Projects in categories: Fiction

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A selection of 1950s educational stickers, found in a provincial junkshop twenty years ago, provide the ingredients for this adult fairytale.

When a boy and girl find an idol in the stomach of a rabbit, its magical abilities lead to riches, but for how long?

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A young boy in a rural village of Bangladesh ran away from his circumcision ceremony - With all the wonder of a child he walked to a Hindu Temple. He goes to a Red Flower.

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Book titles spell out declarations of love from a shy young woman to a gorgeous reader in the rare books room of the British Library.
 
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Eleanor wants to change her life. She needs to. It's evident in her bank balance, haircut and love life.

Followed by a ferocious documentary film crew, she aims to capture the story of her attempted life change, to make sense of it, and emerge as a new person, a new character.

Her mission gets somewhat messy when a Turkish playboy, an estate agent with motherly guilt and an old friend from University crash into her new life, and the film depicting it, messing both of them up.

A story about persona and identity, life in a big city and individualism, the film examines relationship between one’s character, and the 'character' one portrays, playing with the inevitable tension between life and storytelling.

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A couple are returning home on a congested motorway when they are faced with a split-second decision which will either save or destroy them.

As a single second becomes more like ten they complete a seemingly impossible manoeuvre and drive clear from the incident in an eerie silence.

How could they have escaped when the odds were stacked so much against them?

And why do they feel as though they are strangely out of time with everything else?

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A twisted adaptation of the original folk legends of Little Red Riding Hood, from before it was mutilated by the Brothers Grim.

Little Red meets the wolf. But he'll live to regret the encounter.

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Two childhood friends are reunited 12 years after being sent to separate foster parents. Together, Raphael and Michael survived a traumatic and tragic night in Rwanda, 1994. Focalised through these two bruised young adults, their lives and the lives of those around them are affected by the stirring of their deep hidden memories. Raphael, after years of denial, must open his heart to his girlfriend, Maria. Whereas Michael needs to exit a lifestyle of drinks, drugs and sex, he too has people who deeply care about him, if only he will let them understand.

Red Fruit, based on events, combines a story of character and relationships, with factual accounts of the Rwandan genocide. Archive footage adds, in parts, an almost documentary feel to this piece, which offers not only an understanding of human nature, but also a historical and cultural human tragedy.

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A recently arrived American notices a woman living in a partially demolished house on a massive development site in Shanghai, a row of welcoming red lanterns strung proudly over her doorway. This film captures the final days of the Red Lantern House and the beginning of an unlikely friendship.

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Rehearsals is an impressionistic snapshot of Belfast as Northern Ireland feels its way towards the future. The film revolves around groups of musicians and artists rehearsing in their homes or pubs whilst voices and images of Belfast remind us of the stark and poignant realities of everyday life.

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A beautiful young woman, Ilona Tasuiev is violently kidnapped. Initial attempts to find her are in vain, but no ransom has been demanded. As the snow falls, and Officer Karas takes over the investigation, he knows that he holds Ilona's future in his hands. The cop sinks deeper and deeper into the urban jungles that are the new Parisian districts, governed by local mafia and militia: cities within a city, dedicated to partying and forbidden pleasures. Karas finds a connection between Ilona and disgraced scientist, Jonas Muller, and he meets Ilona's sister, Bislane, an organizer of underground techno raves.

Karas constructs an intriguing picture of the missing girl, a child of war and exile, envied for her beauty, possessed of a brilliant imagination and a passion for perfection. As he retraces Ilona's movements, he senses he has unwelcome company, and his stalkers will do anything to get in his way. Karas is spied on and threatened, witnesses are assassinated, someone tries to kill him. The cop no longer knows if his quarry is victim or villain, angel or monster. To locate her becomes a matter of life or death for Karas, and maybe for the whole of civilization. She holds the scientific key to the ultimate question, whether man can be made God: the Renaissance protocol.

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Paris, 2054. Ilona Tasuiev, a young, brilliant researcher is violently kidnapped. Initial attempts to find her are in vain. Avalon, a giant multinational corporation and her employer, wants her found at any cost and has requested that Officer Bartholomew Karas (Daniel Craig), a hostage specialist and the most controversial cop in the force, be in charge of the case.

Karas finds a connection between Ilona and scientist Dr Jonas Muller (Ian Holm), and he meets Ilona’s beautiful sister Bislane (Catherine McCormack). He builds an intriguing picture of the missing girl and he retraces her movements through the jungles that are the new Parisian districts: he is spied on, threatened, witnesses are assassinated and someone tries to kill him.

The cop no longer knows if his quarry is angel or monster. To find Ilona becomes a matter of life or death for Karas and for the whole of civilization.

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The heroes of Reptile Day - that day when all the reptiles' heads exploded - have chosen to live a quiet life, but can they keep it that way? Reptile Day is a comedy sci-fi thriller which looks back to Méliès, putting actors into a cartoon world, drawn by comic-book genius, D'Israeli.