Projects in categories: Fiction

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Film Icons burst through lost layers of yesterday's emulsion in this gripping second instalment of Parker's contemporary noir trilogy. Re-assembled into a surreal city the conflicting story of Frank and Charlie is told as a romance with unexpected plot twists as they sacrifice their morals to find more than what they bargained for when their two worlds of animation and live action collide surrounding the ultimate kiss off letter.  British Animation Awards (BAA) 2008 – Winner - Best Animated Short BAFTA Film Awards 2006 - Nomination - Best British Short Animation

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Zohra is a coming of age short film about family independence and growing up. Based on a real event – in 1960 it follows the an 18 year girl, Zohra, from Karachi to London. Under pressure from her brothers, looking for “a better life at her Majesty’s invitation” Zohra arrives in Britain. She soon realises the chasm of culture between and the England and the rest of the world and how it can be bridged. The film is based on the true experiences of young settler, Zohra Naseem Akhtar Bem, in sixties London who was a leading figure for race relations in the seventies.

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Zonad is a comedy about an escapee from a rehab facility who hides out in a village in rural Ireland and fools the locals by pretending to be a visitor from outer space.

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Four years ago Iham and Jihad lost their third child on the operating table. Now their nine-month-old son Jamal's life is threatened by congenital heart disease, for which no affordable treatment is available. With the aid of the charity The Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF), a British surgeon's arrival in Palestine offers hope for the future. But first the Samara family must travel from their home in the West Bank and through Israeli checkpoints to Makassed hospital in Jerusalem, before the real journey can even begin. An emotional journey that highlights the plight of the struggling Palestinian health care system under occupation, from the perspective of doctor, patient and humanitarian organisation.

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Eighteen-year-old Rene returns to West London to track down his ex-girlfriend. But why is there a £150 price on his head?

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John comes home to visit 30 years after his death. As life goes on all around John’s doting mother, Flossy sinks into seclusion. Will John’s visit from afar awaken Flossy or will daughter Susi persuade her to go to The Curry Club where husband Bob and neighbour Audrey are getting cosy.

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A couple’s post-coital bliss is shattered when his sexy Ex appears in bed with them - but she's just the first...

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Niall, a naive and unsuccessful local news reporter, is under pressure to get results on a 'death-knock' from hardened-pro reporter, Tammy. He gets more than he bargains for when Mrs Wright - the grieving mother of a boy killed in a road traffic accident - appears to mistake him for somebody else.

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A married couple appear to have all the trappings of wealth, success and happiness, but both Amelia and Michael have secrets from each other. Through a series of twists the film asks: what is it to be faithful to another person? And what does it mean to be true to yourself?

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'Like Me, Only Better' is a laconic comedy about Neuroses, Catholicism and Prozac. Clive tries to become a better person and to overcome his various Obsessive Compulsive disorders. The film establishes a link between his Catholic upbringing, his childhood imagination and his adult phobias and compulsions. A hand-drawn animation in pencil, it moves between the inner and outer worlds of the main character.

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Phil is an amateur paranormal investigator. Benny is a professional slob. They may be worlds apart, but unite to explore a world beyond ours.

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One day Jonah finds a £50 note near his home. He asks Crystal on a date – an all expenses paid day trip to the seaside town of Margate. But the town is not as he remembered it, and attempting to impress Crystal might be pointless.