Projects in categories: Fiction

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Pilgrimage or purgatory? Every Wednesday Amar endures a 24-mile round trip on foot to the JobCentre and back to sign on. Today the walk is particularly gruelling as he grapples with the recent death of his father, avoiding a phone call he’s too ashamed to face. Official Selection Flickers' Rhode Island Film Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Short Film Competition - European premiere

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After witnessing his wife's illicit affair, a humiliated businessman flees deep into the countryside where he encounters a reclusive war veteran. Together, they strike a maniacal pact to take revenge on the man who cucked him.

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Howard drives his partner Joseph to hospital to undergo a high risk operation. The intimacy of the car, alongside a long forgotten mix tape, sees the masculinity of their forty-year relationship start to yield.

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Kaz’s mum has recently committed suicide and he decides that Boris Johnson is responsible for his mother’s death. Lacking sleep and grieving, Kaz decides to come up with a plan to kill him. What he really needs though, is to speak to someone. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2023 - La Cinef Selection

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The perfect life of an upper-middle-class woman begins to unravel with the arrival of two shadowy figures in her town.

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Jules’s life and career as a drag queen is destroyed in a humiliating homophobic attack. When he re-encounters one of his attackers, the deeply-closeted Preston, in a gay sauna, he is presented with a chance to exact revenge. Unrecognisable in his boy form, Jules insinuates himself into Preston’s life, but in so doing discovers power in a new kind of drag. What unfolds is a dangerous seduction that risks discovery and backlash at every moment. Official Selection Berlin Film Festival 2023 - Panorama - World premiere

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Granny is the best. While Mary’s home life is ruled by two older brothers, football and ready meals, she shares her grandmother’s rebellious spirit and love of home cooking. But the happy, carefree days in the kitchen with Granny are drawing to a close. At the same time, a mysterious woman appears in Mary’s life, ready to accompany her, her mother and her grandmother on a journey through the family’s history, bringing them all closer together for one last time as they dust off Granny’s past and straighten memories gone askew. Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2023 - Generation Kplus - World premiere

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Ralphie is young and healthy and his girlfriend is pregnant. Yet things do not feel quite right. His job as an Uber driver is neither gratifying nor financially secure. His relationship with his body may also be built on shaky foundations. When he is inducted into a libertarian masculinity cult, the tensions that have been growing inside him surface. Ralphie begins to lose his grip on reality. Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2023 - Competition - World premiere

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After the alleged suicide of her priest brother, Grace travels to the remote Scottish convent where he fell to his death. Distrusting the Church's account, she uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about herself. Official Selection Glasgow Film Festival 2023

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A bird called Memory has forgotten how to come back home. Lua, a trans woman, tries to find Memory in the streets, but the city can be a hostile place. Official Selection Locarno Film Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2023 Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2024 - International Competition

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Set in 1837, we bear witness to a gentleman's duel on the outskirts of London... A case of mistaken identity, poor timekeeping, injured pride masquerading as honour, a set of old duelling pistols, and what we have is a whirlwind journey of oddity and both intentional and unintentional death-doing…

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The year is 2041, and the next step in the future of humankind is imminent. After decades of training and research, the mission to create the first lunar colony is about to launch with Anderson as lead astronaut. Jay, an AI purpose-built for the mission, has simulated every possible outcome for the expedition. Tensions arise when the chilling motives of Jay become apparent, sewing the seeds of distrust between Anderson and the group that had gathered to quietly celebrate the launch. As the night descends into chaos, the group’s faith in one another and their mission begins to crack, with the knowledge that the decisions they make before sunrise will change humanity forever