Projects in categories: Fiction

Synopsis

It seemed like the kind of house where no one asked you any questions. It was old and rambling, in need of a little renovation, certainly. But quiet. Somewhere to begin again. But from the moment he moved in, it didn't feel right to John. He'd been through a lot recently. And there were those who said there had always been something a little strange about him. It's true, he'd always suffered from nightmares, but these were different. Besides, those noises outside his door were definitely real. Or seemed to be. The mad old woman next door had told him to leave, but he hadn't listened. Now it might be too late. The dreams were getting worse, and the doors didn't seem to lead where they should anymore. His new home had a hold on him now, and the other tenants were ready to introduce themselves. Welcome to the house.  

Synopsis

Set against the backdrop of London's urban music scene, Life and Lyrics follows the journey of a south London DJ, Danny, and his crew as they battle on stage with their north London rivals. Life & Lyrics is also a story of unrequited love as Danny unwittingly falls for a singer from the rival crew, soon forced to realise the dangers and implications involved.

Synopsis

Wales 2005. Nadifa, a young asylum seeker, gets her refugee application rejected. As she can not return to her country in Africa, because her life was under threat, she hides from the authorities. In order to survive the present, Nadifa daydreams of her happy childhood, with the help of a View-Master toy.

Synopsis

A manic tale about a man who is scared of the dark and tries at all costs to recreate the sun in his loft to to make the dark vanish from his life forever.

Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Alex Bennett is young, privileged and charged with the shotgun death of his schoolmate Nigel Colby. With no tangible evidence, the detective on his case is under pressure from Alex's influential father to have the charges dropped. A forensic psychologist, Sally Rowe, is brought in to determine if Alex is the murderer. Delving deeply into Alex and Nigel's bizarre world of psychopathic mind games and the secret society of the Knights Templar, Sally discovers that though dead, Nigel's psychological effect on Alex is far from diminished. In true 'Gestalt' fashion, two minds may well have become one.

Synopsis

Matthew Carlson believes himself to be insane. Whenever threatened with the remote possibility of being exposed to humiliation, stress mounts and he fantasises an act of extreme maladjusted behaviour to distract himself and so relieves himself from the burden of his worried mind. He began dealing with social situations in this way from age eleven, and so over the years has become convinced, and quite comfortable with, the notion that he is indeed a psychopath. At age ten, Matthew was sexually abused by his father. Shortly afterwards, his mother killed herself. Matthew has spent his life obsessing about being insane to distract himself from this past, and buries it away deep within himself so that he can function better in his adult life, and with his friends and at work. As Matthew's past begins to uncontrollably force its way back into his conscious mind, he looks for something further to drive it back into the dark depths of his psyche. This is a story of what someone actually thinks as opposed to what they say and do. This is a man who fears Limescale might be accumulating inside of him. This is the story of Matthew Carlson.

Synopsis

A moving, sometimes funny and ultimately uplifting story about the love and commitment of two extraordinary people. Lin, 54, is blind and has cerebral palsy, husband Ralph, 70, is her full-time carer and has Parkinson's Disease. Filmed over 17 years by close friend and award-winning documentary maker, Marilyn Gaunt, this is an intimate portrait of a marriage that has overcome incredible odds and achieved great things.

Synopsis

Described as a 'Waiting for Godot with Chavs', this dark comedy centres around four teenage rudeboys who find themselves in purgatory, having stolen a car and passed into the void by way of a fatal car crash.

Synopsis

Out from the deep, dark woods, creep, creep, creeping come the Hobyar men. Woodcut animation makes a traditional tale to keep children awake at night. Winner of Best Animated Film, Dokufest 2005 Kosovo, and Best Children's Animation, London IMAF 2004.

Synopsis

Kevin (Stuart Brennan) has landed himself a days work with painter and decorator Ian (Tom Wontner). Kevin is very keen to become 'mates' , but the cold-hearted Ian is having none of it. During the day Kevin witnesses Ian's hypocrisy and selfish disrespect for others, and sees how, although legal, his behaviour is totally immoral. Kevin begins to adapt his behaviour as well, but it become more and more uncomfortable for him.

Synopsis

Hector was eight when his father brought him to Gainesville, in the heart of the American south. Olga was 12 when her father swam the Rio Grande with her on his back. Thomas was 16 when his mother put him on a bus alone, with a bag of tacos for the 2,000-mile journey. Lost in Gainesville retraces their journey, as they tell their stories of growing up among lost hopes and dreams, in a town where work has dried up, where fascists march against them and where rich whites live out lives of faded glory.

Synopsis

Zoë Verne is a regular at Club Dis, the city's hottest subculture superclub. But late one evening she leaves distraught, and is set upon by four dark figures. All she hears is a snarl - she's dead before she can scream. Detective Alex Taylor has it all, but he's losing it fast. His career is on a downward spiral; his fiancée is a stranger to him; and now he's handling Zoë's death - seemingly killed by a wild animal - but the closer he looks, the more the ground falls from beneath his feet. Forensic evidence shows Zoë was addicted to a drug derived from a fungus called Ergot. During the Dark Ages, whole villages were driven mad by eating infected wheat, giving rise to the myth of the Werewolf. Alex suspects Zoë's death is related to this drug, and that the owner of Club Dis is involved, preying on his clientele, luring them into addiction, prostitution and worse. The manager tells Alex nothing; but one of the regulars takes Alex in. At first Alex is appalled by the decadence and free expression. But the more Alex experiences, the more he is drawn into this new life. But more deaths occur, implicating the owner’s female lieutenants - and Alex realises he's in more danger than he'd imagined. Alex returns to Club Dis to bring the owner and his girls to justice, but soon finds himself facing an even greater dilemma than he had ever feared.