Projects in categories: Fiction

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Hidden away in the barren wasteland of California's Low Desert is the region's last fresh water source, a natural spa. A shrinking community have made their home here. They call it the Fountain of Youth. Only those aged over 67 are granted entry. The only mode of transport is golfcart. A film about life, death, dreams and desire in the American wasteland.

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Four brothers are set to send their father on his journey into the next life when their lives are turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Sunny. Not only is she beautiful but she carries with her dark secrets from the past. With emotions running high, what happens when one by one, each of the brothers lets his guard down.

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From his idyllic Mediterranean home, Larry dreams of being a great musician. When the opportunity comes his way to stage a gala tribute concert, he grabs it with both hands. A heady blend of music, love, lust and angst amidst the olive groves.

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Four stoners, five vegans, three mobsters, four hunters and a million reasons to free one elephant. Roy Arnie has a dream. One day he will run his own circus and conquer the world. Today, however, he is a stable hand working in the Circus Stromowski, a miserable Russian big top, run by a hopeless alcoholic fourth generation circus director, Igor Stromowski, and full of useless has-beens and tired animals that will only perform under the influence of narcotics. Roy Arnie invites his old buddies Gaz and Odd, and their sidekick Flea, to come and work at the circus, and while work is an alien concept to Gaz and Odd, the appearance of an irate criminal who they are indebted to decides the issue. At the circus, Roy Arnie introduces the trio to the star attraction: Jimmy the elephant. Jimmy is the key to Roy Arnie’s dreams. The elephant carries a secret, a secret of enough value to bankroll Roy Arnie’s circus. All he has to do is free Jimmy and his dreams will come true. An epic farcical journey ensues where the stoners, the vegans and the mobsters, joined by an alcohol-fuelled hunting party all compete to capture the drugged-up Jimmy. Now the only thing that can thwart their plans is a strangely compassionate moose.  

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Short experimental drama that follows a journey of transformation by the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) who wore a series of orthopaedic corsets because of impairment. The film draws on Kahlo's own words and bold painting style. It refutes the picture of Kahlo's life as one of tragedy and suffering.

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It's a mad world - so who's to say who or what is crazy? Out of order? Or not normal?  Where do we draw the fine line between what is 'funny mad' or just 'plain insane'? When does a disorder define as dysfunctional? Funny Farm turns the commonly-held concept of what is unacceptably 'crazy' on its hilarious head - and enlightens the world of rehabilitation, relapse and recovery with a little laughter, debunking the Anglo-American culture of 'therapy' along the way.

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In a power cut, a boy plays with matches. His father returns home late, drunk.

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Gamerz is a new comedy movie from Scotland - an engaging love triangle with a strong twist of fantasy. The hero is Ralph, a young nerd from a bad neighbourhood who's on his way to university for the first time. Ralph is completely downtrodden in life, but he escapes from a cruel reality that he can't control by creating insanely detailed fantasy game worlds (as in fantasy games such as 'Dungeons and Dragons' and 'Tunnels and Trolls'), where he is firmly in charge, as 'Game Keeper'. When Ralph arrives at university he immediately takes over the fantasy role-playing society in a ruthless coup. His new players include neurotic risk management student Davy, metal-head theology student Hank and, most importantly, the beautiful Marlyn, a crazy Goth chick who believes she is an elf. She's the ultimate object of geek lust, and Ralph falls for her hard. But there's a fly in the ointment: Ralph's old enemy from the hood, minor dope dealer Lennie, who has undergone a near-religious conversion to all things fantastical, having watched a Lord of the Rings triple bill while on acid. Now he's desperate to take part in Ralph's game. Under pain of violence Ralph agrees to let him play, but soon regrets it when he notices a spark between Lennie and Marlyn. The seeds of a bitter love triangle are sown, and the story soon snowballs towards an inexorable apocalyptic explosion of freakish, geekish angst.  

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In a hotel room a man remembers a meeting with a prostitute. Sex was all he wanted from her, but then something divine happens.

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Goal! 2 is the second chapter in the odyssey about a young Latino played by Kuno Becker who dreams of becoming an international football star. The film sees our hero playing for the world's most glamorous football team, Real Madrid.

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Nothing in life is black and white. When death reveals a painful secret all the rules you live by are abandoned. In the town where he was born 28 years earlier, Jack Duggan discovers a part of himself that he never knew existed. Haunted by his mother's pain Jack begins his search for revenge, which leads him into a dangerous world beyond his control. Suddenly he is faced with choices he never dreamed he would have to make. Meeting Laura changes everything and reminds him of the morals he once held so dear. But is he already in too deep? When an ordinary man becomes driven by revenge what happens when he comes face to face with the past? Set against the backdrop of modern day Cork (Ireland), this unique revenge begs the question - His life or her love?

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Bobby, a small dog, befriends Ewan, a young boy. The adventures that they share in 19th-century Edinburgh change their lives and the city forever. Based on the true story of 'Greyfriars Bobby'.