Projects in categories: Fiction

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Set in the ancient magical city of Sana'a, Yemen's first-ever feature film follows the lives of a few individuals during a day that soon becomes local legend. The neighbourhood eagerly awaits the wedding of the year, unaware of the inner turmoil of the groom as he realises the woman he fell in love with was not the wealthy bride-to-be, but rather a low class orphan gypsy. Love, gossip and envy irrevocably changes the lives of all those concerned, forever. Ultimately the groom has to make a choice between marriage and tradition or love and the unknown.

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'When I was drinking I thought drink was God. But the truth is, God don't need no alcohol'. Forced into sobriety, Vinny has had to re-invent his very sense of himself. He fully embraces the 12-step programmme of AA and makes it no secret that he owes his newfound strength and direction to allowing it into his life. But in dedicating himself to AA, he has also found the perfect, protected environment for his own twisted ego to flourish and thrive.

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Fabia is insane from lack of sleep. She sets off to buy a large bottle of sleeping pills and a hat for the Easter Fancy Hat Competition. Every sound she hears is amplified and grates on her nerves but unknown to her, other people in the town are suffering too.

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A story of unrequited love. Sarah is a receptionist in a London estate agency. She is in love with Mark, one of the agents, except that he does not know it. Today is Mark's birthday and everyone goes out to celebrate. Sarah suffers in silence and acts out her pain.

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Republic of Georgia. Region Svaneti. A portrait of a mother, Nargisa Niguriani. 30,000 people live in Svaneti, the one family that do not practice and enact vendetta justice is Niguriani. Nargisa explains the protocol of vendettas, and why she would still kill for her children.

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A Street Named Humber reflects concerns of regeneration and a city's heritage, of the traditions of the past and a changing future. Insights are gleaned from the individual memories of a microcosm of people from this vibrant and historic Yorkshire market street.

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As the world sleeps, a man dreams and his dream-spirit explores the winding streets of a slumbering watery town. He travels as a ball of light and sees hints and suggestions of a woman who evades him. She appears variously as a shadow, a footprint or the reflection of a face just turning away. Whether she is living or dead is unclear. As night slowly recedes and nature covers the traces of past loves, they come together in a final meeting and fade away forever.

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A sensual story about the nature of obsessive love.   Michael, an astronomer, is on the brink of a new discovery, which he believes will explain what connects the irreversible and unavoidable consequences of fate in the Universe. When a chance encounter brings him into contact with the mysterious Caroline, a French photographer, an all-consuming love affair follows. But as the relationship becomes more intense and intimate, a series of events starts to make Michael doubt what is going on around him, forcing him to question what is real and what is not.   What happens to a relationship when love becomes an obsession?   What happens when you love someone so deeply that when they die you refuse to give them up?

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Set in modern-day Glasgow, Absolutely Wasted is a dark, character-based comedy that follows Davy, an alcoholic, whom we first encounter as he attempts to clean himself up at the end of a ten-day binge. Determined to prevent himself from continuing on his marathon booze session, he employs desperate measures which lead him into a harrowing predicament. While tracing the highs and lows of Davy's drunken experiences, the film also introduces us to his manic group of acquaintances, each of whom has been affected by alcohol abuse in different ways. Walter, the heavy-drinking, Viagra-popping pensioner is trying to recapture his youth, while trying to rebuild his relationships with his sons. Louise has just given Tam, her one-night stand, the cold shoulder. She does not know why, as she really likes him. Her growing anger at her own impetuosity, fuelled by copious amounts of vodka and wine, lead her into a heap of trouble. Tam usually restricts any feelings he has for a woman to his penis, but there's something about Louise that has touched his heart. Angus should be running a sophisticated wine bar in the gay district of London's West End. He's not though. Somehow he has found himself in the less than revered position of landlord of the dilapidated Admiral pub in one of Glasgow's less than salubrious areas. Eddie has two big problems. His first is that he is a complete moron and his second is that he is the only one on the planet who does not realise this. What penniless Christie sees he must have, even if it belongs to someone else.

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The Fuhrer reflects on Jews, Gypsies, Latvians,The Luftwaffe, the SS, the Gestapo, Herman Goering, Mussolini, Churchill, Roosevelt and Eva Braun as he feels the strains of the last few days of the war. This film contains excessive amounts of foul language and is wholly unsuitable for human consumption.

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A story of forgiveness and reconciliation. Billy blames Maggie, his aging mother, for her unwitting role in the loss of Tina, his young daughter. As the events of their past are replayed in the present Billy finds the family he thought he'd lost.

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After is a documentary animation that traces the emotional journey of three people as they journey from isolation and despair to discover a newfound hope in their lives.