zomball is finally revealed and suddenly the mother-in-law is the least of Dean's problems.

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Stardust, is a fantasy, adventure and love story. In the sleepy English village of Wall a young man named Tristan goes on a quest to win the heart of his beloved, Victoria. His journey in search of a fallen star takes him into a magical world where he faces the evil witch, Lamia, a pirate, Captain Shakespeare, and seven ambitious Princes.  

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The Stone of Destiny was used for centuries in the coronations of the monarchs of Scotland until it was captured in 1296 by Edward I and taken to Westminster Abbey where it resided for over six and a half centuries. Stone of Destiny tells the true story of how on Christmas Day 1950, four Scottish students took the stone from Westminster Abbey, hid it in Kent for a few weeks before returning it north to Scotland. It is based on the book The Taking of the Stone of Destiny, written by Ian Hamilton, the leader of the students.

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A very short meditation on the street as canvas.

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When Stuart Shorter – a homeless alcoholic with a violent past – meets writer and charity worker Alexander Masters, they strike up an unlikely friendship. As Alexander learns more about Stuart’s complicated life and traumatic childhood, he asks if he can write his story and Stuart advises him to tell the story backwards, so that it's 'more exciting - like a Tom Clancy murder mystery'. As their remarkable alliance develops, Stuart gradually recounts his life story in reverse, his resilient personality and dry sense of humour giving the story an almost tragi-comic edge. Through post-office heists, attempts at suicide and spells inside numerous institutions, Alexander is given a glimpse into a totally alien world and begins to understand how Stuart's life spiralled so badly out of control.

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Shaun and Daz are vibrant kids, wasted by their experience of education. All they have is their friendship and for Shaun his first love Katy. From the moment Shaun steps into our world he is bound to lose. Labelled as a violent bully he destroys himself and takes Daz with him. Shaun has 12 years to reflect on an intense summer of love, sex and loyalty. But Daz’'s imminent death forces Shaun to go on a journey to confront his past. This is the story of a man full of intelligence and promise struggling to reclaim his life.

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In this dark coming-of-age thriller six 14-year-old kids play truant in the woods where a power struggle emerges between the two rival leaders Bingo and Paul. Who will be first to ride the stolen moped and who will be first to impress Leanne, the only girl in the group? After a hit and run incident involving the bike, the kids are befriended by the victim of the crash, a drifter named Peter who recruits the boys in a military style game designed to test their endurance, but as Peter's behaviour becomes increasingly aggressive, the kids are forced to settle their differences and embrace the dark side of human nature if they are going to survive the ordeal.