Projects in categories: Fiction

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Michel and Nathan have been through a lot since they set up their firm all those years ago. And although Michael is now semi-retired, Nathan drags him along to help out on one last job. Unfortunately things are not what they seem and very soon they both find themselves out of their depth.

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Gypo, the first British Dogme95-certified feature film, reveals how suburban fears and tabloid sensationalism have come to perpetuate the myths surrounding refugees. 

Helen has been married to Paul for 25 years. She lives a monotonous and frozen existence and is desperate, damaged and looking for change. Paul is on the brink of a breakdown, sick and tired of being in the poverty trap. Bitter, hypocritical and bigoted, his biggest fear is change. Into their lives comes Tasha, a Romany Czech refugee awaiting her British passport and her chance for freedom - a concept taken for granted by all those around her. 

The story is told in three revelatory narratives, each from a particular character's point of view, and reveals how the disintegration of an ordinary working-class family finally comes to a head when unexpected emotions are unleashed.

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A director and his stunt driver attempt to film a spectacular car chase. However, when a strange cat interferes in the creative process things spiral out of control.

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Amidst the chaos of 7/7, love continues to blossom. Harry, a London barman, living at home with his domineering Catholic mother, has never been lucky enough to meet 'the one', until a chance encounter brings him into contact with Aisha. She too feels a connection, but there is one problem. Her parents are strict Muslims.

Their relationship appears doomed from the start but Harry is determined to overcome any obstacles. He works his way into Aisha's family by donning a head-to-toe burka and taking lessons in Islam. Despite several appalling cultural and religious faux pas, Harry makes good progress, and with Aisha's help he gradually wins over her forbidding father.

But the hard-line neighbours are not so quick to accept him: Ghoni, the pious pillar of the community, whose devotion to Islam is second only to that for his local call-girl, Cherise, tells everyone that Harry is an infidel and has been seeing another woman!

Will Harry prove his innocence and win back the heart of the one he loves? To do so he must dare to confront the unbending, uncompromising force of extremist Islam - and his mother.

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Documentary on the Alang-Sosiya shipbreaking yards in Gujarat, India.

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Twelve-year-old buddies Hamoudi and Emil are hell-bent on a mission to score the girl of their dreams. Unfortunately, they haven't decided who will go first or what they will do about her husband.

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Ten minutes of intimate moments with the man behind the milk carton. Hans Rausing, the former chairman of Tetrapak bought the invention of the milk carton and is among the richest men in the world. Unusual access was given to the director, Yael Luttwak, to spend time and film Hans Rausing. This film uncovers a man who looks, thinks, behaves, and lives unlike most people on earth.

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Harry's fourth summer and the following year at Hogwarts are marked by the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament, in which student representatives from three different wizarding schools compete in a series of increasingly challenging contests. However, Voldemort's Death Eaters are gaining strength and even creating the Dark Mark, giving evidence that the Dark Lord is ready to rise again.

In the unsuspecting lives of the young wizards and witches at Hogwarts the competitors are selected by the goblet of fire, which this year makes a very surprising announcement: Hogwarts will have two representatives in the tournament, including Harry Potter! Will Harry be able to rise to the challenge for the Triwizard Tournament while keeping up with school or will the challenges along with Voldemort's rebirth be too much for the young hero?
 

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Heavy Pockets is a six-minute animated film about a girl who loses her gravity. Initially embarrassed by this amazing gift, Awel Jones becomes isolated from the other kids at school and only her sister is aware of her hidden talent. However, after being forced to confront the school bullies her secret is revealed and her classmates must marvel at her incredible floating skills.

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Based on the original novel by Johanna Spyri about orphan Heidi who is taken from her grandfather in the Alps to Frankfurt, where she changes the lives of those around her.

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Hello You is contemporary and challenging; elements of a road movie, a drugs trip, a rock festival, an office party. It follows the highs and lows in the lives of Frank, Michael, Monica, Paul, Natalie and Lillian over two summer weeks. Each experience in turn is passionate, true to life and richly human; a galaxy of eccentric and loveable characters with Frank at its centre - Frank, 35, his rock-guitar fuelled music career has been on the verge-of-exploding ever since he can remember. He and Michael, 33 have never found success beyond the shed-cum-studio at the bottom of Michael's garden. The two best friends are striving to create the perfect demo tape to get the attention of the music companies.

Hello you is a dynamic kaleidoscope of contemporary Britain: A generation raised to be pop-stars face the aching void between the person they are and the person they thought they would be.

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A bus driver drops off his last passenger in the middle of nowhere and drives into the night. Next morning he walks into a lush and overgrown forest with a determined look on his face as he pops a pill into his mouth. The outcome is not what he expected!