Projects in categories: Fiction

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Waverley is an intimate portrait of an ageing woman whose ordered existence is disturbed by a random accident. The accident, seemingly insignificant, stirs up long-buried emotions within Waverley and forces her to confront her past and come to terms with her hidden demons.

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A 10-year-old South African orphan leaves his Zulu village to make his own life in the city only to find no one will help him, except a formidable Indian woman.

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Local drug dealer Lee finds his world turned upside down when his girlfriend leaves to live with the local hard man. Now receiving intimidation instead of giving it, Lee finds life as he knows it slipping away as he's haunted by the ghost of his dead child.

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Nathan has been travelling for nine months following university. He returns home to the depths of Devon with his beautiful girlfriend, Chrissie, with whom he is obviously in love. However, although his return is eagerly anticipated by his class-conscious family (and particularly father), what they do not know is that Chrissie is black. (Past Present Future) Imperfect explores the clash between new liberal Britain and old-England, where beauty is only skin deep.   This is the second feature from Bristol-based writer/producer Guy de Beaujeu (Living in Hope). He has teamed up with director Roger Thorp to create a dark family drama that will amuse and distress in equal measure. (Past Present Future) Imperfect  is a muti-layered film that stars a selection of the best of British acting talent.

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Andy gets back from his holiday and is greeted by his girlfriend and friends. He has a surprise for them, and after embracing each of them in turn, he introduces them to someone he met on holiday; His fiancée. The friends are stunned. Their jealousy turns to anger, their anger leads to paranoia and paranoia pushes them to reach the only logical conclusion, that Andy's fiancée: is a demon. But how do you go about killing your best friend's fiancée without alerting him? Or his family? Or the other wedding guests?

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2Be is an original, dynamic, musical-documentary about human rights.   Filmed over a period of five months, 2Be follows students from Abbeydale Grange School in Sheffield, UK - a school where over 51 different languages are spoken - as they develop a series of musical sequences about human rights.   The contrast between their revealing personal stories and triumphant performances creates an intimate and inspiring documentary.

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One Sleepless night Ishmael, a young spacey urban nomad, starts counting back through all the beds he has ever slept in.

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9 Songs takes place in London in the autumn of 2003. Lisa is an American, studying in London for a year. Matt, a glaciologist, meets her at a rock concert at the Brixton Academy and falls in love with her. The film follows their domestic and physical relationship and includes music from the concerts they go to together: Black Rebel Morotcycle Club, The Von Bondies, Elbow, Primal Scream, The Dandy Warhols, Super Furry Animals, Franz Ferdinand, Michael Nyman. In between the music and the bands we see Matt and Lisa making love. The film follows their love affair until Christmas, when Lisa leaves London and returns to America.  

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The brutal world of boxing is not an obvious place to look in order to escape personal demons. But the bloody sport is a stark metaphor for the salvation of a disaffected woman from the outskirts of Manchester who finds solace inside the ring.

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A detailed behind ths scenes documentary on how to make an ultra-low budget short film. From rehearsing with professional boxers to the final shoot.   Players include professional boxers such as Ricky Hatton W.B.U. lightweight champion, Michael Gomez British super featherweight champion. Shooting at locations such as the Salford Lads Club - where The Smiths shot their front cover.

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Either a Marxist fable for capitalist converts or a long-distance runner's anxiety dream.

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1855. An English cavalryman returns from the Crimean intent on marrying his sweetheart, only to find she is expected to wed another. To resolve the issue he accepts the challenge of a duel; for a love you would not die for is no love at all.