Projects in categories: Fiction

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Frozen within the memory of a single violent moment, a woman describes the events, thoughts and feelings that led her to this place. Official Selection PÖFF Shorts - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2023

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In the dimly lit ambiance of a late-night cafe, a belligerent young waiter encounters a woman seeking solace. In this quiet moment he is challenged to rise above the ordinary and embrace his role with empathy and compassion. With a simple act of kindness, he has the power to transform her night, leaving an indelible mark on both their lives.

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One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbour Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before. Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - European premiere

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In a world where all all animal life has been wiped out, a scientist in full bio-hazard kit and with a life-support machine in tow, discovers a young girl, apparently fit and well. The girl offers hope to the world but inadvertently seals the fate of the scientist.

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A poignant tale of one boy's attempt to cut off a part of himself in the wake of his baptism. Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Short Film Competition

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After escaping a detention centre for people with superhuman abilities, Reign and Donte two ex-detainees, are forced to survive when they are pursued by government enforcers looking to take them back into custody. With life as they know it hanging in the balance and no other alternatives, they must fight for freedom or lose everything to a much darker world agenda.

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A Russian soldier contemplates his perception of reality whilst he meets a Ukrainian pilot to fly him across the English Channel.

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A nuanced portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship. Drawing upon a mother’s expectations of a dutiful daughter, the film explores family obligation and associated guilt that reflects the emotional strains of being a South Asian woman in modern British society.

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An action packed tale straight from the palms of a Nigerian mother, who on one fateful night serves her son a set of slaps so powerful that it will change his life forever. FESTIVAL OF SLAPS explores the misconceptions of Pan African parenting and the clash of modern life. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 BAFTA Film Awards 2024 - Nomination - Best British Short Film

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Out of money and out of luck, Danny is determined to turn his life around, but the interventions of his anarchic mum and the reappearance of figures from his past threaten to derail him at every turn.

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The sole survivor of a blood-drenched massacre must team up with a rag-tag bunch of rookie cops and lawbreakers to defend a police station from an invasion of monsters from another dimension.

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Everyone loves a wedding... and a family row. Three sisters from very different walks of life return to their childhood home to celebrate a momentous event: the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother, Diana (Kristin Scott Thomas). As the weekend unfolds in unexpected ways, Katherine (Scarlett Johansson), a Captain in the Royal Navy; Victoria (Sienna Miller), a Hollywood star; and Georgina (Emily Beecham), a palliative nurse, are forced to reassess their childhood - and make tough choices of their own.